1. The meeting was called to order by Lewis Ulman, Chair.

2. HomeNet--Bob Kalal presented data relating to the declining use in HomeNet and the increasing use of broadband access by the campus community, with broadband access recently becoming the predominate mode for overall University community home Internet connections. Undergraduate Student use of broadband access began to exceed dialup access more than a year ago, and at present, only Staff still have dialup as the predominate mode of access. PowerPoint slides with imbedded Excel charts are available for further analysis.

Among the causes for the changes in usage patterns are cost, technology, culture, habit, difficulty in accessing electronic resources without high speed access, and distance education. Very soon, broadband will be a necessity for accessing required resources and services. The CIO's Office will continue to keep statistics and monitor the situation; the Council is a good vehicle for the discussion of tradeoffs concerning the proposed termination of HomeNet service. They are hopeful that a recommendation can be brought to the next Council meeting, with a recommendation then going forward from the Council to the Senate Steering Committee.

3. Main Library Renovation--The architectural/construction team is all on board and met for the first time on April 17; they will plan to continue meeting on the first and third Thursday of each month. The next six months will be taken up with programming and design, with the month of May concentrating on the gathering of information from faculty and students before they leave for the summer. Kick off sessions will be scheduled for mid-May, most like on either the 14th and 15th or the 21st and 22nd. There will be open meetings, as well as focus group meetings and a survey. The Council is being asked to both sponsor and participate in the open meetings that will be held with the campus community. The draft Program of Requirements will be developed over the summer, and be taken to the campus community in the fall for their reactions; the program will be modified at that time based on input that is received.

Questions were raised concerning the identification of factors that will drive decisions about collections, etc., as well as an identification of when the Program or Requirements will be set, and what kind of input will be requested. The various meetings mentioned above, as well as other meetings of faculty and students, departmental meetings, etc. will be used to obtain input to help with making these difficult decisions. Joe Branin and Wes Boomgaarden are available to attend any meetings to which they are invited. The question of collection size will be looked at in the context of a complex set of issues. Many issues are in question in addition to collection size, e.g., ADA requirements; recovering lost seats for library users; possible consolidation of Special Collections; architectural concerns; what technology should be present and how it should be used; the need for classroom space; the symbolism of a restored Grand Reading Room; availability of research space.

4. Intellectual Property--The issue of intellectual property rights is an important one, and one that is separate from patent issues. The Council is being looked to to develop a strategy for moving forward. A group will be identified who will develop a proposed policy which will be reviewed by legal affairs. Joe Branin indicated that Brigham Young and other universities have developed model policies many of which are diametrically opposed to each other. The issue of who owns information is very unclear. In general, the creator is considered to be the owner of information unless the information generation was sponsored by an organization, in which case the organization is the owner. In academe, exemption has become the norm, but the law is unclear on this issue. State laws vary. In general, copyright for creative works will belong to the faculty unless significant university resources have been used. A key issue here was the separation of intellectual property from trademark. State law states that everything belongs to the State unless you have a policy, which provides additional incentive to have a policy in place for the University.

5. TEACH Act--Bob Kalal introduced the Council to a number of Web sites relating to the TEACH Act, which essentially extends to distance education many of the copyright allowances that are accorded to classroom teaching. Comments about these sites, or identification of additional sites, should be sent to Bob Kalal. One of the requirements of the Act is to have a copyright policy and educate users about that policy. One of the Council's action items will be the development of such a policy, separate from the policy relating to trademarks. The existing Policy on the Responsible Use of University Computing Resources indicates that users must comply with copyright law, but a more complete policy related specifically to copyright is needed. Once that is in place, education of the users can begin.

Betty Sawyers for
Joseph Branin & Ilee Rhimes