S. Skekloff stated that we need to put in writing the criteria for the difference between a scholarly journal and a popular journal and also the need to help users evaluate the information they retrieve. C. Truesdell stated that the librarians spend a lot of time going to meetings nationally to know what new technologies are in the works to prevent this from happening. J. Violette feels we should take advantage of what IU and PU have developed. She suggested that what the Library needs from the committee is what the committee feels is most important and what issue they should address first. C. Scott stated that money needs to be distributed fairly.
Different departments have different types of needs and who is to make that decision.
S. Sarratore stated that any plan has to be flexible, faculty come and go and many of them have very different views. J. Violette would like to see an approval purchase plan investigated. C. Scott asked for a further explanation of how they work. J. Violette described a typical approval plan. She suggested we take a portion of the budget and put it aside for this.