These minutes were approved as submitted at the February 15, 1996 meeting of the ULC. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY COMMITTEE MINUTES November 16, 1995 PRESENT: Anna Marshall-Baker, Human Resources, Chair Eileen Hitchingham, Library Lori S. Marsh, Agriculture & Life Sciences Raymond Plaut, Engineering Calvin Ribbens, Arts & Sciences Peter Wallenstein, Faculty Senate Julie Petruska, Staff Senate Linda Vick, GSA Cliff Davis, SGA ABSENT: Darrel Clowes, Education Karen Dyer, Veterinary Medicine Richard Helm, Forestry & Wildlife Lance Matheson, Business Marie Wall, Architecture & Urban Studies GUESTS: Linda Richardson, Library Charles Litchfield, Library Maggie Zarnosky, Library Alan Armstrong, Library The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. in the New Media Center. The October 19, 1995 minutes were approved as submitted. NEW BUSINESS Library Report (Eileen Hitchingham) E. Hitchingham displayed the proposed architectural lobby drawings that were presented with the Class of 1945's pledged gift of $100,000 for lobby renovations. She added that there is also a $50,000 trust gift which for buying books and other materials at the Dean's discretion. While the realization of the full funds may take a couple of years, it is anticipated that once a given amount has been received, the project will move forward. The drawings represented a new flow plan, moving back the access areas, providing for more assisted reference as well as directional assistance. The goal is to have a much more attractive and functional area where students or others who come into the library can get more immediate help. It was also noted that much of the investment would be in equipment and movable furniture, to allow for future flexibility in locating the lobby area relative to future campus building projects. ULC members expressed interest in hearing more about future plans for a multi-purpose building which may connect with the library over the mall area. A. Marshall-Baker will contact Peter Karp, and invite him to come to a ULC meeting to talk about facilities and plans. E. Hitchingham reported that since the last ULC meeting, four focus group sessions had been held in the library to gather feedback on current and potential user information needs. One group comprised of faculty, one with graduate students, one with undergraduate students not necessarily associated with the library, and one with students who work in the library. She noted that across each group there was strong interest in the expansion of network resources and electronic resources. The results of these sessions will facilitate the development of a questionnaire to be sent to a random sample of faculty or students. E. Hitchingham noted that efforts toward collaborative work between the library and the Center for Excellence in University Teaching to develop an information literacy program have picked up momentum beyond expectations. Provost Peggy Meszaros, has expressed interest in seeing that training can be worked out for all students so they have some kind of introduction, perhaps early in the term, both to the technologies and the information sources. E. Hitchingham has been asked to bring together interested parties within the Information Systems division to address the issues involved. She encouraged ULC members to let her know if they would be interested in participating. E. Hitchingham announced that the library's Web Team is looking at the redesign of the library's home page. After an internal review, it will be reviewed with external users for feedback. She hopes that the ULC will participate in this process. VTLS Demonstration (Guest presentation by librarians) During the remainder of the meeting, a presentation was given to ULC members on library resources including VTLS and its new features, FirstSearch, CD-ROM Databases, and the World Wide Web.