[LIBRARYDIR] Action Requested ASAP: Endorsing Support for NE Accred Standards for Libraries

[Nina Pitts]

Agreed!

Nina

Nina Pitts
Library Supervisor
Peninsula College Library/Media Center
1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Port Angeles, WA 98362
(360) 417-6274
npitts at pencol.edu

From: LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Jane Blume
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 10:06 AM
To: WACTC Library Directors
Subject: Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Action Requested ASAP: Endorsing Support for NE Accred Standards for Libraries

You have my support and thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Jane

Jane Blume
Director
Library | Media Services
Bellingham Technical College
3028 Lindbergh Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225
jblume at btc.ctc.edu<mailto:jblume at btc.ctc.edu>
360.752.8472 - office
360.752.8383 - library

From: LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Sue Kennedy
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 9:30 AM
To: librarydir at lists.ctc.edu<mailto:librarydir at lists.ctc.edu>
Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] Action Requested ASAP: Endorsing Support for NE Accred Standards for Libraries

Good morning:

Candice Watkins at Tacoma CC alerted Melissa and the executive committee of a pending decision by the NEASC to remove their standard relating to libraries. She has drafted a letter for us to share in support of the region keeping the standard.

We have to get the letter in today by noon.

So please if you can take a few moments to review this information and the letter, that will be appreciated.

To lend your support to this message, please add your name to the bottom of the letter.  We will take what's there at a bit before noon.

Letter of support: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LLG8vbcBltJA81Hnj47wVWUD56nVvUmLJlvbsUWmoFQ/edit?usp=sharing

Candice's original message:


Hello, I wanted to bring the recent accrediting issue with NEASC - the accrediting body for NE colleges and universities - to your attention. Perhaps you're already aware of this and have discussed it at your meetings, but if not, it's something that we should be aware of and perhaps proactive in discussing and acting upon with NWCCU. Basically, the NEASC has removed the library standard from its standards for accreditation. I've copied/pasted an email describing this below - this email has been circulating quite a bit and details the removal.



I know that the library groups in Oregon - ACRL OR, OLA, and ILAGO have written letters to the NEASC advocating for the library standard and describing the dangerous precedence that the removal sets. I've also attached a letter from the New England chapter of ACRL for your review. I'm new to this group - LLC - but I did want to bring this to your attention. I'm sure that more experienced hands here will know what steps to take.



Best,



Candice Watkins

Library Director

Tacoma Community College

________________________________________________________________

From: Banach, Patricia S. (Library)
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 1:15 PM
To: Faculty Distribution List
Subject: NEASC Standards draft revision eliminates Library standard

Dear Faculty,
I would like to make you aware of the August 2015 draft of the NEASC Standards for Accreditation. The new draft is a major re-write and has eliminated the previous  STANDARD SEVEN:  LIBRARY AND OTHER INFORMATION RESOURCES. The new draft is 30 pages and has the word Library in it once.

The draft 2015 Standards are at https://cihe.neasc.org/sites/cihe.neasc.org/files/downloads/New_of_the_Website/DRAFT_Standards_for_Accreditation_8.25.15.pdf

The 2011 Standards are at
https://cihe.neasc.org/standard-policies/standards-accreditation/standards-effective-july-1-2011

The Council of Connecticut Academic Library Directors is  preparing  comment on the draft  for NEASC in the hopes of  revising the draft to include the importance of libraries, library resources, and librarians to student success. I believe the faculty also benefit from a strong library, appropriately staffed and resourced.  I encourage you to spread the word among your professional colleagues both here and in other New England institutions. The comment period is rapidly coming to a close. Comments I made months ago to CIHE were not acknowledged so I do not know if they were actually received or went into a spam folder.

Comments to NEASC about the draft 2015 Standards can be emailed to the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE) at cihe at neasc.org<mailto:cihe at neasc.org> or to Dr. Barbara E. Brittingham, the President of the Commission, at bbrittingham at neasc.org<mailto:bbrittingham at neasc.org>.

I also bring to your attention an article about possible Federal action in regard to  accreditation.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/20/obama-administration-plans-executive-action-higher-education-accreditation#.ViYDqearU4o.mailto

Patricia S. Banach
Director of Library Services
 J. Eugene Smith Library
Eastern Connecticut State University
83 Windham Street
Willimantic, CT 06226
Email: banachp at easternct.edu<mailto:banachp at easternct.edu>
Phone: 860-465-4466<tel:860-465-4466>
Fax: 860-465-5522<tel:860-465-5522>





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Sue Kennedy, Dean
Library | eLearning
Centralia College

Twitter: @SueWKennedy
(360) 736-9391 x304

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