DESERT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

REGULAR BOARD MEETING

DESERT ENERGY ENTERPRISE CENTER – PALM SPRINGS

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2010

MINUTES

I. CALL TO ORDER – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

The meeting was called to order at 9:35 a.m. by Board Chair Marman. COD Foundation

Executive Director Jim Hummer led the Pledge of Allegiance.

II. ROLL CALL

Trustees Becky Broughton, Charles Hayden, John Marman, Michael O’Neill, and Student

Trustee Aries Jaramillo were present. Trustee Bonnie Stefan was not present due to a medical

appointment but was excused.

III. CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA:

A motion was made by Student Trustee Jaramillo, seconded by Trustee O’Neill, to approve the

agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS (All Items):

None.

V. APPROVE THE MINUTES

There were no corrections to the minutes of September 17, 2010 and they stand approved.

Student Trustee Jaramillo read the Proclamation for National Native American Heritage Month.

COD International Student Usama Hassan read the Proclamation for International Education

Week. Mr. Hassan was accompanied by Ahmed Ahmed and Ahmed El Kadi and all 3 students

are from Egypt.

Faculty member Steve Acree read the Proclamation for Phi Theta Kappa Week.

COD Student Carol Levinson read the Proclamation for Extended Opportunities Programs and

Services Month.

President Patton introduced Jackie Matthews, Instructor and Adaptive Computer Specialist from

DSPS and acknowledged her contributions to College of the Desert.

Dr. Diane Ramirez asked Dr. Basil Augustine to introduce the newest member to the Counseling

staff. Dr. Augustine introduced James Rose, Athletic Counselor, and gave a brief overview of

his education and experience. Trustee O’Neill expressed his appreciation to having new faculty

once again introduced to the Board.

VI. REPORTS

A. Governing Board

Trustee Hayden reported on or attended the following:

Board Retreat 10-30-10

State ACES meeting

Classified Breakfast

Trustee Broughton reported on or attended the following:

Thanked those that worked on the Retreat.

Appreciates ASCOD reaching out to Mecca Thermal and met with them while they were

there.

EV Friends and Alumni meeting focused on their projects for the year: College is for You

and a community interaction event. They also discussed the bus pass program and its

importance.

COD Foundation meeting

VocTech night at the Fairgrounds

Thanked faculty and staff for all the hard work put into the draft accreditation report.

Trustee O’Neill reported on or attended the following:

Thought the Board Retreat was excellent and was pleased there will be ongoing retreats

as part of the regular board meetings.

Completed an online Ethics training.

Thanked Trustee Hayden for the loan of “Community College Trusteeship” book. This

book has been extremely helpful.

Student Trustee Jaramillo reported on or attended the following:

24th

Annual HACU Conference with 19 other COD students

Appreciated the opportunity to attend the Retreat

Visited Mecca/Thermal and East Valley Indio Campus’ to meet with students. Thanked

Trustee Broughton for being present and for her support.

Distributed flyers with information about the ASCOD Open Forum

Textbook adoptions are due in 1 week and members and the audience were urged to

encourage their colleagues to submit them to the bookstore on time.

ASCOD will return to the Mecca Thermal Campus on October 27 from 10:00 a.m. to

12:30 p.m.

President Patton recognized both Ms. Aries Jaramillo and Mr. Tony Aguilar for their

contributions to the President’s Full Cabinet. He encouraged them to continue to speak up to

voice student concerns.

Trustee Marman reported on his activities:

Attended the Classified Awards Breakfast

Attended a COD Foundation Board meeting

Attended the Emeritus luncheon

Attended the Board Retreat

Attended the 2020 Student Success Conference

Participated in the Desert Sands 3rd

grade fire safety program.

Commented on the seriousness of Accreditation

Will participate in the 2 + 2 meeting with the Desert Sands Unified School District Board

members.

Farley Herzek, Vice President, Academic Affairs, reported COD’s automotive faculty are

working with 2 of the school district’s automotive faculty. They’ve developed an articulation

agreement, which gives their students an opportunity to attend COD and access college credit for

their experiences on the high school campus. There is a similar articulation agreement with our

architecture programs.

