The sub-committee consists of Cerise, Eleanor, Reudi, and Pat. The group moved on to review a new charge which had evolved to them through the Library Task Forces, and the Council of Library Directors. There was some clarifying discussion about what this really meant. Joanne felt that it was really an issue of collection development, not determining what databases campuses want. There are issues regarding format in addition.
Services are also important and raise a separate set of issues.
Joanne and Mary will draft a framework for a needs assessment document. The group then began to look at it's second new charge regarding technology standards. Tom mentioned that there is a Governors Task Force on Information Resource Management standards. They have produced a document detailing standards. SUNY is considering adopting this document.