50 2018
January 2018. The Cataloging Committee’s annual Cataloging Workshop at St. Kate’s on January 8 covered APIs & Analytics, Database Clean-up, and 963 Clean-up. The Acquisitions Committee presented an Acquisitions Analytics Workshop on January 19.
The CLIC Board approved a contribution from the consortium to support Minitex’s Minnesota Library Publishing Project (MLPP). Hamline and Northwestern libraries also made individual contributions to MLPP.
CLIC’s landlord, Family Tree, announced their plan to sell the 1619 Dayton property in 2018. Maureen Fitzgerald and Ruth Dukelow met with the prospective buyers on January 12 as part of the due diligence process and were requested to submit a Tenant Estoppel Certificate to confirm CLIC’s existing lease.
February 2018. The Executive Committee contacted three local consulting firms, and Dukelow scheduled meetings with each to outline CLIC’s proposal requirements. The Executive Committee indicated that they would like to select a consultant in the spring of 2018 and to begin the strategic planning process in late 2018 or early 2019.
The A-Team reviewed the Committees’ checklists to determine any overlaps or gaps. The Board delayed review of CLIC’s overall Committee structure until after CLIC has completed the first year on the Alma/Primo system.
March 2018. CLIC’s Research and Instruction COI hosted “The Future or Un-future of the Academic Library: a CLIC Unconference” on March 1 at Concordia. There were 20 breakout sessions, and CLIC archived the notes and photos on the CLIC Member Library Google Drive. Members of the Research & Instruction COI will give a presentation about the Unconference at CLIC’s April 11 Conference.
The Collection Development Committee offered the Board a variety of proposed formulas for a shared ebooks fund. The CLIC Board reviewed the proposals and voted to adopt the “Orbis” formula (30% flat rate, 35% FTE, and 35% materials budget) at $75,000 for FY19.
The Board gave the A-Team an assignment to prioritize CLIC’s top issues/concerns with the Alma/Primo system to bring to Ex Libris for resolution. The A-Team discussed their prioritization assignment and determined that the top two issues are 1. KnowledgeBase and 2. resource sharing and other consortial functionality.
The Board approved a sponsorship contribution to the Lake Superior Libraries Symposium.
April 2018. More than 90 people attended CLIC’s event, Reimagining the Academic Library, at Hamline University on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. In the morning session, keynote speaker David Lewis, Dean of the IUPUI University Library and IU Assistant Vice-President for Digital Scholarly Communication, presented on Reimagining the Academic Library. Wendy Pradt Lougee, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries and McKnight Presidential Professor, University of Minnesota Libraries, addressed The Evolution of a Diffuse Library, and Tanya Grosz, Ph.D., Dean of Graduate, Online & Adult Learning and Assistant Professor of English, Unive