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Information and Action Items from Library Management Team 5/12/15

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Information ITEM: Nathan Willet, From MSA, presented an MSA proposal to install a flag display in Ellis Library. The display would feature the flags of the 193 countries in the UN. They currently recommend 202 Ellis or the Administrative Hallway (area between 104 and Circulation).  They feel the display would:

  • Showcase MU’s pride of its international community.
  • Make international students feel welcome.

LMT thanked Nathan for his presentation.  They will consider and get back to him.

Information ITEM: Jim presented the MU Libraries Student Library Fee Proposal at the Undergraduate Deans Meeting convened by Vice Provost Jim Spain, Monday, May 11th.  Jim felt it went well. He made a general offer to present at any school/college. Most Deans knew a little about the issue and were very interested to know how the idea was being received by the students.

Information ITEM: Jim hopes to focus the MU Administration on the need for more off-site storage.

  • All plans to repurpose Library space start with lessening the footprint of the onsite collection
  • Jim hopes the university will invest in the UMLD expansion.

    • Jim to follow up with Gary Ward.
    • There is hope that the recent willingness of the Library to be flexible about space will highlight the need for more storage.

Information ITEM: Deb Ward announced that the School of Medicine expansion is falling in place. There may be a chance for the school of medicine to help fund a couple Library positions in support of the expansion. If they can fund a HSL Clinical Librarian position through the med school expansion, it may affect the positions portion of the student fee proposal.

Information ITEM: Announcements:

  • Health Sciences Library: the National Library of Medicine has announced the inclusion of an Information Services supplement for NIH funded research.
  • ACTS: to deal with budget restraints, On Demand Acquisition will be suspended until the new budget year.  (This has grown so we may hear about it, but this is all fallout from the SWETS bankruptcy.)
  • SCARAB – Special Collections continues to battle space issues.