THIRD-GENERATION LIBRARY SYSTEMS
If you are investigating for a new automated library system, Marie Zimmerman (Director, Highline) suggested an article "A Virtual Interview with Vinod Chachra [president of VTLS]" by Laverna Saunders which appeared in COMPUTERS IN LIBRARIES (February 1996, p.58-93).
According to Dr. Chachra, "The goal of third-generation library systems is to organize, control, distribute, and access information located within and outside the boundaries of the library." The article gives a brief history of the three generations of library automation systems and reviews the characteristics of the third-generation systems.
NOTES ON CLAMS FALL CONFERENCE, 1996
The CLAMS conference on "Distance Learners and Libraries: What's the Connection?" held at Skagit Valley College on November 14-15 was well attended by about 85 participants. About one third of them were non-CLAMS members. Many of the four-year public and private institutions sent at least one representative. We even had two attendees from Idaho and one librarian flew in from California. The attendance reflects the high regional interest in this topic.
We were introduced to a range of models and possibilities at this conference, but Washington state colleges still have much to learn on providing library services and instructions to remote users. As more information resources become accessible from remote sites, the emphasis will be placed on teaching remote users information literacy skills instead of just information delivering.
Dr. Brinton Sprague, SVC's Vice President of Educational Services, welcomed the group.
Jan Yoshiwara (SBCTC) started the program with some statistics on distance education in Washington state community and technical colleges. According to a study of 1995-1996 distance education study conducted by Ron Baker (Highline), twenty eight colleges reported telecourse activity. The number of computer conferencing classes rose from three in Summer Quarter to 23 in Spring Quarter. The number of one-way video teleclasses increased from four in Summer Quarter to 21 in Spring Quarter. The study did not include statistics on student retention rates.
Yoshiwara briefly explained the Strategic Technology Initiative Plan which was pending for the Legislature's appropriation and the State of Washington K-20 Educational Telecommunications Network project. The goal of the K-20 Network is to enhance and streamline the delivery of education and to facilitate collaboration among K-12, community and technical colleges, and public 4-year institutions in the state. Yoshiwara also briefly reported on the Western Governors' Virtual University (WGU) project which is a plan of about 14 governors to collaborate in the development and delivery of distance learning courses. (For update see note on K-20 and WGU.)
CLAMS particularly appreciates the participation from the Academic Librarians in Public Services (ALPS) from British Columbia. The BC panel included Trish Rosseel from Open Learning Agency and Sheila Comeau from Electronic Library Network. The panel demonstrated a provincial system-wide model on resource sharing, site licensing agreements, and document delivery. By pooling library resources, technology and expertise together, the province-wide system aims to achieve an "equitable, expanded and cost-effective" approach in serving the information needs of their users.
Sandy Slade, Director of Extended Campus Services from University of Victoria, BC gave a humorous report on his recent exchange experience in Australia. Slade is the co-author of the highly recommended book, Library Services for Off-Campus and Distance Education: the Second Annotated Bibliography. (Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. 1996. (ISBN 1-56308-465-1)
The Northwest panel included Karen Lange (Univ. of Wyoming), Cath Finney (Central Oregon Community College), Yvonne Chen (Seattle Public Library) and Dick Hol (Spokane Community College District). Their presentations demonstrated the interest and need for more collaboration among different agencies as the state and other regional agencies are expanding into distance learning programs.
Saul Weisberg's after-dinner speech gently reminded us that technology expanded access to education, but computerized simulations should not replace real-life exploration. Weisberg is the director of the North Cascades Institute.
Harvey Gover, chair of the ACRL Guidelines on Extended Campus Library Services led a session on the Guidelines. See Gover's report. (NOTE: Gover has recently expressed his appreciation for the high quality of the input gathered from the CLAMS session in one of his listserv comments on the Western Governors University project. The seemingly lack of commitment and coordination of the WGU for library support services has caused some concern among the extended campus library service community.)
The conference received overwhelmingly positive evaluations. The slate of presenters representing different roles and perspectives was cited as most valuable. Many wished there were more time for discussion. Everyone agreed the delightful evening banquet provided a welcome change of pace. The hors d'oeuvres and entrees delicately prepared by the SVC Culinary Arts students cheered the spirit. (Linda Hendrick said not to mention the cases of wine!) So thanks again to the marvelous Skagit Valley College support team and the site coordinator Linda.
I would like to give my thanks again to the Executive Board members who were the conference planning committee, in particular: to Robin Crane, CLAMS secretary, and Helen Feeney, the treasurer, who had to handle the unusually large number of registrations; to Kate Bradley for finding the "perfect" banquet speaker and for preparing the periodical database comparison chart with Sarah Beasley. CLAMS also would like to thank the Washington State Library, EBSCO, IAC, UMI, and SIRS for their contributions.
