Oakland University Senate

Third Meeting

Thursday, 5 December 1991
3:10 p.m.
East Crockery, Oakland Center

AGENDA

Respectfully  submitted by Keith R. Kleckner for the Steering Committee

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION.

No items of regular Senate business will be presented. Instead, the occasion will be an open forum to consider the major issue of a library collection development and information access policy which is financially sustainable over the long term and which meets the information needs of faculty and students. In addition to Senators, all faculty are invited and encouraged to attend this forum.

OPEN FORUM: LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PLANS

SPEAKER                  TOPIC

Kleckner                     1. What is the Problem?
                                            Inflation rates; journal costs.

Frankie                         2 . Is OU Unique?
                                            What is happening elsewhere? UM; Michigan public universities.

Frankie                         3 . What Can OU Do?
                                            Library as information utility rather than just a repository.
                                            Ownership plus access.
                                            North Central Association concerns.

Frankie                          4 . Library Collection Development Plan.
                                             Development of a core collection.
                                             Improved services for accessing information located elsewhere.
                                             Priorities for developing core collection.

Marks                             5 . Library Council Statement.
                                                Issues and concerns.
                                                Endorsements.

Frankie                             6 . Implementation of Plan.
                                                 Library meets with academic units (December and January).
                                                Initiation of articles-on-demand service (January through June).    
                                                Unit reviews of journal holdings (January through March).

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION