INFORMATION ITEM: An electrical shutdown in Ellis Library will be required soon – Campus Facilities informed Pat Jones that they will need to replace some of the electrical breakers in basement of Ellis Library.  To complete the work the electricians will need to shut down power to the entire building.  Campus Facilities would like to finish this repair as soon as possible after they receive the parts and equipment.  Pat Jones will communicate to Campus Facilities that LMT prefers the work take place after finals.  If it must take place during the semester, the Libraries request they work on a Friday at midnight or Sunday morning, when the Library is not open. 

INFORMATION ITEM: Budget Update – Budgets have been a big topic of conversation at recent Council of Deans meetings.  The Libraries are not alone at MU in having financial challenges. The Provost has asked the Libraries to provide a current budget strategy to meet the projected budget shortfall for 2016 as well as an ongoing plan for the future. The Libraries are seeking one-time assistance from various library and campus resources to assist with immediate shortfalls. The strategy will likely have to include some sort of journals cut.  It is not clear yet how many or what titles. The ongoing Library plan will include educating the Mizzou community about the Libraries budget situation and spreading awareness of Open Access.  Discussion ensued about whether or not the Libraries would ever consider trying to get another Library Fee.  If so, would it be beneficial to try for a “targeted fee” that does not require a vote of the student body because it does not get charged to all students?  It was generally agreed that any future student fee proposals, if there are any, would not be per credit hour but would, instead, be a flat fee.   

INFORMATION ITEM: Kemper award display – The Libraries have been in discussion with the coordinators of the Kemper teaching awards about having a display in Ellis Library that shows the names of the past winners of the Kemper teaching award.  After considering different areas, 114 Ellis Library was chosen as a potential place for the display.  The display would not take up any student study space.

INFORMATION ITEM: Archiving Concerned Student 1950 movement –  Matt Gaunt has reached out to the student leaders involved with the Concerned Student 1950 organization and has suggested that they turn over relevant documents from that groups activities to University Archives.   Having some of this primary source material could be very valuable in the future if anyone tries to look into and understand what happened on the Mizzou campus in the Fall of 2015.  Matt built a relationship with many of the student leaders due to his role in promoting the Library Student Fee.  He hopes to build a bridge between the students and the personnel at University Archives.