Trustee Marman asked if the faculty’s commitment to textbooks was 2 or 3 years? Mr. Herzek

understood that faculty is making as long-term a commitment as they can toward the textbooks.

B. ASCOD

Tony Aguilar, President ASCOD, was present and gave a brief report.

C. FOUNDATION

Mr. Jim Hummer, Foundation Executive Director, was present and gave a report.

D. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Mr. Gene Marchu, Executive Director, COD Alumni Association, was present and gave a brief

report.

E. ACADEMIC SENATE

Dr. Rey Ortiz, President, Academic Senate, was present and gave a brief report.

F. Faculty Association

Mr. Chuck Decker, President, CTA, was present and gave a brief report.

G. C.O.D.A.A.

Ms. Cathy Levitt, Vice President of CODAA, was present and gave a brief report.

H. CSEA

Ms. Mary Lisi, President CSEA, was present and gave a brief report.

I. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

President Patton gave a brief report on the Network of California Community College

Foundations (NCCCF) Symposium he attended on October 13.

Mr. Farley Herzek, Vice President, Academic Affairs, introduced Jon Fernald, Librarian, who

presented his sabbatical report on Information Competency. He distributed a handout to the

members. Mr. Fernald also introduced the new Dean of Library, Learning Resources and

Distance Education, Carl Phillips.

Mr. Herzek distributed and reviewed a Power Point on the Strategic Education Master Plan. The

final version will be reviewed and approved at the November Board of Trustees meeting.

Mr Herzek also reported that planning is in process for summer school 2011.

Dr. Diane Ramirez, Vice President, Student Affairs, reported on the college’s attendance at

the HACU Conference, and along with Tony DiSalvo, Director, Title V, Heather Benes,

Professor of English and Student Trustee Jaramillo, reviewed a Power Point and gave a brief

report on their experience at the conference.

VII. CONSENT AGENDA: All items on the Consent Agenda will be considered for

approval by a single vote without discussion. Any Board member may request that an item

be pulled from the Consent Agenda to be discussed and considered separately in the Action

Agenda.

A motion was made by Trustee Hayden, seconded by Trustee O’Neill, to approve the consent

agenda as presented. A motion was made by Trustee Broughton, seconded by Trustee Hayden to

pull consent agenda Human Resources Item #10: Employment Agreements and move it to the

action agenda. The motion carried unanimously to approve the consent agenda with the change

noted.

A. BUSINESS AFFAIRS – Human Resources

1. Classified – Appointments

2. Classified – Layoff

3. Classified – Position Funded

4. Volunteers

5. Re-Openers – DCCD & CTA (Apx J & Art XIII) – 2nd

Reading

6. Re-Openers – CTA & DCCD (Article XXII & Retirement Incentive) – 1st

Reading

7. Re-Openers – DCCD & CSEA – 2nd

Reading

8. Hourly Personnel – Adjunct Faculty

9. Hourly Student Workers, Temporary & On-Call Employees

10. Employment Agreements Moved to Action Agenda

11. Classified – Reclass/Revised Job Descriptions

12. Educational Administrator – New Job Description

13. Classified Supervisor – New Job Description

B. BUSINESS AFFAIRS – Business Services, Fiscal Services

1. Approval of Contracts

2. Gifts/Donations to the District

3. Payroll #3

4. To Approve/Ratify Out-of-State/Country Travel

5. Approval of Warrant Lists

VIII. ACTION AGENDA

A. BUSINESS AFFAIRS – Human Resources

10. Employment Agreements

A motion was made by Trustee O’Neill, seconded by Trustee Broughton, to approve the

employment agreements as presented. Discussion followed. There are numerous

inaccuracies on this document. It was agreed to discuss the matter later in the meeting to

allow Human Resources time to correct the inaccuracies.

B. PRESIDENT

1. Proclamation: National Native American Heritage Month

A motion was made by Trustee O’Neill, seconded by Trustee Broughton, to approve the

proclamation as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

2. Proclamation: International Education week

A motion was made by Student Trustee Jaramillo seconded by Trustee Broughton, to

approve the proclamation as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

3. Proclamation: Phi Theta Kappa Week

A motion was made by Student Trustee Jaramillo seconded by Trustee Broughton, to

approve the proclamation as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

4. Proclamation: Extended Opportunity Programs & Services Month

A motion was made by Student Trustee Jaramillo seconded by Trustee Broughton, to

approve the proclamation as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

5. Ratify Renewal Term for the Senior Citizen Group and College Support Organization

Representatives on the Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee.

