Library Leadership Council Meeting
Fall Meeting, October 23-24, 2014
Spokane, WA
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Participants: Cheyenne Roduin, Stacy Prest, Monica Luce, Beth Hill, Jane Blume, Paula Doherty,
Eric Palo, Lynn Kanne, Jennifer Dysart, Sue Kennedy, Tim Fuhrman, Tammy Siebenberg, Stan
Horton, Jeanne Leader, Myra Van Vactor, Christie Flynn, Sharon Simes, Michelle Bagley, Mary Carr,
Mindy Coslor, Jeff Martin, Debra Gilchrist, Elizabeth Iaukea, Ted Tollefson, Jeff Martin, Rand
Simmons, Andrew Hersh-Tudor, Maggie Stuart
Online Participants: Michelle Bagley, Mindy Coslor, Jennifer, Sally, Theresa Jones, Sharon Winter,
Jennie Vano, Lauri Kram
Chair Kennedy called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.
Reports
CLAMS - Theresa Jones reported that the spring conference will be held at Everett Community
College. The Fall meeting took place last week with 75 attendees (in person and virtual). The
highlight of the meeting was a 4 1/2 hour presentation about ALMA, which included an opportunity
to review the consortium draft and an overview of Primo customization. Recordings of the
presentation are available online at the CLAMS website.
SBCTC - Mark Jenkins reported that that Competency Based Education in partnership with Lumen
Learning will launch in January, with a degree program in Business. Mark described the various
levels of adoption, which range from level 1, which includes more involvement of faculty input, to
level 4, which is self-paced and self-directed. Students can pay for 2 15 credit terms and achieve as
many credits as possible during the 6 month time frame. Students who know a subject will can
immediately take the assessment. Currently there are 9 colleges involved in CBE, down from 13;
the cost is $1.8 million. CBEWA.ORG blog and the CBE listserv are good ways to keep up with
what’s happening in CBE.
Mark added that some CBE courses are asking for library expertise to identify OERs and further
noted that as the number of academic pathways increase, library involvement will also increase.
A new open project is available, offered in partnership with Creative Commons to create a course
about OER for middle-level. Boyoung Chae is currently writing a paper on the usage of OER in the
Washington State system.
Instruction Commission – Deb Gilchrist reported that Pierce had participated in the OER pilot,
noting that the library role was to provide instructional resources. Deb suggested talking to faculty
about embedding information competencies into the curriculum. The next IC meeting is Thursday
and Friday of next week in Tacoma.
Deb recommended watching for upcoming legislation that recommends dissolving Running Start
and moving toward college in the high school. Credentials of high school teachers are still an issue,
with community colleges and 4-year colleges in disagreement about appropriate credentialing.
There was a brief discussion about LLC participation in IC. Currently LLC participated in the Tech
Committee. A suggestion was made to add a second representative to IC, possibly serving on the
either the transfer, work force, or transitions committee. A second alternative would be to have the
1 rep be a “split rep,” serving on two committees.
ACTION – Stan Horton made a motion to have two LLC representatives on IC, one on the transfer
committee and one on the technology committee. The motion was seconded by Tim Fuhrman.
Discussion: it was noted that many of the new adult students will be in Workforce or Transitions.
Sue Kennedy amended the motion, to state that LLC will maintain the tech rep and add an at-large
rep to IC. Motion carried. Sue will follow up to add the at-large rep to IC.
Other news from IC – Libraries with periodicals in excess of $10,000 must rebid each year.
eLearning Council – Stan Horton reported that ELC met 2 weeks ago. Issues addressed included a
nationwide state authorization compact, the replacement of Tegrity by Panopto, issuing badges
inside of Canvas to prove competency mastery, and the requirement on some campuses that all
instructors use Canvas. The ELC OER subcommittee reviewed and discussed the LLC OER
definition, but did not reach agreement. A suggestion was made to encourage librarians to take
Boyoung Chae’s OER course and to become familiar with the OpenWA website. Mark Jenkins added
that there will eventually be a Twitter feed on OpenWA to push content.
Sue announced that ITC and State Library reports will be presented tomorrow. Sue suggested
thinking ahead about the library platform project and the new consortium, as Ted Tollofson will be
here to answer questions.
MSIT Update – Elizabeth Iaukea from the Washington State Library reported that the legislature
has funded vouchers for Microsoft Specialist certification. Some business schools are now
requiring this certification for admission. Software site licenses are also offered at a reduced rates.
Currently 10,000 are enrolled in MSIT.
Group Sessions – the membership broke into 3 discussion groups: 1) library services platform, 2)
student outcomes, and 3) advancing the use of OER. Groups discussed the following: 1) goals for
the year, 2) opportunities or barriers, 3) questions, and 4) needed resources.
The meeting reconvened at 4:00.
Alma Implementation – Ted Tollefson answered questions about the Alma implementation and
described a variety of available Alma implementation resources, including a recorded Webex, and
the CLAMS presentation. Sue will send out start and stop markers for the CLAMS presentation, Ted
will provide a bullet sheet with additional information.
