FINAL REPORT
April 17, 2003
The Senate Libraries and AcIS
Committee has the traditional role of informing
itself about various areas of
Library and AcIS functioning, and responding to
questions and problems
suggested by its members or raised by constituents in
the larger university
community.
This year we discussed, among
other topics:
∙ Changes in space layouts and allocations as a
result of the (now well
advanced) renovations in Butler Library.
∙ The improvements now being made in
CourseWorks, and others planned for the
future.
∙ Changes in the software that has powered
CLIO; upgrades this summer will
bring us greatly enhanced capabilities.
∙ Online reserve materials as an increasing
resource, and related problems of
access (including off-campus access) and printing.
∙ Electronic publishing procedures and their
complicated prospects, and online
privacy issues.
∙ The Center for New Media Teaching and
Learning, and its wide range of
activities in training and website-making for the campus.
∙ Problems of food and drink in Butler
Library.
Of all these topics, the last
was the one that generated strongly expressed
comments from outside the
Committee, and inspired vigorous discussions that
are obviously destined to be
part of an ongoing debate. Everyone agreed that
the problem exists; but, as
we discovered, for many reasons it is not
something susceptible to any
quick or simple solution. We plan to continue
our discussions of this
matter in the fall.
For the present, we have no
resolutions to present to the Senate.
We would like more
participation in this committee, especially by faculty
members.
Fran Pritchett
Chair