A motion was made by Trustee Broughton, with her thanks to the members of the

committee, seconded by Trustee O’Neill, to ratify the renewal terms as presented. Motion

carried unanimously.

C. BUSINESS AFFAIRS – Fiscal Services, Facilities Services

1. Public Hearing 2010-2011 Final Budget

A public hearing was opened. There were no comments and the public hearing was closed.

2. Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Final Budget

A motion was made by Trustee Broughton, seconded by Student Trustee Jaramillo, to adopt

the final budget as presented. Wade Ellis, Director of Fiscal Services, reviewed the budget

with the members. Motion carried unanimously.

3. Receive report of workers’ compensation self-insurance

A motion was made by Trustee O’Neill, seconded by Student Trustee Jaramillo, to receive

the report as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

4. Declare Equipment as Surplus

A motion was made by Trustee O’Neill, seconded by Trustee Hayden, to approve the

declaration of equipment as surplus as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

D. BUSINESS AFFAIRS – Human Resources (Cont’d)

10. Employment Agreements

Robert Blizinski, Executive Director, Human Resources and Labor Relations, distributed a

revised version of the agreements. A motion was made by Trustee O’Neill, seconded by

Trustee Broughton, to approve the employment agreements pending staff review and any

corrections are brought back to the next board meeting. There was additional discussion.

Motion carried unanimously with the exception noted.

IX. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS

1. Trustee O’Neill asked about redistricting. The Board Administrative Assistant had

contacted the Riverside Office of Education and they are doing further research. There

are several firms available to assist with this process. We are waiting on the census

information and will investigate further at that time.

X. ITEMS OF INFORMATION

1. Revised Board Policy 1100.1: Desert Community College District

The board requested an introductory sentencelparagraph be added to this policy to explaining these are the 3 campus locations. This policy will be brought back for information in November.

XI. BOARD COMMENTS

Student Trustee Jararnillo asked for an update on the Cybercafe. Dr. Ramirez reported discussions are underway to address a good location for a general lab.

Trustee O'Neill commented that Saddleback Community College has an extensive off-campus community education program. He suggested we explore the local communities for opportunities to offer these types of classes.

Trustee Hayden had suggested the November Board of Trustees meeting be moved, due to the Community College League of California Conference. The other board members do not wish to change the meeting date. They felt it important for Trustee Hayden to attend the conference.

Trustee Marman asked if there was a plan for signage in the new cafe? Dr. Deas reported the delay in the signage is due to the desire to create a logo associated with BEEPS and engage the students in a competition.

XII. CONVENE CLOSED SESSION

1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR, Pursuant to Section 54957.6; unrepresented groups & labor unions on campus include CTA, CODAA, and CSEA; Agency Designated Representative: Dr. Edwin Deas

2. PUBLIC EMPLOYEEIGOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957: Discipline/DismissalRelease/Evaluation of a Public Employee

3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION: Name of Case or specifl whether disclosure would jeopardize service of process or existing settlement negotiations.

4. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION: Specify number of potential cases.

XIII. RECONVENE PUBLIC MEETING

There was no reportable action taken in closed session.

XIV. ADJOURN

A motion was made by Trustee Stefan to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m. /

a/, sJ-rJ~p- By: Dr. Bonnie Ste , Clerk

OCTOBER 15, 2010 BOARD MEETING

BOOKSTORE UPDATES

From: Dean Goetz <dgoetz@collegeofthedesert.edu> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 2:25 AM To: Edwin Deas <edeas@collegeofthedesert.edu> Subject: Bookstore Update

Sales Update

Through September 16, for the months of July, August, and September, we have sold or rented 16,264 textbooks, as compared to 16,604 for the same period last year. This is a difference of 340 text units, which shows that our rental program is having an impact on our decreased market share.

On non-text items for the same periods, we have sold 23,589 units compared to 20,298 last year.