Work Group Report Outs
OER Group
Goals – adopt LSTA goals with modifications:
1. Libraries will be OER leaders and advocates
2. ITC will pilot and adopt courses
3. LLC will support OER programming and advocacy through stakeholder collaboration
Barriers
1. Bookstore issues
2. shortage of experts
3. financial resources
Opportunities
1. Boyoung’s course
2. LSTA
Resources
1. SBCTC support: summit, speakers
Other topics discussed – avoiding duplication of effort, library in lead role vs support role;
discussion should continue in winter and spring.
Student Outcomes Group
Christie Flynn reported that the group discussed measures of student success.
Opportunities
1. Questions on CSSE
2. PILR grant
Barriers
1. Variables are different
Resources
1.
2.
3.
4.
National group
ACRL
Information literacy
Primo may be a tool to measure our success working with faculty
The OER group had attended to come up with simple metrics. One suggestion was to use CSSE
exclusively, but some colleges don’t use it. Other suggestions included a bibliography, surveys, and
a literature review. For winter, may survey colleges to find out who is using the CSSE and how
often. Mindy Coslor offered to send out information about how she uses CSSE data.
Library Platform Group
Goals – determine funding and cost structure, negotiate contract, identify how to move forward,
identify a communication plan.
Day 1 adjourned at 5:27 p.m.
Friday, October 24, 2014
Day 2 convened at 8:33 a.m.
Bylaws Changes
ACTION: Tim Fuhrman made a motion to change LMDC to LLC and add the duty of new member
orientation to the incoming chair. Motion seconded by Beth Hill. Motion carried.
LSTA Grant
Sharon Winters reported that information about the LSTA Grant is available at the
libraryasleader.org website. There is also a wordpress blog, which is intended for a wider audience.
Grant participants will have access to a Canvas classroom. The mini grant phase begins next month.
20 mini-grants of $3,000 will be available. Funds will be split between discipline faculty and
librarians to adopt OER into coursework. Quill West will lead workshops and drive the project.
There will be a LSTA workshop at Tacoma Community College on 11/7/14. Applications are due on
11/20/14.
Platform and New Consortium
Next week Sue Kennedy and Jennifer Dysart will attend IC to discuss the library platform as a core
technology. Jennifer and Andrew Hersch-Tudor previously addressed this topic and WACTC.
Currently there are no core technologies and there is no process in place to designate core
technologies. WACTC may take the library platform as a test case. IC will discuss core technology
and has requested proposals for funding models. A suggestion was made to “laymanize”
documentation about the new platform to make it easier for IC members to understand. A second
suggestion was made to strongly urge IC to support the core technology recommendation to
WACTC.
There are now 28-30 colleges who have expressed interest in moving forward with the project. If
the platform is designated as a core technology, it will be easier for some schools to take part.
There is currently an interest in building an early cohort to start the process in July.
Sue distributed a spreadsheet with high-end implementation costs per college.
Washington State Library
Jeff Martin – the Library Council of Washington has developed their 2015 work plan, which includes
three new projects: 1) Library as OER leaders, 2) Washington digital newspapers, and 3) All-aboard
for Kindergarten.
Rand Simmons reported that there is an expected $2.4 million shortfall in income. The state library
is requesting backfill to establish level funding. The library is is requesting an appropriation to
provide sustaining funds for MSIT, as the project has only been funded for 2 years. Without the
backfill, LSTA funds are subject to reduction, and other services will be at risk.
Jane Blume suggested that members write the governor a letter suggesting that more funds be
allocated to the state library.
Treasurer’s report: Andrew Tudor reported that the current balance is $5,690.66. The full report
is posted on the wiki. Michelle Bagley made a motion to approve the report. Motion seconded by
Myra Van Vactor. Motion carried.
July Minutes: Jeanne Leader made a motion to approve the summer minutes. Motion seconded by
Tim Fuhrman. Motion carried.
Alma Implementation: Discussion returned to the cost estimate spreadsheet. Sue noted that the
cost estimates are based on FTE. A suggestion was made to add time frames to the spreadsheet,
indicating which colleges are will be participating in each of the three waves: Year 1, Year 2, or Year
3. Sue informally polled participants about confidence in funding and the level of technical support
needed. Jennifer Dysart called for volunteers to take in the negotiations.
Consortium: Andrew Hersh-Tudor reviewed the consortium document developed at the summer
meeting. Andrew reported that he had discussed the document with CLAMS last week. CLAMS
members were interested and engaged. Andrew was able to clear up concerns about additional
workload. LLC members proceeded to give input on the document. Suggestions including not using
LMS as the acronym for the system as it may be confused with “Learning Management System.”
Andrew thanked the group for comments and offered to revise the document.
Andrew reported that ExLibris wants the name of the consortium. Andrea has been suing CTCLC,
with the final LC standing for “library consortium.”
A suggestion was made to expand the ORCA consortium rather than creating a new one, as ORCA is
already a legal entity. A lengthy discussion ensued about the merits of creating a new consortium
vs. expanding the existing ORCA consortium. The discussion will be continued at the winter
meeting.
Departures: This is the last meeting for Myra Van Vactor and Paula Doherty. The membership
acknowledged them for their many contributions to LLC.
The meeting adjourned at 11:57 a.m.