Coordinating Committees

Collection & Resource Sharing Coordinating Committee
Conference Call

January 7, 2009
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Present: Ewa Barczyk, Karen Jander, John Jax, Lisa Jewell, Lee Konrad, Lisa Pillow(minutes), Richard Reeb (chair), Tom Reich, Mary Rieder, and Kathy Schneider.

Meeting began at 8:35 a.m.

Approval of Minutes:  Minutes from previous meeting were not available.

Emerald Negotiations:

Emerald wants to lock System into a multi-year contract. A working group has been appointed to strategize for Emerald renewal negotiations. The group includes John Jax, Lisa Jewell, Sharon Knight, and Richard Reeb. The group will set up a conference call to plan negotiation strategies.

Criminal Justice Abstracts:

The deadline for renewal  was January 1, 2009. Only four campuses had elected to participate in the CJA deal by the deadline, so they did not receive the larger discount quoted by ProQuest.  In order to receive the maximum discount, five campuses would have had to participate. Even though a few more campuses opted to participate after the deadline, the discount was set. 

Usage Data for Renewals:

John Jax volunteered to draft a timetable for renewal dates for the SEC to better schedule when usage data should be gathered in preparation for renewal decisions. Ewa Barczyk asked if a common renewal date for SEC titles is possible. This issue had been brought up previously in a CDC meeting, but renewing in a one time frame would not be feasible for Cheryl Bradley and the System office.

Library Dynamics:

John Jax updated the group of the progress of the Library Dynamics Working Group’s progress on the development of a formula by Barb Hamel to determine a guideline as to how many copies of a single title should be purchased within the System.

Ewa Barczyk reported that she has received an update from Joan Robb regarding the working group’s work and a progress report is forthcoming for the February CUWL meeting. One of the big agenda items for that meeting is budget and priorities.  CUWL will be looking at item level expenditures  including Library Dynamics. A discussion followed concerning the usefulness of Library Dynamics versus the cost.

Lisa Jewell reported that she has not received a second invoice from Howard for Library Dynamics. Richard will follow-up with Howard on the invoice, as well as progress on the development of an LD product for serials.

JAMA Consortial Price Offer:

The price offer from JAMA was high and has caused some confusion due to the different pricing for tiers. Richard will follow up on the quotes and review any emails sent to clarify where we are in the process.

Next conference call: February 4, 2009.

Meeting adjourned at 9:35 a.m.

Respectfully submitted by Lisa Pillow