NORTHEASTERN
Minutes
of Faculty Council Meeting
Friday, December 7, 2007
A. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by President Craig Clifford in SL129.
There was ITV access at
Council Members in attendance: Chris Garland (Liberal Arts), Jennifer Edwards (Liberal Arts), Harriett Hobbs, (Library), Alan McKee (Optometry), Bill Rosener (Business & Technology), Thomas Salmon (Optometry), Amy Aldridge Sanford (Liberal Arts), Dan Savage (Liberal Arts), Dan Sisk (Science & Health Professions),
Council Members in attendance in
Guest in Broken Arrow: Tom Messner (Library)
Council Officers in attendance: Craig Clifford (President), Lallie Scott (Vice President), Linda West (Secretary/Treasurer).
Guests: Sarah Brick Archer (Library), Terri Baker (Liberal Arts),
Invited Presentations
[Council will set aside time at the first of each meeting
to visit with President Williams, VP Academic Affairs Bigbee and/or VP
Administration Cherry should they be able to attend.]
VP Bigbee addressed Council after the special agenda item.
A. Special Agenda Item
Other Council business was suspended and a special agenda item was the only order of business.
1. Discussion of Library Book Purchasing Procedures.
Savage presented a written resolution listing faculty concerns about
Library funding decisions and the role of the Director of
Libraries. Text of the resolution can be found at: http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~faculty_council/resolutiondec2007.pdf A motion was made by Savage to accept the resolution and seconded by Edwards.
Discussion of the resolution followed. McKiel, Director of
Libraries, addressed the Council. He emphasized that the Library
has not stopped buying printed materials. He also outlined some
recent research that he had been involved with that surveyed faculty
about their use of library resources.
A faculty member pointed
out that the Library had reduced dollars for approval purchasing of
books and increased funds for ebooks. Rogers stated that faculty
were not consulted when the approval plan was discontinued. There
was discussion about the idea that different disciplines needed
different resources from the Library.
Salmon and Rosener both
stated that they were very satisfied with the services and resources
provided by the Library. Baker stated that English needs
different resources. Many of their resources come from smaller
publishers. She has had to purchase some for her research.
Sisk and Sanford both agreed that they have been very satisfied with
the Library's ILL service.
It was moved
by Sanford and seconded by Rosener to table the motion. The
motion to table passed.
2. VP Bigbee addressed
the group. He noted that there should be more funds for the
Library in the near future. He has passed on a request for a
library fee increase to President Cherry. It should be considered
with the next round of fee requests. This should provide
more money to deal with faculty needs. He also announced that
there will be faculty on the search committee for the Director of Libraries and that faculty from the library would also be on the
committee.
The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. and was followed by a faculty
reception hosted by President Clifford with generous funding from VP
Bigbee.
Submitted by Linda West, Secretary-Treasurer
1/11/08
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