Meeting Notes
November 1, 2001
9:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
LIBRARY
COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON PRESENT
WASHINGTON STATE LIBRARY PRESENT
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
The Library Council of Washington meeting was called to order by
Vice-Chair, Susan Baker.
MEETING NOTES
Motion: The Council moved, seconded, and approved the September 6,
2001 meeting notes as written.
LSTA 5-YEAR EVALUATION - Progress
Report
Matt Saxton, Assistant Professor at the University of Washington,
Information School provided an analysis of the grant program impact and
progress to libraries around the State Washington. A final evaluation report
will be made available to the Council for the January 10th meeting.
WASHINGTON STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION
� Neel
The Washington State Library Commission (WSLC) has been very
interested in the FY2002 proposals that were forwarded for funding
consideration. Changes in the process and timeframes for the FY2003 proposals
will be provided to the Commission for their review.
PROPOSAL PROCESS � Subcommittee
A subcommittee was formed and charged with tightening
and refining the existing proposal process. Avenues were explored to shorten
the application process time giving proposal makers more time to develop their
proposals.
Motion: The Council moved, seconded, and approved the FY2003 Request for Proposals form, guidelines and evaluation criteria noting that this is not a grant cycle, but proposals for statewide initiatives.
CONSORTIA - PROCESS PRIORITIES
Collaboration and consortia efforts continue to be a top priority
for the Council. Discussion revolved around projects that benefit small
libraries with less resources, to help libraries build capacity (effectively
run their operations) and to stimulate, develop local or regional
collaborations and basic family literacy. It was suggested that members of
Council should meet with the Washington State Library Commission for setting
criteria and process priorities.
SDL� Rand Simmons
Rand presented a new marketing video and an SDL continuance survey
analysis. The results of the survey will be made available to the library
community soon. From an SDL legislative aspect, John Backes suggested it would
be helpful to have letters of support from WLN, OSPI and the WLA president.
COUNCIL DEPARTURES and VACANCIES
John Backes, Susan Baker and Nancy Carroll did not seek
re-appointment. They were praised for their efforts and contributions to the
Council. Motion: The Council moved, seconded, and passed a motion to forward
the recommendation for re-appointment of Laurie Miller and Carol Cahill to the
Washington State Library Commission.
After review for the Library Council vacancies, it was moved and seconded that the Council recommend to the Commission: Leonoor Ingraham-Swets, Director of the Library and Media Services at Clark College to represent 2-year academic schools, and Eve Datisman of the Quillayute Valley School District to represent school libraries. Recruitment for a diversity representative continues.
LSTA FIVE-YEAR PLAN UPDATE
� Jeff Martin
A subcommittee was formed to develop an outline of the LSTA
Five-Year Plan. Decision points will be necessary and will be made available
for the Council�s review in January. Having an adopted Statewide Plan will
prove instrumental in the development of the LSTA Five-Year Plan which is due
to the federal government by July 31, 2002. Sub-committee members are: Jeff
Martin, Laurie Miller, Lethene Parks, Neel Parikh, Mike Scroggins, and possibly
Jonalyn Woolf-Ivory and Linda Pierce.
K-20 � Mike Scroggins
Mike advised the Council the K-20 Governing Board met on Thursday,
October 25, 2001, who voted to use the Qwest settlement dollars to connect
public libraries to the K-20 educational network, and to use that money to pay
ongoing operating costs for up to a three or four year period.
GATES FOUNDATION � Jeff
WSL staff and the Gates Foundation representatives spoke via
conference call on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 to discuss implementation of the
program and scheduling. A final list of qualified libraries will be made
available to the Washington State Library by the end of December. The Gates
Foundation timeline is:
December 2001 Announcement of qualified libraries
March 2002 Gates Foundation will mail applications to central
libraries
First part of April 2002 Applications must be submitted to
the Gates Foundation
End of April 2002 Application review by the Gates Foundation
MEETING DATES
Jan Walsh will contact Nancy Zussy to discuss a joint
meeting with the Commission and Council on April 17, 2002. Council meeting
locations for July, September and November 2002 will be discussed further at
the January meeting.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Ann Marie Clark has tentatively agreed to fill the
vacated vice-chair position. Sharon Winters will contact Jonalyn Woolf-Ivory to
determine if she is interested in seeking the Council Chair position. Further
discussion regarding election of officers will be at the January meeting.
Assignments:
Next Meeting, January 10, 2002 at the King County Law Library, Seattle, WA.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda McMaster