University Library Committee Minutes
March 19, 2001

Present: H. Cannon, J. Floyd, A. Goodman, M. Newcomb, G. Reid, C. Roney, G. Shreve, S. Aleti (student), R. Holley, L. Sutton
In the absence of the chair, Vice-Chair C. Roney conducted the meeting.

1. Minutes of the January 29, 2001 meeting were approved as distributed.
2. The status of planning for the scholarly communications event was discussed. The Provost will work with the new Dean of Libraries on this issue after her appointment on May 1. The Committee will hold one final meeting of this academic year in early May with the new Dean. The Provost will be invited to attend to share his thoughts on the subject.
3. The Committee was given a briefing on the situation with the journal Nature. WSU has joined the overwhelming majority of research libraries in refusing to agree to unfavorable terms for electronic licensing of this resource. The two main issues are price and a delay in publishing to institutional users.
4. The Committee discussed the Libraries’ policy on faculty renewals. Current policy is to allow three phone or online renewals with a length of one term each. Upon the fourth renewal, the faculty member is required to bring the item back in to the library before checking it out again. The purpose of the policy is to encourage faculty to return books they are not using frequently and for inventory control of the collection. The Committee felt that the policy was reasonable and voted to support it.
5. L. Sutton advised that interviews would begin shortly for the position of Director of the Purdy/Kresge Library. ULC members whose discipline is supported by this library will be invited to a faculty session with each candidate.
6. The date and time of the May meeting will be announced, depending on the schedule of the new Dean and the Provost.