Oklahoma Library Association
University and College Division
May 18, 2004
McFarlin Library, The University of Tulsa

In attendance:

Melissa Huffman (Rose State College)
Pat McCall (TCC)
Tamra Stansfield (TU)
Marc Carlson (TU)
Mary Evans (TU)
Michele Seikel (OSU)
Cokie Anderson (OSU)
David Oberhelman (OSU)

David Oberhelman called the meeting to order at 1:00. He announced that meetings will be held quarterly during the next year, coinciding with OCALD meetings, so that Evlyn Schmidt, our chair, can attend. Stillwater Public Library will be the meeting location on July 21st at 1:00. The Sept. 22nd meeting will be held at Rose State, and on Nov. 17th in Tulsa. In between, we can also meet virtually in UCD’s online chat room. David will forward a copy of UCD’s mailing list to Michele, the new secretary, and either David or Cokie will attend OLA Program Committee meetings on the 3rd Friday of each month in Evlyn’s stead. Mary Evans again agreed to do the salary survey this year.

UCD will push back the date of the fall workshop to early December, possibly Dec. 3rd, because David has another commitment this summer, and will have less time to plan. At the July meeting, he will do additional planning with Evlyn. David talked to Cheryl Suttles at Integris and Wally at the OU Health Sciences Center about participating in the workshop. He also spoke to Johnny Johnson at OSU, and plans to contact OU’s ILL person to participate. TSRT will co-sponsor.

Possible workshop title: “ILL for Non-Geeks”? We plan to make the workshop accessible to librarians at all levels of expertise, both public and academic.

We will hold 2 general sessions covering broader topics, then breakout sessions on Passport/FirstSearch, Docline, Iliad, ODL’s Autographics (heavily used by public libraries), and on how to explain misconceptions & look up the status of loan requests for patrons.

If we have a December date, we won’t have to apply to OLA until September. David will see Evlyn at the Leadership Retreat in early June, and will talk more about the workshop with her then.

OLA conference evaluations come out Friday. One problem this year was the lack of SLIS papers, even though OU students have their conference registration paid for by the Membership committee. C.C. Brown thinks there were more knowledge management students, who may have been intimidated. It’s probably best to separate the student papers from papers read by OLA members. Also, there was a problem with the e-mail address for applications last year. The poster sessions went smoothly, however.

Ideas for 2005 Conference programs

Library security problems (popups, spyware, etc., e-mail viruses)

Faculty status for librarians – tenure issues, faculty vs. professional vs.
paraprofessional

Constructive means of approaching the powers-that-be for raises.

Unusual job opportunities for librarians in Oklahoma

Improving relations between supervisors & staff

Buried treasures collections:

• History of Science (OU, Marilyn Ogilvee)
• Western History (OU)
• Carl Albert Center (OU)
• Rodeo Collection (Cowboy Hall of Fame)
• Museum of the Great Plains (Lawton, Debra Barroff, archivist)
• Historical medical instruments (OU Health Sciences Center)

David thanked Tom Thorisch for serving as Secretary for 2003/2004, and the active members who participated. Cathy Blackmon will be chair-elect this year.

Respectfully submitted,
Michele Seikel, Secretary, OLA UCD