LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
March 8, 2011 7:30 AM
C1810
Members present: C. Robinson (chair), Belinda Collins, Timothy Cooper, Michael Darowish, Ali Jaffry, Stephanie Patton, Blaise Peterson, Bogdan Prokopczyk, John Richie, Joan Ruffle, Vicky
Schirm, Brandon Smith, Hanspeter Waldner, Philip Wilson, Zhaohia Yang
Library faculty: Nancy Adams, David Brennan, Esther Dell
Cynthia, Robinson, the Director of the Harrell Health Sciences Library and chair of the Library Advisory Committee opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Refreshments were provided.
1. Library Update
- Cynthia welcomed the new members of the committee and discussed the purpose of the committee. New members were informed that the committee meets four times a year
- UpToDate was discussed, it is a clinical tool and the library was able to successfully negotiate the subscription for the next years
- Elaine Dean is our new Reference/Instruction librarian who started on January 10, 2011
- Tamara McMahon will be joining us in May as our Knowledge Integration and Emerging Technology Librarian. She is coming to us from the Research Library, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Budget – There are concerns regarding the budget for the coming year. Hopefully we will be able to maintain the status quo and use carryover to cover inflations which is running at approximately 10-11%. We do partner heavily with University Park.
2. Social Media Symposium
Partnering with Medical Education the Social Media Symposium will be held on March 14, 2011
3. Open Access Update
- How to protect your intellectual property and the publishing process
- Three speakers – Mike Furlough, PSU, Ellen Duranceau, MIT, and David Shulenburger, APLU
4. Frankenstein Exhibit
- A traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine on Frankenstein will come to Penn State Hershey August 29 – October 8, 2011
- An event with speaker on the topic will be hosted
- A “movie night” will be part of the series of events
- A reception, jointly sponsored with the Department of Humanities and the Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine, will be planned
- This will also serve as an opportunity to promote the services of the Harrell Health Sciences Library
5. Questions/Concerns
- V. Schirm asked about the emerging technology librarian – C. Robinson replied that Tamara will be working on several issues one of which is the networking issues, integrating with both IT here and at UP and also DLT. We would like to see a reduction in issues we have had in the past
- B. Smith asked if she would be working on the website. – C. Robinson responded that she will be partnering with Joe Meier and the new web designer on the academic side. The ideal is to make the website seamless to users regardless of location
- J. Richie commented on the physical space and how is it working – C. Robinson answered that the students seem to like the tables and the ability to group study. We would like to improve the lighting in the back of the library, and long term a research/scholars commons
- Both J. Richie commented on searching and B. Smith asked about putting together a department web page as they have in Pediatrics. N. Adams replied that we have just acquired a software called LibGuide which is a cheap, good product which will be useful and provide mini portals to departmental web pages
- H. Waldren asked if there was a time frame for a new web site – C. Robinson replied that as soon as Tamara gets here she will be looking at the web site. D. Brennan responded that at the moment we are trying to clean up what we have. Should anyone have problems please contact one of the librarians.
- N. Adams reported on the marketing plan, the library becoming more visible and available. The liaison program is helpful in keeping departments informed.
- There is a MAR value study regarding Value of Library and Information Services in Patient Care Study. The survey is targeting Clinicians/physicians and nursing. Flyers and emails will be sent out.
Meeting adjourned at 8:30 AM