2007-08 Council on Libraries, Information Systems and Computing (LISC)
Minutes
October 26, 2007
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Attendance: Lawrence Raffalovich (chair), Debra Dickerson (support staff), Carol
Jewell, Fan Pen Chen, Sairam Chinnam; Giovanni Cox , Marty Manjak, Victoria Van
Arx, Carolyn Malloch; Frank D’Andraia
I. Call to Order
II. September 28, 2007 Minutes were approved.
III. Reports
A. Report from the Chief Information Officer (Haile)
Nothing to report.
B. Report from Director of Libraries: D’Andraia
Frank mentioned that the Library Committee members have been set in motion. Victoria Von Arx will chair the Library Committee.
The Library has acquired photos of the past Presidents from 1844 – 1906, which had been destroyed in a fire.
Frank met with members of the Student Advisory board and had asked for feedback regarding Library services. The students (about 20) reported that the
Library Services were good.
Library Services working on sending overdue notices to students via UAlbany account.
Sairam asked Frank about the Intra-library borrowing of books. Frank said he would get back to him on that.
IV. Old Business
A. Report on e-mail as official means of communication with students –
Larry Raffalovich
Larry reported that the President of the University Senate was going to ask
Susan Herbst. Susan wrote stating that he should contact Chris and John Reilly regarding this bill. She suggested meeting with Chris and John and including
Robert Gibson and Sue Faerman. Review/revise the bill as necessary and present to George Philip. LISC should meet before it moves to the Executive

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Committee. Larry will e-mail Chris and John to see if we can resolve some of these issues. There must be some way to communicate with students. A discussion followed regarding student responsibility for monitoring his/her mailbox for important University business, e-mails, etc. Larry will report back to LISC next meeting.
IT Policy Usage Committee
Larry is looking for a volunteer from LISC to chair this committee. He asked both Fan Pen and Carol Jewell to get back to him later next week on whether or not their time permits chairing this committee.
V. New Business
Is there a policy on what belongs to the University (ownership)?
Who owns electronic materials? Does it belong to the professor who originated it? If a professor leaves his position, can he take everything he worked on with him? Are there any claims on these materials?
Marty said the UUP agreement may define these parameters. Carol Jewell will look at the UUP contract and report back to the committee any findings.
Information Commons Project
The information commons project identifies courses and hires faculty. It was suggested that we invite Peter Bloniarz to come to a LISC meeting and explain and elaborate on this Information Commons Project.
Other Business
Marty Manjak met with Jeff Williams (University Archivist) and John Reilly
(University Counsel) to begin discussions on records retention. The campus needs to develop a strategic approach for its record retention due to external pressures from the legislature (preservation of electronic records); possible litigation. It could have an impact upon all of us and may require LISC involvement.
There being no further business, the Committee adjourned at 4:15 p.m.