I look forward to another fruitful gathering to learn about incorporating information literacy into curriculum at the CLAMS Spring Conference 1997 at Wenatchee Valley College on May 15-16!
UPDATE ON K-20 TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND WESTERN GOVERNORS' UNIVERSITY
Expenditures were approved for the Washington state K-20 project to build the transport backbone that will connect 4-year public institutions, community and technical colleges, and school district headquarters. CTC (Communications Technology Center) hopes to complete all installations by this summer.
The Western Governors' University Steering Committee has agreed to incorporate the organization to secure accreditation and to hire a director and an academic officer. The WGU is soliciting courses for its first AA degree program and it plans to be operative in summer 1997. Washington state is participating in the planning group, but California has pulled out to form its own version.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON DISTANCE LEARNING ON CLAMS' HOMEPAGE
Please check the distance learning section for links provided by the panelists and subscription instructions for OFFCAMP (national) and NWOCLS (Northwest-based). Both lists address issues related to library support services for distance learners. AAHESGIT, a listserv moderated by Steve Gilbert, provides a national forum for thoughtful discussion on issues related to information technology and distance learning. A survey of guidelines on library support services compiled by Jennifer Wu is posted on the SUNY Library Association Web site on distance learning.
Submitted by Jennifer Wu, CLAMS President (North Seattle CC)
CLAMS' Spring Conference will be held at Wenatchee Valley College on May
15 and 16. CLAMS is thankful that Meredith Patterson has graciously
agreed to be the conference site coordinator. The theme of the conference
will be information literacy in the digital environment. Bellevue
Community College's project on "Information Literacy Across the
Curriculum" and other Web-based instructional models will be featured.
Please watch for further announcement.
Submitted by Jennifer Wu.
CLAMS BUSINESS MEETING, November 15, 1996
Minutes for spring 1996 CLAMS meeting were approved.
WLA LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE: Mary Ellen Bartholomew (Highline) is the new
co-liaison to WLA Legislative Planning Committee. She and Phil Meany
(Centralia) will be representing CLAMS on the Committee.
WACCULUG: Debbie Crumb (Bates) of Waccalug (Inlex users group) is updating
her mailing list. CLAMS members who would like to receive the Waccalug's
minutes should contact her: Email her at dcrumb@ctc.edu or phone: (206) 596-1554; fax: (206) 596-1661.
NOTE: Waccalug also has a new listserv which is rather inactive at this
time. Subscription information is listed below:
LMDC IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS COMMITTEE ON INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM: CLAMS
was invited to send a representative to serve on this committee which will
develop a recommendation on how to proceed with the integrated library
system plan if funding ($42 million) is approved by the State
Legislature. There was strong interest among CLAMS members to get involved
with the planning at an early stage. CLAMS would request to send two
representatives. Dale Burke (Edmonds, Inlex system) and Christie Nelson
(Everett, Dynix System) have expressed interest to serve on the committee.
Francis Clowers (Director, Shoreline) representing Leonoor Ingram-Swets
(Clark), LMDC Chair, was present at the meeting to provide a brief but
interesting discussion. (NOTE: The Committee has not been appointed by
the LMDC Chair yet as of this writing.)
CTC ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY FOR THE INTERNET: Tom Moran (Shoreline) is the
chair of the Internet Interest Group (IIG) committee on developing the
Acceptable Use Policy. He announced that the policy has been revised.
Changes in the policy are discussed through the IIG group. Tom reminded
interested members to subscribe to the IIG listserv to join in the
discussion. Subscription info is listed below:
NOMINATIONS FOR CLAMS EXECUTIVE BOARD 1997-1998: Members who are
interested to serve on the Executive Board or who would like to make
nominations, please e-mail: Monica Tobin, Edmonds Community College, at mtobin@edcc.ctc.eduor phone: (206) 640-1525; fax: (206) 775-0690.
NOMINATIONS FOR WA/ACRL EXECUTIVE BOARD 1997-1998: The Washington State
Chapter of ACRL is seeking interested CLAMS members to serve on its
Executive Board. Chapter officers must be dues paying members of the
Chapter and also be members of ALA/ACRL, except for the members-at-large.
Positions available are president-elect/vice-president, secretary
treasurer, member-at-large. If you are interested, please e-mail Jennifer
Wu (North Seattle) at jwu@seaccd.sccd.ctc.eduwho is on the WA/ACRL Nominating Committee. Alternately, contact her by phone: (206) 526-7719; fax: (206) 527-3614.
INFORMATION LITERACY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM: Francine Walls (Bellevue)
described BCC's project called Information Literacy Across the Curriculum
(ILAC). ILAC focuses on developing information literacy and critical
thinking skills that will assist students throughout their educational and
professional careers. She outlined her proposal for BCC staff to offer
presentations at the CLANS Spring Conference. Other college models will
also be included in the spring program.
