Coordinating Committees

CUWL CRS Coordinating Committee

Conference Call, Wednesday April 2, 2008

Present: Ewa Barczyk, Karen Jander, John Jax, Lisa Jewell, Dina Kaye, Lee Konrad, Richard Reeb, Tom Reich, Mary Rieder, Kathy Schneider.  Excused absence: Lisa Pillow.

Chair Richard Reeb called meeting to order at 9:05 a.m.

The committee approved the 03/05/2008 conference call minutes as prepared by Lee Konrad.

Draft program for the Annual UW Library Staff Summer Conference, June 3-4

A group discussion ensued of the draft program.  As part of the planning committee, Richard has setup several programs involving the CRS and related working groups: Tuesday Breakout Session on Library Dynamics (Collection Development) - Joan Robb, UW-Green Bay; Tuesday Roundtable Session on Shared Electronic Collection - Karen Jander, UW-Milwaukee; and a Wednesday Roundtable Session on Blackwell (Acquisitions) - Richard Reeb, UW-Madison.  Other CRS related sessions include: Tuesday Roundtable Session on ILL - CUWL Document Delivery - Ron Hardy, UW-Oshkosh; and Universal Borrowing Working Group - Mary Rieder, UW-Colleges.  Of special note, the Wednesday Plenary Session will review the new CUWL committee structure and the library budget DIN proposal.

The complete conference schedule is to be sent out in mid-April to UW Library Directors for distribution to all staff, with directions for registration.

In related business, the Library Dynamics charge has been approved, with Joan Robb as chair, web-based training will be scheduled in April.  Richard will be gathering fiscal year expenditure data prior to June and reassemble the RFP committee in preparation for the Blackwell presentation and initial evaluation of the UW system’s primary vendor for library acquisitions. 

Update on the SEC budget

The SEC budget is now available as a password-protected document on the Wiki.  The current report will be replaced once all summer renewal prices are known.  The updated report will include information on campus’ contributions to SEC and historically track expenditures. 

CDC update

CDC will have a spring meeting in Madison. Karen is preparing the agenda, which most likely will include summer renewals, some procurement issues, dialogue with WiLS, and Library Dynamics.  Karen will send out the final agenda to CDC prior to the late April meeting (April 25.)  

Quick review of our ongoing projects list

Richard had distributed a spreadsheet charting CRS projects.  A general discussion reviewed the progress of CRS working group projects. Two groups, the document delivery group and the core resource group have completed their work.
Richard will firm up the charge for the ERM project, which CRS will then look over during the committee’s next conference call in May. 

Ewa reported on the Space Planning survey.  The CUWL Executive Committee is focusing on 4 points that will go to UW Library Directors, surveying what their needs are and whether the range of such needs is system-wide.  At this point, additional help is not needed from CRS. 

Other Business

CRS members have accessed the CRS Wiki http://cuwlwiki.wetpaint.com/?t=anon and found it useful.  Members will let Richard know of any related suggestions and needs. 

The next CRS meeting (conference call) is scheduled for May, 7, 2008 at 9 a.m.

The April 2 meeting was adjourned at 9:55 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,  

Secretary of the day, Tom Reich, UW-Stevens Point
4/11/08 (revised 4/16/08)