Rental Update

I have attached an announcement from Follett regarding the rental program and reaching the million textbooks rented milestone so quickly. Our portion of that is 2430 textbooks, roughly 15% of our text sales. That number should increase, as Mariah and I plan to get many more "local" titles on the program, now that it has been implemented and instructors and departments can see the impact. Perhaps we could use the Bookstore Advisory Council to help in this goal. I have also spoken to Tony Aguilar, and he is looking into ways that ASCOD can help get titles on the program as well.

Mecca f Thermal Update

We are ready to be open at Mecca for their classes on September 27. We will be open there from 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Monday thru Thursday. I have sent Marianne Gaughan a detailed how-to step by step guide to registering online for the rental program, and then how to rent online, as many of the books used there are on the program. She is promoting this to the students, so that we can deliver their orders to them at the on-site store. I sincerely hope that students take advantage of thiS, as it represents a significant savings for them if they do so.

That's it for this week. Things are just starting to slow down now, and we are in "clean-up" mode as we try to get back to normal.

(tfollett H I G H ER E Due A T I 0 H G R 0 U p'

For Immediate Release Contact: Elio DiStaola 800-323-4506 edistaola@fheq.follett.com

Alex Jeffrey 312-932-2827 alex.jeffrey@ccworldwide.com

Follett Higher Education Group Rents More Than One Million Textbooks in First Three Weeks of National Rollout

Rent-A-Text Textbook Rental Program Surpasses Expectations

OAK BROOK, IL, September 15, 2010 - Only three weeks into the fall 2010 Back-to­School season, Follett Higher Education GrouR reports that Rent-A-Text, its newest cost-saving program, is exceeding expectations. Launched on a national scale for the new academic term, Rent-A-Text is available on more than 750 Follett-managed campuses. So far, more than one million textbooks have been rented, saving students more than $45 million compared to the cost of buying new books. Such strong results keep Rent-A-Text on track to save students more than $130 million in the 2010-2011 academic year alone across all Follett sales channels.

Rent-A-Text provides tremendous cost-savings to students and has the added bonus of being available at a student's local bookstore and online through efollett.com. Rent-A­Text prices provide savings of 50 percent or more compared to new textbook prices, and books can be rented and returned either in-store or online. Students can also use financial aid and other campus cards to pay for their textbook rentals.

"Based on sales data from these first three weeks of the fall selling season, we expect Rent-A-Text to be one of our most popular services to students," said Thomas A. Christopher, President of Follett Higher Education Group. "Students are choosing Rent­A-Text because it saves them money and universities are supporting it because it helps reduce education costs - two benefits central to our mission to help improve the educational experience for students."

By the Numbers

The growing trend toward rental has driven demand through Follett's multiple sales channels, including independent bookstores and virtual bookstores in the higher education and K-12 markets. In only its first month of availability, Follett has seen demand surpass expectations:

• Textbooks rented for Fall 2010: 1 million+

• Average number of textbooks rented each day: 47,000+ • Student savings across Follett bookstores: $45 million+

• FOllett-managed bookstores offering textbook rental: 750+

Rental Options and More

Follett is the largest and fastest growing multi-channel textbook rental provider in North America and has invested $120 million into its textbook rental programs. The company also provides new and used books, and e-textbooks, to Follett-managed, independent and virtual bookstores.

The company's fast-growing CafeScribe® e-textbook and social networking platform, gives students and instructors the ability to read, highlight, annotate, share notes and form campus and worldwide study groups. The CafeScribe platform supports more than 10,000 of the most popular textbooks and can add new digital titles as requested. Launched three years ago, the CafeScribe application is available online and in participating Follett bookstores. More than 100,000 stUdents currently use the CafeScribe application.

For the most up-tO-date list of Follett-managed campuses and virtual bookstores offering Rent-A-Text, visit www.rent-a-text.com. For more information on Follett Textbook Rental for independent bookstores, visit www.follettbooks.com. For more information on CafeScribe, visit www.cafescribe.com.

About Follett Higher Education Group

Follett Higher Education Group of Oak Brook, Illinois, is the leading provider of bookstore services and the foremost supplier of used books in North America. Follett services five million students and over 400,000 faculty members through more than 850 stores. Follett also services more than 1,600 independent campus stores with its wholesale services, and has the most visited ecommerce collegiate website, efollett.com, that provides services and products through a network of more than 900 campus stores.

