OLA University and College Division
October 7, 1998
Al Harris Library, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Attending: George Alsbach, Kay Boies, Barbara Bradley, Debra Engel, Sheila Johnson, Linda Pye, John Rosenhammer, David Scott, Helen Webbink, and Jon Woltz

Approval of Minutes

Minutes of the September 9, 1998 minutes were approved.

Old Business

Committee Reports

 

Special Committee on video conferencing

No report, but we attended a demonstration of SWOSU's Interactive video system. Following the demonstration, Committee members agreed to check into their local sites to see about any costs involved. Perhaps the January meeting of UCD could be conducted using this technology.

 

Workshop Planning Committee

Workshop Planning Committee-Report given by Shelia Johnson. Committee proposed a draft workshop title on "Tools for Managing and Accessing Internet Resources." The goal of this workshop would be to assist librarians from all areas to learn about the limitations of web search engines. Further goals of the workshop would be to introduce librarians to web directories of resources and to the utilization of services that perform checking and review of Internet resources. Some dates in early March were mentioned as possibilities. Shelia would try to find a site for the workshop and report at the next meeting.

 

Conference Planning Committee

Conference planning Committee-Report given by John Rosenhammer. The poster and paper sessions are looking quite good. He is also firming up either a pre or post conference session on HTML authoring with Andy Peters. Some other topics that came up were professional development and job hunting skills.

 

Electronic Communications Services Committee

Electronic Communications. No report, but Jon said he would send email to UCD members not on the list serv to sign up for the list.

 

Salary Survey Committee

Salary Survey Committee-Report given by Barbara Bradley. Survey completed and returned to Kay. 26 surveys were returned

 

Nominating Committee

Nominating Committee-Report by Jon Woltz. Has one candidate for secretary. Deadline for positions is December 1.

ACRL News

With Tom's upcoming absence, Jon will be attending ACRL meetings.

New Business

Jon has asked that all correspondence be sent to him as well while Tom is out.

Debra Engel made some announcements.

Next UCD Meeting

The November meeting will be held on November 4, 1998 at 1:00 at the University of Tulsa's McFarlin Library.

Respectfully submitted,
Alan Lawless