Library Management Team
Notes from the August 30, 2006 meeting

Attending:  Karen Calhoun, Lee Cartmill, Anne Kenney, Janet McCue, Jean Poland, John Saylor, Sarah Thomas, Ed Weissman

1) Collection Development update
        John Saylor presented a status report on collection development issues.  He reported on new team leaders--Deb Schmidle for Social Sciences, Fred Muratori for Humanities, and Brownwen Bledsoe for the Area Team.  He said that the Collection development Executive Committee (CDEXec) would add Terry Ehling as an ex-officio member so that she can provide her expertise on scholarly communications issues.  With regard to communications, John said that a new Scholarly Communications and Collection Development website was under construction but that training in the use of Commonspot was needed.  Two blogs are being used for internal communication, one for scholarly communications, in which reports of selector visits to academic departments are being logged, and one for collection development.  CDEXec is also making use of a wiki for its internal use.  CDEXec will be examining the use of blogs and wikis by the teams in the context of increasingly cross-disciplinary collaboration and recognizes the need to develop and revitalize the ongoing training program for selectors.  Among other issues to be worked on include the contract renewals with Elsevier and Wiley. 
        Sarah asked Ed to follow-up with Oya Rieger on the issue of Commonspot training and support.

2) Planning for the next CUL Strategic Plan
        LMT discussed a process for concluding work on the Library's current strategic plan, CUL Goals & Objectives 2002-2007 and for developing the next plan.   It was agreed that the new plan should cover the period July 1, 2007-June 30, 2009 and that a pre-planning group should be formed to consider the scope and level of detail of the new plan and other  issues such as how best to engage staff in the planning process, align the library's goals with those of the university's, measure our success, and monitor our progress.  The group should also consider what information and data should be gathered to support the planning initiative and report back to LMT in early 2007.  Sarah asked LMT to recommend staff for this pre-planning group.