Present: Gary Cox, Cathy Heckmaster, PT Martin, June DeWeese, Laura Buck, Stephen Stanton, Will McCrary, Jim Cogswell, Suzy Bent, Kat Koehn, Bette Stuart, Alla Barabtarlo, Ann Riley [Member of LMT (Ex-officio)], Felicity Dykas [MULAC Chair (Ex-officio)]
Guests: Ernest Shaw
Windows 7 and Administrative Rights (Ernest Shaw)In an effort to control viruses, as Windows 7 is put on staff computers, the default will be to make the default a user account rather than an administrator account. This should not affect normal work. Users who need to regularly install programs will need a separate administrative account set up, with supervisor approval. There will be no restriction other than this. A sample Local Administrator Access Agreement was submitted.
Announcements
Open Access Week was announced by Anne Riley, sponsored by the MU Libraries, the University Bookstore and SISLT. At 2pm on Tuesday, October 19 at the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI 200) Paul Thirion from the University of Liege, Belgium will speak on “Open Access University Repositories.” Sponsors are SISLT and the RJI Transatlantic Center. Reception to follow 3:30-5 in RJI 100.
At 2pm on Thursday, October 21 in Jesse Wrench Auditorium, Eric Frank from Flatworld Knowledge will speak on “Open Access Textbook Solutions.” The event will be co-sponsored by the Bookstore. There will be a panel discussion. Refreshments will follow.
Cathy Heckmaster has accepted a new position and Friday will be her last day. Jim Cogswell (as head of Administration) will appoint a representative for Administration.
Minutes
We will shorten the time it takes for minutes to be approved and also try to keep them brief. Stephen suggested that we use more of a “summary note” style, and this was considered by all to be a great idea.
Communication
A SharePoint site has been established for us to use (in addition to the usual channels). Will will send us the link.
Other Library Groups
Discussion deferred until next meeting.
Posting open positions
There will be an all-staff email notification for open positions and those positions will be posted for the prescribed open time in the News Notes. We want the most coverage when a vacancy comes open.
Staff Web
The Library Assembly will be responsible for content on the Staff Web page. It shouldn’t be a catch-all and some things shouldn’t be there at all. We’d like to get feedback on what people expect of it. Focus will be on content. What needs to be there? What doesn’t?
All members will ask staff in their departments for their ideas, comments, etc. on the page.
Agenda ideas for the October meeting, Tuesday, October 26.
One idea: Have Shannon Cary come and talk about upcoming events.
The meeting adjourned at 2pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Stephen Stanton