The Penn State Board of Trustees will meet today to discuss, among other things, the dual-campus plan approved this weekend by the Dickinson School of Law and Penn State.

However, it is not expected that the board will vote on a location for a University Park facility.

Penn State spokesman Tysen Kendig said Dickinson would be a late addition to the board's agenda.

"Well obviously the Dickinson issue will be a fairly late issue to the agenda under the Committee on Finance and Physical Plant, but it certainly is a factor in our five-year capital plan," he said. "It is a little too early to get into locations for any campus at University Park, but there are three or four locations still under consideration."

Steve Watson, an Office of Physical Plant (OPP) architect, said he was "almost positive they won't be presenting" a location for the board to vote on.

The Dickinson Board of Governors voted Saturday to approve the plan, which will create a second law school campus at University Park and ensure that the school's Carlisle location will remain open until at least 2015.

On Wednesday, Gov. Ed Rendell asked Penn State to make a longer commitment to ensure the law school's future in Carlisle.

Rendell sent a letter to Penn State President Graham Spanier last Friday saying the $25 million the commonwealth had previously promised to give to the project was still available if the university extended the guarantee.

A report will also be given at the Board of Trustees meeting on campus construction, including the progress of a baseball park being constructed for the university's varsity baseball team.

The target date for the park to be completed is June 2006, and the project has led to the possibility of a State College minor league baseball team.

"Details have still been emerging, but it is a significant item that sounds like it could be a pretty exciting project," Kendig said.

Chuck Greenberg, president and managing partner of the Altoona Curve, the Pittsburgh Pirates' AA affiliate, said the prospect of bringing a minor league team to Penn State looks promising.

"Well you know I can't comment on what is going to be discussed at the Board of Trustees meeting but as far as the project we're continuing to work closely with the university to develop a ballpark," he said.

OPP spokesman Paul Ruskin said there may also be discussion on construction projects to west campus at tomorrow's meeting.

"West campus has been an important growth area of the university, and we have the ability to do more on west campus," he said. "The addition of the new [Information Sciences and Technology] Building sets the stage for continued growth and development."

Penn State Public Relations Coordinator Amy Neil said the trustees will discuss challenges facing the libraries.

"It's a combination about costs of materials plus the misconception that expectations of the physical library are dwindling with the advent of the Internet," she said. "People have a tendency to think that libraries are becoming obsolete when that is far from the truth."