Information and Action Items from Library Management Team 5/26/15

ACTION ITEM: Late night hours the week before finals – Pat Jones recommends staying open the week before finals as well as the week of finals.

  • Exams and papers are often due the week before finals.
  • The statistics show that students are using the extended hours more previous years.
  • LMT agrees and will support making this possible beginning Fall Semester 2015.
  •  Access Services will consider if they would like to stay open later, as well.

INFORMATION ITEM: LMT Retreat update – Jim will meet with the Director of the Management Training Institute Alan St. John on Friday (5/29) to discuss a visioning exercise at the beginning of the LMT retreat. 

  • MULAC executive board will be invited to the LMT on June 9th to discuss the retreat.  
  • MULAC plans to send LMT a letter suggesting ways to proceed if the Library fee passes or does not pass (which is also  the main agenda item for the retreat). 

INFORMATION ITEM:  LMT will review the various Library committees at a meeting that will take place in July.  LMT will be looking for Sheryl Cullina to provide recommended slate of members. Consideration will be given to a specified LMT liaison for each committee. Attention will be given to creating a balance of membership. It is recognized that these committees:

  • Take on important tasks.
  • Create valuable experiences for employees.

INFORMATION ITEM: Announcements:

  • Jeannette Pierce – A candidate for User Engagement Librarian is on campus today. Another candidate will be here on Friday (5/29/15).
  • Jeannette Pierce – The Engineering Library is temporarily losing some of their group study rooms that are being used by the Apple Lab while renovations on Lafferre Hall are being completed.  The renovations are estimated to take two years. 
  • Deb Ward – HSL is pleased to announce an offer is out to one of the two candidates for Health Sciences Information Services Librarian. They hope to hear back soon.
  • Jim C asks LMT to send summer vacation plans to Mark Ellis so that meetings and Acting Director designations can be coordinated.