Construction of the new building continues as planned. The school expects the facility to be completed in a year's time and to occupy it in the summer of 2001. The library has implemented a major reorganization and is currently examining desktop document delivery, printing, distance learning, and continuing medical education for faculty. The search committee for the position of university librarian and executive director of libraries has moved its application deadline from December 1 to December 15. The remodeling on the second floor is winding down.
Searches are underway for an instructional librarian and a philanthropic studies librarian.
Kevin Petsche has joined the faculty as a visiting librarian on the Cataloging and Reference and Research Teams. No old business was raised. The faculty also noted a trend toward systemwide centralization, for example, in Sirsi planning. Julie McGowan informed the faculty that the Council of Head Librarians invited legal experts to speak with them about electronic pornography at their October 22 meeting. They examined various potential policies without settling on any of them.