Library & Information Competency Committee Meeting

Unadopted Library & Information Competency Committee Meeting May 28, 2009 Minutes

Call to order: 12:05 p.m.

Members Present: Susie Chin, Nancy Getty, Brenda Jones (chair), Dana Nartea, Mikhail Nouh, Francien Rohrbacher, Shant Shahoian, Ruzan Stepanyan, Caroline Kaba.

Members Absent: Tevin Chopurian, Charlotte Schulten

Call to order: 12:05 p.m. 1. Approval of minutes – It was MSC (Rohrbacher/Shahoian) that the minutes of the April 23, 2009 meeting be approved.

2. Informational items – a. Student Survey, Spring 2009 - update The student library survey is currently being administered by Dr. Edward Karpp, Planning and Research Director. The surveys are being completed in various classes this week and next week for a random sampling. After classroom sampling is complete, surveys will also be distributed in the library. It was suggested that the surveys be online in the library and in the computer labs, or available on a standalone computer in the library. Brenda will ask Edward Karpp about the possibility of doing the survey online in the future. The plan is to conduct the survey every spring semester.

b. Campus Graffiti Policy Susie Chin, as a member of the Campus Development Committee, learned that graffiti is governed by California law and that there is no official campus policy addressing this issue. The standard procedure on campus is to remove graffiti immediately. Recently an article appeared in the El Vaquero about the campus-wide vandalism problem. The library has had an increasing graffiti issue in the past few years. Susie will agendize the issue with the Campus Development Committee to see if they can address the increasing problem.

c. Learning Resources Committee Brenda reported that Arnel Pascua, Associate Vice President of Information and Technology, had attended a librarian staff meeting last Fall to request that the Library and Information Competency Committee oversee the Learning Resources and all of the computer labs on campus. The librarians felt that the L&IC Committee’s focus and mission relates specifically to the library. The librarians recommended that a committee be established to address the needs of learning resources on campus, which would include the Learning Center and computer labs. The Governance Review Committee has decided that a Learning Resources “green” committee will be formed. Any policy recommendations that arise from that committee will be directed to Arnel Pascua and he will take them to the Campuswide Computer Coordinating Committee (CCCC). Unadopted

Old Business:

1. Library Staffing Report - The library was planning to hire more adjunct librarians during Spring semester, but due to the uncertainty of the budget situation, hiring has been postponed. During Fall 2009, the library will be understaffed by two full-time librarians (Brenda Jones on leave to be the Library & Learning Resources Director and Zohara Kaye on maternity leave). In addition, one adjunct librarian has left for a position at Westmont College in Santa Barbara.

2. Accreditation Report – Nancy Getty, Jan Freemyer, and Brenda Jones are readers for the Section IIC of the Accreditation Report, for which Linda Winters is the writer. The readers gave their feedback to Linda and she is re-working the sections on the various computer labs to make the report more consistent in format.

New Business:

1. Budget Report - Brenda indicated that there is potentially a 9 million dollar cut to the college’s budget, but the library will have to wait to see where the final budget ends up.

2. RAC Report – Nancy Getty reported that the RAC website is being updated. She submitted a Basic Skills grant proposal for RAC funding. The Foundational Skills Committee will evaluate the many grant proposals.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:50 p.m.

Recorded by: Vivian Darakjian