Southeast Kansas Academic Librarian Council

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Southeast Kansas Academic Librarian Council

• Strength in Numbers

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Presenters

• Scotty Zollars
• Director of Library Services
• Labette Community College
• Micaela Ayers
• Director of Library Services
• Butler Community College

• Helen Rigdon
• Director of Library and Learning Resources
• Wichita Area Technical College
• Steve Anderson
• Director of Library Services
• Allen County Community College

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Members of SEKALC

• Steve Anderson
• Allen County Community College
• Micaela Ayers
• Butler Community College
• Larry Bain
• Fort Scott Community College
• Rhoda MacLaughlin
• Cowley College
• Helen Rigdon
• Wichita Area Technical College

• Bob Walters
• Pittsburg State University
• Janice Weir
• Independence Community College
• Susan Weisenberger
• Neosho County Community College
• Scotty Zollars
• Labette Community College
• Coffeyville Community College

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Mission Statement

• Believing in the spirit of collaboration and that
  some of the best resources are found in our
  fellow librarians, the mission of the Southeast
  Kansas Academic Librarians Council is to promote
  and facilitate the sharing of educational
  resources and improve library services through
  the exchange of ideas, best practices
• and policies.

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The History
Original members of SEKALC
Conveyance to early meetings
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History of SEKALC

• Originally was part of the Southeast Kansas
  Community and Junior College Consortium January
  5, 1971
• First named Southeast Kansas Community College
  Library Directors Council
• Six original members were
• Allen County Community College
• Coffeyville Community College
• Fort Scott Community College
• Independence Community College
• Labette Community College
• Neosho County Community College

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History of SEKALC 1970s

• November 1975
• Began to interlibrary loan audiovisual materials
  among themselves
• 1977
• Voted to assess each member institution 200 to
  start building a borrowing collection of films
• Assessment was raised to 450 in 1986 where it
  remains today
• Allen County houses the collection of
  audio-visual materials

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History of SEKALC 1970s

• 1978
• Cowley County began to attend meeting
  unofficially
• 1979
• Group divided up magazines and journals out of
  various indexes for purchase
• Sought grant to purchase microfilm copies of
  these journals. Group interlibrary loaned copies
  of microfilmed articles through the 90s.

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History of SEKALC 1980s

• 1983
• First attempt to purchase an automated library
  system collectively - not successful
• 1985
• PSU started regularly attending meetings
• Smiley Affair
• 1988
• Cowley County became official member
• 1989
• Attempted to buy fax machines from grant funding

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History of SEKALC 1990s

• History is sketchy through this decade.
• Continued to discuss
• New technologies
• Job descriptions
• Salaries
• Many current members joined during the 1990s

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History of SEKALC 2000s

• 2000
• Name changed to Southeast Kansas Academic
  Librarians Council
• 2001
• Attempted another shot at combined automation.
  Group decided to shelve the project and let each
  institution pursue their own automation

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History of SEKALC 2000s

• 2002
• First group presentation with Dodge City
  Community College
• Butler Community College joined the group
• 2003
• Bylaws and mission statement were updated
• Historian position was developed and resides at
  Labette Community College

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Operations
This is how we do it..
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This is how we do it..

• Membership
• Geographical
• Relationships
• Cross-system

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This is how we do it

• Officers
• Rotation
• Meetings
• Academic calendars
• 8 year
• Rotation
• 1000 a.m. 300 p.m. allows for travel time

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This is how we do it

• Agenda
• Videos/DVDs
• Extensive collection
• Annual Billing Expense Account
• MARC Records
• Faculty Loans

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This is how we do it

• Topics per current president
• Professional Development articles
• Local culture/history
• Directors Reports
• What Happens at SEKALC Stays at SEKALC!

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Benefits Professional and Personal
Got Questions?
SEKALC has the Answers!
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Consortium Purchasing Power

• Extensive video/DVD collection housed at Allen
  County Community College
• No duplication of resources
• Directors share pricing information from vendors
  and other offers
• Currently looking at Chalkwaves Collegiate System
  from KCPT

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Professional Development

• Library staff belong to a professional
  organization with bylaws, mission statement
• One member serves on the SEK Library System Board
• Each meeting is professional

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Sharing of Knowledge

• Articles are shared
• Email distribution among members
• Information on grant writing and any upcoming
  grants
• Ideas are shared about new products and
  procedures
• How to haggle with vendors
• Explanation of acronyms

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Invaluable Resource

• Mentoring
• Helps to introduce new librarians to Southeast
  Kansas Library System
• Provides a knowledgeable network for questions
  with answers from colleagues
• Provides source of partnership, consortiums and
  sharing of resources
• Helps to meet accreditation requirements for
  institutions plus some grant qualifications

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Personal Benefits of SEKALC

• Develop relationships with other professionals
  dealing with the same sort of issues.
• Tours of interesting places and businesses
• Amazon.com plant in Coffeyville
• Airport at Chanute
• Exposure to different opinions
• Widen a persons views
• Exposure to culinary delights of SEK

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Personal Benefits of SEKALC

• Humor!
• Cheap Therapy

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One more thing

• Oh yeah, did I mention the food aspect?????

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The Future of SEKALC
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The Future of SEKALC

• Changing media and technology
• DVDs vs. videos
• Chalkwaves through KCPT
• More consortial purchasing
• EBSCO
• Midwest Library Services
• Collective power

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The Future of SEKALC

• Continued and increased collegiality
• Sharing more
• Meeting more often
• Increase growth
• Addition of institutions outside SEK

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Open Invitation

• All are welcomed to come sit in at our meetings.
  Just contact any SEKALC member for the details
  and meeting dates.
• If you need help in setting up an organization,
  contact any SEKALC member for information.

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Questions? Ideas? Comments?

• Southeast Kansas Academic Librarian Council
• Prepared for CULS Fall Conference 2004