Noon, Burling Library Conference Room

Attending: Doug Caulkins, Christopher McKee, John Stone, Victoria Brown, David Harrison, John Kalkbrenner, Bob Grey, Lee Sharpe, Bill Francis, Helen Scott, Gail Bonath

Continuation of discussion on delivery of course materials to students. The committee discussed issues concerning course packets and electronic reserves.

Overall, there are two issues: the legal aspect, being in compliance with copyright law; and the economic aspect, paying for obtaining copyright permission as well as costs associated with copying/printing materials.

John K. will contact the College's course packet provider, XanEdu, concerning permission to place course packets on reserve. He will also draft a document outlining issues faced by the Bookstore in regard to course materials.

The Library, using the American Library Association guidelines, will provide at the next ISC meeting a draft document on guidelines for library reserve use, including electronic reserves.

Copyright guidelines are guidelines only, and as such are subject to opinions and interpretations unless or until courts make specific rulings. ISC discussed raising the issue about how the college might respond to the risk factor in approaching guidelines for compliance. Shouldn't the college be willing to take on some risk and to take a leadership role in the murky areas to support the interests of educational institutions like our own?

Electronic reserves and online materials have an economic and ecological impact on campus. Some peer colleges have solved this by instituting limits on printing; students must pay for excess printing. The suggestion was made to look more closely at what other colleges have done about the cost of the use of printers on their campuses. John S. opposes the idea of having students pay for printing, suggesting that the savings would be marginalized or even negated by increased administrative costs, and that student learning and teaching effectiveness may be compromised by students not being able or willing to print course materials.

J-STOR: If ISC commits funds to assist with startup costs next year ($11,500), the number of proposals that ISC will be able to fund will be compromised. The suggestion was made to give any ISC funds remaining at the end of this academic year to the library to help offset the startup cost of J-STOR. The 2002-03 college budget provides $15,000 of the necessary $26,500 to start J-STOR. J-STOR discussion will continue at the March 14 meeting.

Respectfully submitted,
Terri Phipps