El Camino Community College
Learning Resources Unit Council Meeting
April 17, 2007
Persons present: Kerry Bossin KB, Don Brown DB, Susie Dever SD, Lisa George LG, Moon
Ichinaga MI, Ed Martinez EM, Howard Story HS, Claudia Striepe CS.
The meeting was convened at 3:03 P.M. by HS who announced that this month’s meeting would
be shorter than usual and have no formal agenda.
The minutes of the March 20, 2007 meeting were reviewed and approved.
Item # I: Special Committee recommendations on use of the Staff Break Room: The proposal
was that the Staff Room be available to all employees during their work shifts and that student
workers must wear badges and not bring in friends. DB said the Music Library’s policy is
similar and that it works. HS suggested the proposal include the patio. LG asked if the proposal
was for all employees on campus or LRU employees only. HS suggested staying with the
current proposal and having another phase to look at utilization by others outside the LRU. DB
moved to accept the current proposal. It was passed unanimously.
Item # II: SLOs: HS asked about updates on the SLOs. CS reported that our course SLO first
cycle results have to be analyzed. The next step would be the development of departmental
SLOs using the information competency checklist.
Item # III: Budget: MI asked about the budget. HS said the typical rollover process was not
being followed this time and that AG is working on the budget. He added that Michele Whiting
advised of the need to turn in all supply requisitions by April 20 and a cutoff date of May 11 for
open purchase orders. General discussion of software needs took place. DB suggested Camtasia
for Claudia in terms of bibliographical instruction. It records what you do and your voice. EM
spoke of the need of a digital camera for the Library and LRU to document the lobby art
displays, graffiti, and other matters.
Item #IV: Other: LG requested information on the draft “Temporary, Non-Classified Service
Employees Hiring Information.” HS summarized the basics of the document, and CS provided a
copy to LG. MI asked about the LMT IV position. HS said that it has been approved and added
that interviews for the Systems Librarian position would take place next Wednesday. He further
advised of the need to get back to looking at the LRU addition and expressed concern that
campus workstations might be used for LRU workstations without regard to specific needs. SD
brought up next week’s enrollment management workshop and asked if it would be possible for
one of the librarians to attend. She was advised that the date conflicts with the annual
Librarians’ luncheon. CS suggested that at the next librarians’ meeting maybe they could come
up with some recommendations to send SD. HS brought up the need to have some method such
as an electronic bulletin board to advise all of what is going on in the LRU: what day, what
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room, etc. It could be a wish list item. LG asked about the ID card and the problem of the
international students having Datatel numbers that don’t work with our databases. Currently
there is no solution, but all agreed that this problem is serious and needs to be addressed.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:55 P.M.