{"id":37054,"date":"2025-06-06T12:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/?p=37054"},"modified":"2025-06-06T12:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:51:10","slug":"lmt-meeting-notes-5-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/staff-news\/lmt-meeting-notes-5-29-2025","title":{"rendered":"LMT Meeting Notes 5\/29\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Library Management Team (LMT) Meeting <\/strong><br \/>\n5\/29\/2025 at 3:00 PM<br \/>\nAttendees: M. Gaunt, A. Huelsbergen, K. Peters, J. Pierce, S. Pryor, J. Thompson, K. Whatley<br \/>\nSupport: N. Whyte <\/p>\n<p><strong>VP Updates (Kara)<\/p>\n<p>Staff Development Committee Report (Kara and Kathy)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\tSurvey Results: Staff feel supported in pursuing training but need more curated opportunities.<br \/>\n\u2022\tNewsletter Launch: A professional development newsletter was released, highlighting free online training options.<br \/>\n\u2022\tFuture Plans: Regular newsletters and a follow-up survey are planned. Ying led the initiative but will be stepping down; Rhonda is a likely candidate to take over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizational Culture &amp; Communication (Kara)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\tThemes from Faculty Focus Group:<br \/>\n\u2022\tCommunication: Need for more transparency in decision-making and funding.<br \/>\n\u2022\tClarity: Clear workload expectations and promotion guidelines.<br \/>\n\u2022\tCapacity: Concerns about staffing levels and workload distribution.<br \/>\n\u2022\tStrategic Planning Tie-In: These issues will inform Year 1 goals under the sustainable revitalization priority.<br \/>\n\u2022\tConcern Raised: Staff feel undervalued compared to faculty.<br \/>\n\u2022\tSuggestions: Reframe SAG (Staff Advisory Group) as a staff-only body, with leadership roles and monthly meetings with MULAC (faculty group) leadership to improve communication and respect for staff. Weekly updates from Kara via Teams or email. Use of Teams channels (e.g., SAG) for feedback and discussion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facilities Feedback (Kara)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\tBookmark Caf\u00e9 Space: Staff feedback sought on proposed overnight use. Suggestions so far include adding plants, varied seating, and vending machines. Concern raised about lack of gender-neutral restrooms on lower floor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Action Items<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\tFinalize leadership for the Staff Development Committee (Kara)<br \/>\n\u2022\tEstablish regular updates via Teams or email (Kara)<br \/>\n\u2022\tReassess SAG\u2019s structure and role (LMT)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next LMT meeting is scheduled for Tues 6\/10 at 2:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Library Management Team (LMT) Meeting 5\/29\/2025 at 3:00 PM Attendees: M. Gaunt, A. Huelsbergen, K. Peters, J. Pierce, S. Pryor, J. Thompson, K. Whatley Support: N. Whyte VP Updates (Kara) Staff Development Committee Report (Kara and Kathy) \u2022 Survey Results: Staff feel supported in pursuing training but need more curated opportunities. \u2022 Newsletter Launch: A &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[606],"tags":[685],"class_list":["post-37054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-staff-news","tag-library-management-team"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-06-13 12:49:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"private","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37055,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37054\/revisions\/37055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}