About Follett

Follett Corporation is a $2.7 billion, privately-held company that provides products, services and solutions to the educational marketplace. Follett Corporation was founded in 1873, and today is headquartered in River Grove, Illinois.

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From: Dean Goetz <dgoetz@collegeofthedesert.edu> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 3:00 AM To: Edwin Deas <edeas@collegeofthedesert.edu> Subject: Bookstore Update

This week we were focusing on "recovery" from the start of the semester. We pulled merchandise out of the backroom that was moved off of the sales floor for rush, freshened and changed displays, made sure we had merchandise on order that we were low or out of, and generally "cleaned up" a little. In text we made sure that all textbooks for late starting classes were in stock in sufficient quantity. We also began to look at our inventory levels. Last week Mariah began contacting instructors on titles that we sold none or very little of compared to enrollments. We also began returns on cancelled titles, vendor errors, and large titles that we were not selling. This week we continued this process to bring our inventory levels down appropriately. We have been very careful not to return texts for late starting classes, as well as leaving copies on the shelf for late buying students, as we know that the buying habits of students has changed to where more are buying the books late in the semester.

A few updates:

Mecca { Thermal

We set up the store on Thursday, and are already to open on Monday. I met with the staff and with Marianne Gaughan regarding the text rental process, and there are signs and instructions all over campus. I also met with two instructors today on how to communicate to the students on the text rental program. As I said last week, I hope students there take advantage of thiS, as there are five major titles used there on the program, and the savings could be significant.

Sales Updates by Units

Text sales in dollars are down, largely due to rental, but the unit numbers are encouraging. For the months of August and September combined, we have sold or rented 16,318 units, compared to 16,490 last year. For non-text units, we have sold 29,535 units, compared to 25,679 last year. I continue to see encouraging increases in clothing and gift sales over last year.

Rental Update

To date we have rented over 2500 textbooks, which represents a savings to students of over $115,000 from the new book price.

Text Update

We will begin to distribute textbook adoption forms next week. In some preliminary discussions with departments and instructors, there seemed to be resistance to the October 15th deadline as being unrealistic. Mariah and I will meet with some people on Monday and perhaps move the date to October 22. I will keep you posted.

From: Dean Goetz Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 4:06 PM To: Edwin Deas Subject: bookstore update

Sales Update Through September, our YTD sales are $1,275,212 compared to a budget of $1,292,966. We achieved 98% of our budget. Though we are still down in sales compared to last year (that was expected due to the lack of summer school and the rental program) and we budgeted accordingly. Sales in non-text departments continue to see increases, some of the dramatic, with the exception of school supplies.

Text units for the months of August and September came in at 16,826 compared to 16,933 in 2009 for the same time period, which Is a decline of only 107 units. I think we will eventually be flat, as we continue to see a lot of late sales, especially on the rental titles. .

Mecca / Thermal sales for the week were just under $5,600. Typically most of our sales there occur on Tuesday and Wednesday, and I may look at having to shorten our Thursday hours in spring. Unfortunately, despite all of our efforts, only one student took advantage of our offered delivery service for online rentals / purchases. It is hard to get the word out when the campus there does not really see many students until the first day of classes. I know that many of those students came into the bookstore the week before and the week of classes to purchase or rent their books, based upon the sales of the titles for those classes in the store.

General Notes Update The store is decorated for Halloween, and we've received some compliments on our decorations (particularly the purple cat with the arched back). One 7 year old wanted it so badly I almost sold it (which would not be possible since it is not in our sku database). I did let her mother know that I purchased it at Michael's, in case she wanted to get her one.

I don't know if you heard about the student who lost everything in a fire, including her textbooks. I spoke and met with a few people this week about thiS, as everyone was anxious to help her out. After the Laguna Beach fire in 1993, I was the manager at the Saddleback College Bookstore, and I worked with the Red Cross at that time in replacing books for students who had been burned out. We provided the books to the students, and billed the Red Cross at our cost only. Carol Lasquade and Raul Rodriguez (from Enrollment Services) are looking at getting the Red Cross involved, and I have let them know that I could do the same process to also help out. In the meantime, Fred Sangiorgio purchased the books for the students today so that she could have them, which was very generous of him. We will process a refund when we can work out something with the Red Cross or some other department.

