Oklahoma Bibliographic Instruction Council Business Meeting

In attendance: Myra Bloom (ORU), Laura Bottoms (RSU), Rachel Butler (OKCCC), Janet Croft (OU), Gwen Dobbs (UCO), Wanda Donica (Cameron), Jason Dupree (OBU), Robin Ewing (OU), Jan Ferris (RSU), Bev Joyce (OU), Claren Kidd (OU), David Oberhelman (OSU), Lee Anne Paris (OK Christian), Jay Ramanjulu (OKCCC), Karen Rupp-Serrano (OU), Kay Womack (OU)

Jay called the meeting to order at 3:00pm following Jason's presentation on using Blackboard for designing an instructional module at OBU. Jason reported that he had set up an OBIC mailing list on Yahoogroups and would be sending members an invitation to join. He and Jay introduced the new OBIC web page designed by Kelly Brown.

Jason is contacting companies to find a unique domain name to register for OBIC and is exploring a hosting site that would not depend upon one institution. His PowerPoint presentation will be mounted on the OBIC website.

The next piece of business was a possible name change for the organization. OBIC has been in use since the initial task force was organized in 1993, but a new name might be needed now. The executive officers of OBIC proposed COIL (Council for Oklahoma Information Literacy). Gwen, OK-ACRL president, said she supported the name change and would take it to the board for its approval. Gwen also noted that OBIC was not mentioned in the OK-ACRL by-laws, a point which treasurer Steve Locy (OSU) had raised, and she said there would be a vote at the Oklahoma Library Association OK-ARCL meeting to amend the by-laws to include OBIC.

Jason then handed out membership forms to gauge who is currently an active, voting member of OBIC. This form includes a profile of what BI-related activities each member does in his or her position. Jay mentioned plans for a one day OBIC seminar; more information as to the theme, speakers, and location will be discussed at a future meeting. The next meeting of OBIC will take place March 29, 2002 at East Central University in Ada and the topic for the presentation will be Bibliographic Instruction for Distance Learners. The meeting was adjourned at 3:30.