CCL SAN FRANCISCO / EAST BAY REGIONAL MEETING REPORT | Council of Chief Librarians

CCL’s San Francisco/East Bay Region met at Laney College on Friday, March 13, 2015. Representatives from five colleges attended: Karen Saginor, City College of San Francisco (CCSF); Daniel Kiely, Diablo Valley College (DVC); Evelyn Lord, Laney College; Tina Inzerilla, Las Positas College and Timothy Hackett, Merritt College. CCL President Tim Karas opened the meeting with welcoming remarks and CCL updates.

The group had a chance to share local updates and topics of interest, including:

ILS News: Both DVC and CCSF are exploring migration to a new ILS. CCSF plans to migrate from Millennium to Sierra later this year. Chabot and Las Positas recently migrated to OCLC. The Peralta district libraries are currently on Millennium and considering a migration to Sierra and possibly other options.
CCL-EAR Committee: Daniel Kiely is stepping down as the SF/East Bay regional representative on the CCL-EAR (Electronic Access and Resources) Committee. CCL-EAR writes the reviews for the Community College Library Consortium databases. The committee meets face-to-face twice a year and several additional times via conference call. Working collaboratively with other librarians, reviewers write two reviews per year. If you are interested in serving on CCL-EAR, contact Dan Kiely (dkiely@dvc.edu).
Access to Special Library Materials Funding Sources (Lottery, Instructional Equipment & Library Materials, etc.): Unreliable funding for library materials remains a concern for many libraries. The group expressed interest in more support from CCL on how to advocate for the library to receive more funding from these types of funds.
Librarian Evaluations: How are colleges handling this? How does your library manage the administration of student evaluations of librarians?
New Accreditation Standards: How to approach evidence requirements in new standards?
Canvas (course management system): Will colleges receive migration support? Training support?
Library Link on College Websites: Can we make a link to the library on the college homepage a basic “best practice” for community college websites? Every time a college migrates to a new website, there seems to be a struggle to get the library link on the college website. There may be other issues (e.g. some colleges take up so much “real estate” in their templates that the site become difficult for libraries to organize resources effectively.

The group enjoyed a gourmet lunch at the famed Laney Bistro restaurant and toured the library before heading home.