Collection Management Coordinating Team

Author: Candy Skauge

Function Statement
 

Function:

The Collection Management Coordinating Team is responsible for developing and maintaining the NDSU Libraries’ information resources in support of the University’s responsibilities for instruction, research and public service.

Accordingly, the Team will:

  • identify faculty and student information needs as well as those of off-campus constituencies
  • develop and update collection policies for the NDSU Libraries in general as well as for specific subject areas.
  • determine how best to allocate the NDSU Libraries materials budget in order to purchase or lease materials which best meets collection needs.
  • participate in developing cooperative collection agreements with other libraries and library systems.
  • represent NDSU Libraries at Tri-College, state and regional meetings concerning library collections.
  • provide a forum for discussing and sharing information concerning collection management issues.
Other related areas of participation of the Team include integrating collections with other means of  information access, and  developing pointers to electronic information on the internet.
 

Meetings:

The Team’s regular meeting time is the first Tuesday of every month; meetings are open to all staff members.  Minutes are distributed to all staff via the Library Listserv and archived on the library server as per library policy.  An agenda will be published in TGIF the week prior to each regularly scheduled meeting.
 

Membership:

Voting members include:

A facilitator and secretary will be chosen by the team every two years in August.  The facilitator is responsible calling and conducting the meetings, and for representing the Team at the Library Council.  If the facilitator cannot attend a Library Council meeting, the secretary will serve as official representative.
 

Voting

A quorum of one-half plus one voting members is required to pass binding decisions.  A simple majority of members present is needed to carry a motion.


Current 1997-1998 Members
  • Facilitator
  • Kathy Thomas, Secretary
  • Thomas Bremer
  • John Bye
  • Kathy Enger
  • Mark England
  • Fran Fisher
  • Char Myhre
  • Kathie Richardson