Library Services Committee Meeting April 13, 1995 Present: Bowman, Cleaver, Cohn, Del Mastro, Nath, Reilly Absent: Benson, Lally, Lipovsky, Maybrouck Professor Cleaver of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Chairman of the Library Services Committee, called the second meeting of the Committee of the Spring, 1995 semester to order at 11:04 A.M. Professor Cleaver reported on the status of the Library Head search: two of the candidates turned us down, the third was deemed unacceptable. Col. Reilly reported that he and General Poole want the College to reopen the search. He indicated that he felt that it would be unrealistic to expect to get someone by the fall of 1995 and therefore that we should aim for a January 1996 or perhaps even a July 1996 starting date. He questioned whether we should have a new search committee. After some discussion the Library Services Committee came to a consensus that we should continue with the same search committee. The next item of business was a discussion of the budget. Professor Nath reported that he had made a budget request for next year which would include a $6,000 allotment for graduate books and a $29,000 allotment for undergraduate books. He remarked that of the $25,000 that Col. Lyons had obtained this year for the Library, $23,000 had gone for items other than books. Professor Bowman suggested that the Committee write a letter to General Poole supporting Professor Nath's budget request. Professor Cleaver adjourned the meeting at 12:20 P.M. =========================================================================== Library Services Committee Meeting January 26, 1995 Present: Bowman, Cleaver, Cohn, Del Mastro, Hewitt, Lipovsky, Nath Absent: Benson, Lally, Maybrouck Professor Cleaver of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Chairman of the Library Services Committee, called the first meeting of the Committee of the spring, 1995 semester to order at 11:10 A.M. The first item of business was a report by Professor Bowman on the progress of the search for a new Library Director. Professor Bowman indicated that the search committee has narrowed the search to four candidates, that one of them, however, has accepted a position elsewhere and is no longer available, that Dean Reilly has suggested an additional candidate, and that the search committee was scheduled to meet later that day to consider the matter further. Professor Cleaver indicated that the Library Services Committee would need to meet in February to interview the top candidates, once they have been determined. Professor Cleaver then informed the Library Services Committee that Professor Pyatt, acting Library Director, has resigned his position at the Citadel and that Professor Nath has been appointed to be the new acting Library Director. Professor Nath in turn informed the Committee that the Library at present has two full time positions open in addition to the position of Library Director. The final item of business was a discussion of the status of the search for an outside consultant to evaluate the needs of the Library. Professor Cleaver reminded the Committee that Professor Pyatt has provided the Committee with the names of three possible consultants and indicated that a fourth had been suggested to him, but the matter remains very much open. Professor Cleaver reported to the Committee that Dean Reilly thinks that the College should postpone the choice of outside consultant until the new Library Director has been hired. Professor Cleaver adjourned the meeting at 11:45 P.M. ============================================================================== Library Services Committee Meeting October 20, 1994 Present: Benson, Cleaver, Cohn, Del Mastro, Lally, Lipovsky, Maybrouck, Pyatt Absent: Bowman, Hewitt, Professor Cleaver of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Chairman of the Library Services Committee, called the second meeting of the Committee of the fall, 1994 semester to order at 11:03 A.M. The first item of business was the consideration of the minutes of the meetings of May 3, May 12, and August 22, 1994, which were approved as presented.. The next item of business was a presentation by Professor Pyatt, acting head of the Daniel Library, on the current status of the Library. Professor Pyatt informed the Committee that as of the time of the meeting, the budget for the Library is the same as last year. He pointed out, however, that in the academic year 1991-92, the Library book budget had been $60,000, that this figure had been cut to $30,000 for the years 1992-93 and 1993-94, and that although CDF had partially made up for the cut by allocating $25,000 to the Library for books in each of those years, it would not be doing so for the 1994-95 academic year. He said, however, that Col. Lyons would give the library $30,000 in State funds to bring the book budget up to the $60,000 level, but that there was no guarantee that this level of funding could be maintained in the future. Professor Pyatt also discussed a proposal to soundproof a room on the second floor of the library to use as a meeting and study room, to place partitions on the second floor, and also to purchase new furniture. His projected cost for renovations to the Library was $65,500, not counting repairs to the roof. The final item of business was a brief discussion of the status of the search for an outside consultant to evaluate the needs of the Library. Professor Cleaver adjourned the meeting at 12:15 P.M. =============================================================================== Minutes, 22 August, 1994 Present: Benson, Cleaver, Cohn, Del Mastro, Hewett, Lally, Lipovsky, Maybrouck Absent: Bowman Professor Lally of the English Department, acting as Temporary Chairman, called the first meeting of the Library Services Committee of the fall, 1994 semester to order at 1:50 P.M. The first item of business was the election of new officers. The Committee elected Professor Cleaver of the Mathematics Department to be the new Chairman, and re-elected Professor Cohn, also of the Mathematics Department, as Committee Secretary. The Committee was informed that the College has placed an advertisement for the position of Library Director in the Chronicle of Higher Education and has received two applications. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to a summary, for the benefit of the new members, of issues that the Committee considered last year. Professor Cleaver adjourned the meeting at 2:40 P.M.