Text Update Mariah and I have been editing adoptions, and will begin to meet with the departments on Tuesday of

next week to review them. The adoption due date back to the bookstore is October 22. Carlos Maldonado and Tony Aguilar have been given the date as well, and will begin the ASCOD adoption compliance campaign. This is so great of them, and it had an impact last semester. I think it will have even more of an impact given that the timeframe between Fall and Spring semesters is much tighter.

We also plan to push on gathering local rental titles as we distribute and collect adoptions. I think a lot of instructors are now very much aware of the rental program and its financial impact on the students. I would like to add to the rental title base significantly next semester through the local title program, and I expect that we will be successful in getting four term commitments on textbooks so that they can be added to the program. I have already had conversations with several faculty members regarding thiS, and I will keep you posted on our success rate.

From: Dean Goetz Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 5:46 PM To: Edwin Deas Subject: Bookstore Update

Hello Dr. Deas. Some brief notes this week:

You will have seen my communication to the campus today regarding the textbook adoption process and due date, as well as information on used books savings, the rental program, and CafeScribe. Mariah and I met with every department coordinator but three this week, to review everything about these programs and to review the adoptions. The adoptions are due to us by October 22nd. Everyone we met with was very supportive and understanding of the HEOA and its importance, so I hope we will have great compliance. Mariah is meeting with two departments first thing tomorrow morning, and we are still waiting to hear back from Michael McJilton who is now handling the adoptions for Math, so that we can set up a meeting. I thought it was really important that we took some time to review things in a meeting session, as we have had so many "mergers" of departments this past year, as well as a couple of new people handling the adoptions for the school. As I said, the meetings were very constructive and positive. It didn't hurt that we took "bribes" of our new bistro mugs as gifts, filled with candy and wrapped in gold cellophane! We did this to acknowledge how much effort this is on their Side, and show our appreciation.

Sales this week have been very strong. For the month of October we are up 42% over last year, with only used books showing a decline. I am amazed on a daily basis how many books we are still selling and renting this late in the semester.

I have provided Tony Aguilar and Carlos Maldonado with some information to help them with the ASCOD adoption compliance campaign. They are also helping to get instructors and departments to add titles to the "local" rental program. As someone once said, "it's all good."

Presentation before the Board of Trustees

Jon Fernald

October 15, 2010, 9:30 AM

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I. Sabbatical Leave:

A. Introduction: "Information Competency" also called "Information Literacy" My sabbatical leave was taken to answer three questions:

1. What is Information Competency and why should we care;

2. How are other California Community College libraries facing the challenges of providing instruction in Information Competency;

3. What should the COD Library be doing to increase the level of service in this area?

B. What is "Information Competency" and why should we care?

1. 1989. American Library Association. Final Report. Presidential Committee on Information Literacy. First defined Information Literacy as "a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.

2. 2000 ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries), a division of the American Library Association. White Paper. Information Literacy Standards for Higher Education.

a) Determine the extent of information needed;

b) Access the needed information effectively and efficiently;

c) Evaluate the information and its sources critically;

d) Incorporate selected information into one's knowledge base;

e) Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose;

f) Understand the economic,legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information etTlically and legally.

3. 2002. ACqC (Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges; WASC, (Western Association for Schools and Colleges). Standards.

a) Standard II Student Learning and Services IIA Instructional Programs 3.b '~ capability to be a productive individual and lifelong leamer: skills include oral and written, communication, information competency, .... "

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IIC Library and Learning Support Services lb. "The institution provides ongoing instruction for users oflibrmy and other learning support services so that students are able to develop skills in information competency."

C. How are other California Community College Libraries addressing the need to provide instruction in information competency?

1. As of Fall 2008. 110 California Community Colleges in the system. Of these, 92 (or approximately 81%) were offering at least one credit course in Information Competency. Many offered a few credit coUrses in this area.

2. As of2005, at least 20 California Community Colleges were identified as having a graduation reqUirement in the area of information competency.

