North Carolina Curriculum Materials Center Association
Summer Meeting
Friday, June 19. 2009
School of Education
Curriculum Resources Center
Elon University
Attendees:
Alan Bailey, East Carolina University
Karen Gavigan, UNC-Greensboro
Sarah Steele, Campbell University
Carrie Nichols, Meredith College
Sarah Bonner, Chowan University
Georgia Williams, Chowan University
Mary Roby, Gardner-Webb University
Cass Plater, NC A & T State University
Margaret Gregor, Appalachian State University
Ron Jackson, Fayetteville State University
Anne Akers, NC State University
Margaret Link, NC State University
Hazel Walker, East Carolina University
Linda Teel, East Carolina University
Yash Garg, NC Central University
Sue Hisle, Applachian State University
Evelyn Blount, Guilford College
Inez Lyons, NC A & T State University
Judith Walker, UNC- Charlotte
Amanda Bosch, Catawba College
The meeting was called to order by Alan Bailey at 10:20am.
Dr. David Cooper, Dean of the School of Education welcomed the group. Laura Williams, Elon’s CMC
Director, also welcomed the group and went over logistics. Members of the group then introduced
themselves.
The minutes of the Dec. 2008 were approved as presented.
Cass Plater, NC A&T State University’s CMC director, made a presentation on Lib Guides. Lib Guides is
an information sharing system that can be used to replace the countless paper subject guides we create
for our classes. The product can keep track of links, is easy to use, and most importantly, requires no
html knowledge. The product also keeps track of usage statistics and the widgits are easy to customize.
Lib Share is the vendor for Lib Guides and the pricing tier is based on the size of the school. NC A & T
State University has been using the product since March 2009. Another example of Lib Guides
implementation can be found at the University of Oregon.
Karen Gavigan suggested that we send out one letter from the organization to the textbook publishers,
requesting the state adopted textbooks for all of the colleges and universities that wish to participate.
Participation is voluntary and those wishing to be included in the group request should contact Karen
Gavigan. Perhaps in the future, the responsibility for requesting the materials would rotate among the
library participants. Karen will send out additional information on the listserv regarding this process.
Not all of the colleges and universities with Approved Teacher’s Ed. Programs are represented in our
group. Alan Bailey stated that he would contact the other libraries on the list to inform them about our
group.
Old business:
Alan Bailey indicated that he had received several inquiries regarding creating a web site for the
association. Anne Akers stated that she has started a site already on Google Site. She had already
uploaded the minutes from the December 2008 meeting on the site. Other suggestions for using the
website included, creating a blog about what we are reading, listing the member libraries with links to
their CMC websites, as well as a link to the revised Curriculum Materials Center guidelines. Carrie
Nichols stated that she would like to work with Anne Akers on further developing the site.
Laura Williams gave the group a tour of the Curriculum Resources Center, a newly renovated space. The
CMC center uses Follett Destiny as their catalog which allows searching by objective.
New Business:
The group has never had an official name and since many of the participants may not be CMC directors,
a name was chosen to represent the diversity of participants. A new name was chosen and approved.
The new name will be: North Carolina Curriculum Materials Center Association.
New officers were elected and the officers are:
Anne Akers will be the new President. She is currently Vice President and will assume the role of the
President.
Cass Plater was elected as Vice President.
Carrie Nichols was elected as Secretary.
The group discussed some options for the Fall meeting. It was suggested that we possibly meet for the
Fall meeting at UNC Charlotte during the week of AASL so that the participants may attend both
meetings. The group also discussed having the Spring/Summer meeting at either Appalachian State
University or at a college or university near the beach?
Presentations:
Alan presented Ron Jackson with a Certificate of Recognition for his service as Past President.
Anne Akers received a Certificate of Recognition for her service as Vice President.
Kathryn Batten received a Certificate of Recognition for her services as Secretary.
Judy Walker received a Certificate of Recognition for her service as the List Serv Host.
CMC Joys and Concerns:
Alan Bailey was selected to serve on the Coretta Scott King Awards – (Jury Subcommittee). This is a 2
year appointment so he will also serve again next year.
East Carolina University - Linda Teel announced the J. Y. Joyner library has received the Insuring
Democracy Through Digital Access grant. This is a 3 year grant from NC Echo. They have also received
the Picturing America and the We The People grants from ALA and the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Appalachian State University - They are hosting author of Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson. Susan
Roth, co-author with Greg Mortenson and illustrator of Listen to the Wind, The Story of Dr. Greg and
Three Cups of Tea, is also coming to Belk Library to speak. She will be bringing the original artwork.
UNC-Greensboro - Karen Gavigan announced that Willie Cathyln, a storyteller from California, will be
coming. Also a new School of Education building is being built in 2011. The CMC center may be divided
between two floors.
Catawba – They will be using Task stream starting in the Fall ‘09. Task Stream is an electronic portfolio
software.
Meeting was adjourned at 1:50.