MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD

April 14, 2010

Professor Joe Gisondi, Chair, convened the meeting at 4:02 p.m., in Booth Library Conference Room 4440.

Present:� Rick Anderson, Julie Benedict, Lola Burnham, Marie Fero, Joe Gisondi, Abdou Illia, Dean Allen Lanham, Stephen Lucas, Thomas McDonald, Robert Petersen, Kiran Padmaraju, and Peter Wiles

Excused:� Jeffrey J. Snell and Tina Veale

I. Welcome and Comments

A motion was made by Kiran Padmaraju and seconded by Marie Fero, to approve the minutes from the February 24, 2010 meeting as submitted; the motion carried.

II. Communications

Communications were received from Jeffrey J. Snell and Tina Veale regarding their inability to attend.

III. Old Business

EIU Integrative Learning Initiative, Booth Library: Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity

There were 13 submissions (3 by one student) for this program as follows:

� James Buckwalter: �Shipboard Insurrections, the British Government and Anglo-American Society in the Early 18th Century,� a written work

• Ayaka Hisanaga: �Parent-Child Relationship and Risk of Suicidal Behaviors in College Students,� a written work
• Keri Carroll: �A Literary Cold Case: The Mysterious Death of Ambrose Bierce,� a written work
• Joshua Harden: �Electromagnetically Induced Transparency,� PowerPoint presentation
• Brandon Hensley: �New Age, Old Discourse: National Geographic, Orientalism, and Coverage of Afghanistan in the 21st Century, � a written work
• Emily Kuhn: �A Descriptive Study of the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of College Men at a Mid-Western University Concerning Testicular Cancer,� a written work
• Madeline M. Landes: �Personnel Administration Clinical Experience Examination: Collaborative Leadership,� a written work
• Holly Thomas: �IR Theory and State Cooperation on Blood Diamonds,� a written work
• Holly Thomas: �My Soldier: A True Love Story,� memoir
• Holly Thomas: �Curse of Diamonds,� a written work
• Anna Vieux: �MA Thesis Exhibit: Anne Vieux,� an art exhibit
• Maegan Walsh: �Christopher Columbus Revised: A Casebook and Unit Plan,� casebook and unit plan
• Geoffrey Anton: �Zokal Mysterious Defeat: A Study of the Patriot Loss at Germantown During the American War of Independence,� a written work

Ten Board members evaluated each of the submissions, using the �Evaluation Rubric� form to assign a numeric value to the three criteria:� excellence, research/creativity, and use of research resources.� A list was comprised of entries ranked most deserving and discussion ensued with regard to the merits of each entry.� After the discussion a vote was again taken and the following were selected as winners:

• James Buckwalter: �Shipboard Insurrections, the British Government and Anglo-American Society in the Early 18th Century,� (undergraduate) Award
• Maegan Walsh:� �Christopher Columbus Revised: A Casebook and Unit Plan,� (undergraduate) Award
• Madeline M. Landes: �Personnel Administration Clinical Experience Examination: Collaborative Leadership,� (graduate) Award
• Holly Thomas: �Curse of Diamonds,� (graduate) Award
• Brandon Hensley: �New Age, Old Discourse: National Geographic, Orientalism, and Coverage of Afghanistan in the 21^st Century,� (graduate) Honorable Mention
• Anne Vieux: �MA Thesis Exhibit: Anne Vieux,� (graduate) Honorable Mention

Booth Library will contact each winner by mail and an announcement will be made in the Daily Eastern News.� A formal presentation of awards will be held soon thereafter.

Further discussion ensued with regard to parameters for next year�s award and additional requirements for student entries.

IV. New Business

Elections were held for Chair and Vice-Chair for the Library Advisory Board�s 2010-2011 term.� Tina Veale was elected Chair and Lola Burnham was elected Vice-Chair.�

Dean�s Report

Dean Lanham wished everyone a happy National Library Week and mentioned all the events scheduled for the week, including:

• Trivia Question of the Day (for each day of the week)
• Writing contest seeking creative sentence-length submissions on the subject of libraries
• Library Worker�s Day party
• Organized Library tours
• Borrower card drive for the local community
• Viewing of a live streaming videoconference with Neil Gaiman, Honorary Chair of National Library Week, on libraries and censorship
• Annual Book Sale (which was held today) -- the book sale made $1,337.42.� All monies were deposited into the Memorial Gift account, where the funds will be used to purchase resources and supply services to patrons
• Exhibits throughout the library.

Personnel

Dr. Lanham reported that a search is still in progress for the vacant 12-month, tenure-track librarian position.� In addition, Lanham reported that two Library faculty will retire during summer 2010.

Service Issues

The Graduate Studies Council approved credit-free courses for students working on oral or written exams.� This will allow these students full use of Library services.

Collection Issues

The 2010 Periodical and Standing Order Review has been completed.� A list is on Booth�s website of all journals slated to be cut, as well as some print titles.� They are being removed due to financial considerations.� However, final decisions will be made in the fall.� Dr. Lanham asked for suggestions on scenarios for future acquisitions but due to time constrains, this item will be tabled until next semester.

Planning Issues

• The Normal School History exhibit at Booth Library is slated for fall 2010.� Booth Library will be busy this summer preparing this exhibit as it will be done from scratch and it is the first time the Library has ever prepared an exhibit from the ground up.� In the past, Booth participated in traveling exhibits; however, we did our own programming.� Dr. Lanham asked that Board members contact him if they were interested in participating in the program.
• The Benjamin Franklin exhibit and event series is scheduled for January-February, 2011.� If any members are interested in participating in that exhibit, they are to contact reference librarian, Jocelyn Tipton, 581-7542, jttipton@eiu.edu.

V. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 5:11 p.m.�

Respectfully submitted by:

Christine Derrickson, Recording Secretary