D. What should the COD Library do to address this need for our students?

1. Continue to offer "one-shot" classes geared to specific courses. All instructors are invited to arrange with Claudia Derum to bring their classes to the library for a session on how to access the library's information.

2. Develop a credit course in information competency.

a) New program, LIS, Librmy and Information Studies was approved by the Curriculum Committee last academic year.

b) LIS-001, Introduction to Basic Research Skills, a two-unit course in the new LIS program was approved by the Curriculum Committee for listing in Fall 2010 Schedule.

c) LIS-OOl is currently being taught in two sections. Two sections will also be taught in Spring 2011, and it looks like the course will be expanding in the future with possible inelusion in learning communities curriCllla.

E. Epilogue: Sabbatical Leave Timeline

1. Fall term 2008

a) Surveyed the literature on Information competency;

b) Surveyed the curricula of all California Community Colleges to identify how many were offe/'ing credit courses in Information Competency;

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c) Visited three other Cal. Community College Libraries to discuss their programs with them. These visits included Santa Monica College LibrUlY, Pasadena Community College Library and Palomar Community College Library;

d) Conducted three visits to Northern California Libraries through the telephone. These colleges included Santa Rosa junior College Library, College of San Mateo Library and Chabot College Library.

2. Spring Term 2010

a) Designed a two-unit course, LIS-001, Introduction to Basic Research Skills, to provide students with a basic knowledge of information available in the librUlY, in electronic databases provided by the library and on the Web;

b) Wrote a 78-page manual to be used as the textbookfor LIS-OOL This textbook has been mounted on Blackboard and all students in the course can access it forfree.

LIS -001 Introduction to Basic Research Skills: Sample of Student Learning Outcomes.

Upon successful completion of this course, a student should be able to:

Describe the different types of libraries in the U.S. and in our communities;

Recognize and describe the difference in library classifications systems;

Describe various parts of Reference books, how they are organized and used;

Search the library's online catalog using both subject and keyword indexes;

Explain how Boolean operators are used in full-text searching;

Interpret bibliographic information from a standard library record;

Use critical thinking skills to discuss current topics in information issues;

Describe the steps involved in the research process;

Describe why plagiarism is ethically wrong and how to avoid it;

Describe the differences between online information from the Web and from subscription databases;

Describe the process of evaluating information sources on the Web;

Demonstrate a familiarity with the concepts and terminology of basic information studies.

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State of the COD Library through September 2010.

Summer 2010 ® The summer instruction program was canceled and the library was closed since there would be no courses at the Palm Desert campus.

Some classes were later added to the Summer Session schedule; No plans were made to reopen the library for these courses; Instructors assumed the library would be open and sent their students to the library to use textbooks, etc. Students went to the library only to discover it was closed for the summer. Several students acknowledged their frustration to the staff of the Public Library. The students were anxious because they weren't able to get to the materials their instructors had mentioned in class. As a consequence, the library wound up with some bad will and a lot of frustration over the situation. California Education Code §78103 requires the library of all community colleges to be open "for the use of the faculty and the students of the community college district during the day." (See attached page).

Fall 2010 Term © New Dean of Library, Learning Resources and Distance Education, Carl Philips, has joined the COD Library team;

Library usage has gone off the charts this semester:

The past two weeks, several times during the day, all 42 computers are in use and other students have a brief wait for a workstation. There Is a plan in the works to get 12 additional computer workstations in the library and to get additional technical and student support for these computing facilities.

We take an hourly census of the number of students using the library. So far this semester, we've been tallying over 100 students in the library at certain

. times during the day. In the first five weeks of this semester, we logged 17, 486 users as opposed to last year where we had logged 14, 912, for a total increase of 2,574 users. This was only in the first five weeks.

The usage of textbooks has also gone up dramatically this semester. In September, we circulated 4,402 textbooks from the Reserve collection.

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CAL. ED. CODE § 78103: Section 78103

The libraries shall be open for the use of the faculty and the students of the community college district during the day. In addition, the libraries may be open

at other hours, including evenings and Saturdays, as the governing board may

determine. Libraries open to serve students during evening and Saturday hours

shall be under the supervision of academic personnel.

http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/cacode/EDC/3/d7/48/1.5/s78103

Census Statistics for COD Library

Fall 2009 and Fall 2010

First five weeks of Fall 2010 was 17,486.