CLAMS' LISTSERV: The application to CTC for a listserv was approved in
November. Stephen Badalamente (Columbia Basin) will be the administrator
for the list. (NOTE: See CLAMS Listserv section of this newsletter.)
Submitted by Jennifer Wu.
Joan Weber presided over the meeting.
Post election update from Steve Duncan, WLN Legislative Representative:
This Senate is more conservative than the previous one; the House, equally conservative (Steve's characterization). Our new (liberal?) Democratic Governor, Gary Locke, will probably be tested early in the session by "gay marriage" and "harmful to minors" bills. Library related issues could be reforming the local property tax system which would (probably negatively) affect public library districts and a proposal to elect rather than appoint local library trustees.
The Budget will remain approximately the same meaning that if there is a move toward salary increases for educators (librarians), this legislature would probably fight to make it at the expense of higher ed or one of the welfare type issues - so a battle!
Library Legislative Day is scheduled for Wednesday February 26! We'll hear more about that.
There was a discussion of the WLALPC web page and its use.
Last, but not least, Joan Weber announced that when she takes office as president of WLA in April, she will look carefully at the makeup of WLA committees with an eye toward paring them down. She specifically feels that LPC is too large and questions whether members of the committee who are not representatives of WLA interest groups should remain on the committee - CLAMS, ACLU and the four year academic directors group. She DOES want the LPC members to be directly involved in the political process, i.e. be the ones who read and interpret introduced legislation, determine library related issues and get the info out all.
Submitted by Mary Ellen Bartholomew, Highline Community College
The list name, by popular demand, will be CLAMS-L. To subscribe, send a message:
TO: LISTSERV@CTC.EDU The listserv will respond with a welcome message that includes several commands that the subscriber can use to tailor their subscription to their wishes, including how to stop mailing while on vacation, avoid having your e-mail address displayed on your postings (to keep off marketing lists), and get a complete listing of listserver commands. Stephen anticipates reviewing the listserv parameters at the next business meeting; anything objectionable can be changed anytime. Currently, the list will be un-moderated and open to any who wish either to join or contribute. Archives of the discussion will be maintained and searchable.
Submitted by Stephen Badalamente, Columbia Basin College
Editor's note: Please send any questions or comments about the listserv to Stephen Badalamente. A special thank you is due to Stephen, who made the arrangements with CTC and will maintain the listserv.
I attended the LMDC meeting on November 8. The group spent the Thursday evening and part of the Friday morning on discussing the LMDC's technology proposal. There was a wide range of perspectives and suggestions on how to proceed if funded. A motion to form an Implementation Process Committee to develop recommendations was approved. CLAMS was invited to send a representative to serve on the Committee.
Debra Gilchrist (Pierce) reported on information competency. She will
compile an inventory of current information competency activities at the
colleges. Gilchrist will also check whether information competency is
written into the new (October) NW Association standards.
John Thompson (Spokane Falls) recommended Open University (Britain) as example of a well developed distance education site and distributed two handouts on distance learning. The handouts are "Guiding Principles for Distance Learning in a Learning Society" ((ACE/CALEC) and "Principles of Good Practice for Electronically Offered Academic Degree and Certificate Programs." (WCET)
Washington State Library has a new Web site, http://www.wa.gov/wsl.
Jim Grossman of Green River Community College invited CLAMS to hold a conference at the college. Green River has a new library building!
Library directors were reminded to send their membership dues to CLAMS treasurer, Helen Feeney (Everett). CLAMS membership dues are used to help support our conferences. This is a critical time for CLAMS members to stay current and relevant in order to meet the rapidly changing needs of the instructional programs at the colleges. More than ever, we need good support from our administrators and from each other!
Submitted by Jennifer Wu.
Institutional Memberships paid 11/13/96: 16
Submitted by Helen Feeney We have been trying out ProQuest Direct in preparation for selecting a Web-based periodical index. So far, most of us like the screen appearance, but not the slow speed even with T1 lines and the numerous and frequent error messages. Soon we will be testing Ebsco Host.
Last quarter saw the implementation of the new LIBR 181 course, Research Skills: Library and Internet. The course was developed as a result of the UWired Summer Symposium on Teaching, Learning, and Technology held at the University of Washington. During Fall the 6 sections were linked to French, German, Geology and Engineering courses. Currently, the faculty members from MATH 108 (Statistics) and GEOL 101 (Physical Geology) are participating. We have already lined up an ENGL 102 section and International Business for spring quarter. So far, the instructors' reactions have been enthusiastic about the benefits of the course to their students. The variety among the linked courses has been super for helping the librarians identify ways of modifying course content and focus to better integrate with the goals of core courses.
Submitted by Stephanie Carter.
