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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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OFFICE OF
THE VICE-PRESIDENT, RESEARCH
Memorandum
TO:
Members of Senate
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FROM: Bruce P. Clayman
Vice-President, Research
RE: Senate Library Committee
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DATE:
October 24, 2001
Annual Report
For your information, I attach the annual report for the Senate Library Committee.
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Simon Fraser University
SENATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE
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Annual Report for 2000/01
Senate Library Committee Meetings: June 2000 - June 2001
The Senate Library Committee met five times between June 2000 and June 2001.
Meeting highlights are as follows:
• The Committee heard a brief overview of the student and faculty survey results
from Elaine Fairey, Head of Reference. The SLC subsequently received copies of
the Library Survey Results - Final Report.
• The Committee discussed concerns about electronic reserves and course packs;
and reviewed the current copyright limitations to digital text access.
• The Committee reviewed and supported the proposed expenditure of
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approximately $107,000 from the Library's endowment income.
• The University Librarian reported at several meetings on the status of the
Collection Allocation Action Plan tasks which were completed by fall 2000.
• The Committee approved a motion strongly supporting the Library's request for ?
an additional $200,000 in funding to pay the salaries of four new positions.
• The Committee discussed the procedure to accommodate Library collection needs
for Canada Research Chairs. It also discussed the issue of departments sharing
the cost of some journal subscriptions.
• The Committee recommended that serials usage data continue to be collected in
2001, and added to previous samples. These data were subsequently made
available from the Library's home page.
• The Library's new Collections Policy Statements were made available online.
These statements apply largely to monographs acquisitions rather than journals.
• The Committee reviewed the Library's draft of its three-year plan and at the end ?
of its discussion passed a motion endorsing the Library's Three-Year Plan for
2001-2004.
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• The SLC reviewed a memo from the Head of Collections regarding a relocation
of "dead" journals from the 6
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to the floor Lam Collection, which is expected
to take place in Spring 2002.
Senate Library Committee Membership, 2000/01
Ex-Officio Members:
Bruce Clayman, Chair, Vice-President, Research and Dean of Graduate Studies
John Waterhouse, Vice-President, Academic
Jane Cowan (Designate for the Dean of Continuing Studies)
Lynn Copeland, University Librarian Pro Tern
Paul Baldwin, Associate University Librarian (non-voting)
Elected Members:
Paul Budra (Senator at large)
Carole Gerson (Senator at large)
Lawrence Ho (Undergraduate Student)
Patricia Howard (Applied Sciences Faculty)
Mark Jordan (Librarian)
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Geoff Poitras (Business Administration Faculty Member))
Jeff Powell (Graduate Student)
Daniel Say (Library Staff
Dipankar Sen (Science Faculty Member)
Laila Singh (Graduate Student Alternate)
John Tietz (Arts Faculty Member)
Jan van Aalst (Education Faculty Member)
David Yau (Undergraduate Alternate)
Library Penalties Appeal Committee Report 2000/2001
The Library Penalties Appeal Committee met once during the 2000/2001 fiscal year to
consider patron fine appeals.
At the October 27, 2000 meeting, the Committee members present included the
following:
Lawrence Ho, Student Senator, Chair
Paul Budra, Senator
Carole Gerson, Senator
Jeff Powell, Graduate Student Representative
Also in attendance: Gisele Pomerleau, Head, Loans Division
Anvar Rahemtula, Public Service Group Leader
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Library Penalties Appeal Committee Report 2000/2001
(continued)
Four appeal cases were heard as outlined below:
Category of
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Amount
Borrower ?
Type of Fine
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Decision
Graduate
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27 overdue fines
$338.00
Appeal denied and fine reduced
to $270 - borrower held
responsible for returning
materials by due date.
Alumnus ?
7 overdue fines
$35.00
Appeal denied - borrower held
responsible for returning
materials by due date.
Alumnus
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3 replacement charges
$260.08
Appeal denied and fine reduced
3 processing charges
to $230.00 - books not found
and overdue fines
after extensive searches &
borrower held responsible for all
use made of the card.
Extra-mural ?
16 overdue fines
$120.00
Appeal denied - borrower held
responsible for returning
materials by due date.
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