First five weeks of Fall 2009 was 14,912.

Circulation Statistics for COD RESERVE Desk

Produced Friday, October 1, 2010 at 6:17

Report for: Item libraries COD All Item types

Item type

TOTAL PIECES CIRC

BOOK-COD 671 BOOK-NONF 1 COD-CHRG 1 COD-ONLY 3

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671 1

1 3

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this position has been used as a parking spot for col- and 40 full-time fucultypositions were eliminated. helps to strengthen our chapters and our union."

College of the Desert automotive instru'ctors wins grant One of 12 eTA Institute for Teaching awards made . . .

eGA members exploring new ways to de­liver instruction to their students might be interested in applying for several mini-grants

available through CrA's Institute for Teaching, (IFT) a nonprofit dedicated to fustering meaningful learning in the classroom.

That's what Douglas Redman, an automotive instructor at College of the Desert did.

Redman and Julius Varga, an adjunct instructor in the automotive department together obtained a $5,000 grantfrorri the IFTthatwill be used build a front end clip of a late model vehicle that will allow students hands-on training in car repair.

. Harids~on learning The front end clip is essentially a car "minus the

parts that get in the way" that will allow automo­tive students access to major systems. The first class to use it will actually build the assembly which will then be used in future classes. Purchasing an "off the shelf' front end clip might have cost rour times as much and would not have given the students the

hands-on building experience this one will, accord­ing to Redman.

"It's great that our CGA chapters can be part of this grant program," said CCA President Ron Norton Reel. "I certainly hope more of our members will consider submitting their innovative program ideas to the next round ofIFT grants."

Redman and Varga submitted an application that provided a plan of action and timeline and details on how it was going to address and meet the student needs. The training module will be used in up to 10 of the 21 courses offered in the depart­ment.

"We're really pretty excited aboutit," said Redman, who learned of the grant through a notice sent out by Chuck Decker, the fuculty association president.

Teacher-driven reform The CTA Institute for Teaching Mini Grants

. are intended ror CTA educators and chapters to support strength-based, teacher-driven reform for

Julius varga, (center) an adjunct professor at College of the Desert works with students Cheri Ewing and Gerardo Tejeda. The department won a mini-grant from CTAs Institute for Teaching that will provide a new front end clip to facilitate teaching and

.learning .

students. Grants to individuals are available in the amount up to $5,000, while a chapter may apply ror grants of up to $20,000. In this inaugural year of the grants, the selection ·committee made 12 awards for the 2010-2011 school year.

"The selection committee was pleased to be able to make a grant to a community college chapter," said Dick Gale, director of the Institute for Teaching. "Hopefully, more community college members will apply next year."

For more information on the grant program and on IFI', check out www.teacherdrivenchange.org.

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Alumni Association COD Board of Trustee's Report

October 15, 2010

On October 30, the Alumni Association will hold its annual Homecoming Membership BBQ and Cheerleader Reunion. The BBQ will start at 4:30 pm on the front lawn of the East Annex Building. Alumni members plus one guest are free with everyone else pay $15.00 per person and $5.00 for children. All revenues will go into the Alumni Scholarship Endowment Fund. The Roadrunners will play against Orange Coast College starting at 6 pm. I would like to invite all of you to the BBQ and the football game.

I would like to point out that the Alumni Scholarship Endowment Fund is at $800,000 towards the $1 million goal.

The Alumni Association will hold its annual "Welcome Back/Thank You" vendor BBQ on November 6.

The Alumni Association manned a booth at the Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce Business Expo. Attendance at the expo was very good.

The Alumni Association will have a booth at the Palm Springs Hospitality Association "Show Me Palm Springs." Hospitality professionals attend this event.

This Saturday the Alumni Association will front a four person bowling team in support of the McCallum's "Bowling For Bucks" fund and friend raiser.

The Alumni Association, with funds from the Street Fair, wrote out checks for the following this past month:

$1,000 for water during COD Welcome Week $4,000 for COD Classified Staff Technology Institute $45,000 for the COD student Campus Work Study Program

This year, as in past years, the Alumni Association will pay a total of $135,000 in support of COD student Campus Work Study Program.