Edmonds Community College is very pleased to announce that Kim Nakano has joined the staff as the Director of Learning Resources. Kim received both her undergraduate degree, in Fine Arts, and her MLS from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She started her library career as a systems librarian at a public library. She was the Education librarian at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for 14 years, and for the past three years was the head of the Sinclair Library on that campus. Kim comes to Edmonds with a strong background and interest in User Education and Instruction, and a solid reputation in Library Management. People may remember that Greg Golden, the former Director of Learning Resources, was only half-time. His other administrative duty was as half-time division director for Developmental Education. The staff of the library and media center were able to convince the administration that it was time we had a full-time administrator. We are please to say they listened. Kim is full-time in the Library and Media area.
Edmonds Community College is also planning for a major remodel of the library space. Currently the library occupies about 3/4 of the 3rd floor of Lynnwood Hall. The remodeling plans call for the library to occupy all of the 3rd and 4th floors of Lynnwood Hall. Remodeling is currently scheduled for the summer quarter, meaning we will probably have some service disruptions.
Submitted by Dale Burke.
Position announcement:
Faculty Reference Librarian, Media. Highline Community College Library seeks an innovative, technologically savvy librarian with experience in media materials and applications. This is a new position with the challenge to integrate media materials as a basic information resource and to assist faculty in the utilization of media materials in instruction. This position will work within both the Reference Department and Media Services.
As a member of Reference this position will provide reference/ information commons service, information competency instruction and collection development in specific discipline areas. Within Media Services, this position will work with multimedia production teams and assist faculty in integrating media technology into instruction.
Highline Community College is located midway between Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. Highline offers academic transfer, vocational and continuing education programs to a student body of over 9000 (4500+ fte). The library collection is over 100,000 items, including federal and state documents depository items and the media collection. Access to local and remote electronic resources is provided through our Information and Multimedia Commons.
This is a tenure track position which starts September 97. Position requires MLS from ALA-accredited program. Minimum salary $34,032; actual salary based on experience and education. Highline is an Affirmative Action employer and seeks applicants with diverse backgrounds who can contribute to the College's diversity, multicultural understanding and student success.
For job description and application materials call or write: Sue Williamson, Director of Personnel, Highline Community College, P.O. Box 98000, Des Moines, Washington 98198-9800. Application request/jobline (206) 870-3751; Office number (206) 878-3710 ext. 3320; Fax number (206) 870-3773. Screening of applications will begin on February 24, 1997. A representative from Highline will available for informational conversations at the American Library Association Midwinter meeting in Washington, DC, February 14-20.
Submitted by Dana Franks.
We would like to let the world know that while we are very sad that Sharon Simes has left to be the director of the Villa Academy Library, we are very happy to report that Sharon Spence has been hired to replace her. Sharon, a native of Jamaica, served as a reference assistant here while she was in library school and temporarily filled the position Fall Quarter. She is a wonderfully warm and talented person and we are glad to have her as part of our team.
Submitted by Karen Michaelsen.
One news item here...Pat Kelley, Circulation/Reference Librarian at Shoreline will be retiring at the end of this school year. She has been here for almost 30 years.
Submitted by Tom Moran.
Editor's note: Meet Mary Carr, the new Assistant Dean of Instruction for Library and Media Services at Spokane CC. Mary e-mailed me the following background info.
Mary became the Assistant Dean of Instruction for Library and Media Services on Nov. 18. The campus reception marking her arrival was to be held on Nov. 20, but it was cancelled due to Ice Storm '96. Without a doubt, an auspicious beginning.
Before coming to SCC, Mary was the Director of Learning Resources at North Idaho College for nearly eight years. She came to that position from Gonzaga University's Crosby Library where she had worked in various capacities for nearly 15 years. Mary began her professional career teaching Latin and heading the library at Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane.
Mary has a Masters in Business (Human Resources) from Gonzaga University, a Masters in Librarianship from the University of Washington and a B.A. in Latin, also from the UW. She's a Washingtonian, having lived in the state her entire life. She hails from Arlington (north of Seattle).
Active in professional organizations, Mary was president of the Washington Library Association from 1989-1991 while working in Idaho. She is now president of the Idaho Library Association, so naturally it was time to take a job in Washington. There's a certain symmetry there (somewhere?). She may hold a distinction for not once, but twice, heading a library association while working out of state.
In the two months since her arrival at SCC, she has found the college administration supportive and ready for the library and media center to take a prominent role in instruction. Mary looks forward to helping to define how the library-media center can best contribute to teaching and learning SCC.
Walla Walla Community College Library is a participant in a Washington State LSCA grant with Whitman College, Walla Walla College, Walla Walla Public Library and the Walla Walla Rural Library. The grant has provided a means for patrons to access government documents online. Each library received a computer workstation, printer and training in accessing government documents resources. The workstations have proven popular with library users who also use them for searching Internet.
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