Attendees: Ann Riley, Deb Ward, Corrie Hutchinson, Sheryl Cullina, Kathy Peters, Jeannette Pierce, Pat Jones, Shannon Cary

Agenda Items

Sign Update:

• Shannon showed the latest map of the sign placement, which includes updated images of the types of signs.
• She also handed out a list of items that the Sign Task Force had created of what would be included on the standing directories that would be placed at the north and west entrances. LMT had a few suggested changes.
• Subcommittees of the Task Force are working on content for signs on each level.
• Task force is waiting for specific templates from the sign company.

Summer Hours:

• Shannon passed out drafts of the summer hours and asked the LMT members to send any changes by Friday.

MU MERLIN Advisory Committee General Policy Manual Policy No. 50                 http://libraryguides.missouri.edu/librarypolicies/policy50

 

• asked LMT if they would like to revise policy #50, which states the charge and subcommittees of the MU MERLIN Committee, considering the change in UM’s status to a standalone consortium.
• LMT discussed the option of reworking this policy or starting from scratch with a new MERLIN committee policy and agreed that they needed to start from scratch.
• LMT asked Corrie and Jeannette to create a proposal for a new MERLIN advisory committee.

Scan on Demand

• Corrie stated that she and Kevin are looking at ways to increase patron awareness that UMLD items can be scanned and delivered to patrons. “Scan on Demand” started with a need at UMLD, but when implemented it will work for all print journals at any location at MU.
• They are looking at various ways to make this request option clear in the online catalog.
• In addition, LMT wants to explore the options for scanning chapters of books and complete monographs.

Microfilm Project

• Tim Perry is heading a group that is investigating moving the microfilm out of Ellis Library and into UMLD. Corrie provided some preliminary results of the groups findings.

• They did some testing on how long and expensive testing the microfilm for deterioration would take. It would take 40 hours for 21 weeks to test all of the microfilm boxes.
• It might take as much as $2.3 million to transfer acetate microform to silver positive.
• Other options were discussed, such as moving the microforms as they are to UMLD and digitizing the collection.
• There was a question about whether or not a content analysis has been done on the microfilm collection. There has not yet been a thorough content analysis.

ACTION: Corrie will talk to the Collections Steering Committee about their opinion on investing collection resources into this project.
ACTION: Anselm will look into prices for digitizing the microfilm collection.

Staff Development Committee

• Sheryl stated that the Staff Development Committee wanted to improve the attendance of staff development workshops so they were suggesting raffle tickets be handed out to participants with gift cards as possible raffle prizes.
• There was also discussion about expecting all library employees to attend a certain number of appropriate staff development activities.
• LMT agreed to continue looking into both possible ideas for increasing participation in staff development opportunities.

Budget Update

• Kathy presented a budget scenario with a 7.5% cut. She will also be working on other budget scenarios that she will share with LMT.       

 

 

 

 

Attendees: Ann Riley, Deb Ward, Corrie Hutchinson, Sheryl Cullina, Kathy Peters, Jeannette Pierce, Pat Jones, Shannon Cary, Tom Barnes, Ernest Shaw, Anselm Huelsbergen

Agenda Items:

Dean’s Council: Dean’s Council is very concerned about the cuts

                – Final announcement is to be on 6/3, which creates tough timing.

                -There is no word from the legislature on its actions, and there will not be until late May.

                -All Schools and Colleges are doing program reviews for vertical cuts, but there will likely not be savings from those cuts for 2-3 years.

All Staff Meeting on Budget: Overall, it went well.

                -ACTION: Sheryl will create an anonymous box on the staff site for more suggestions.

   Near Future Top level travel:

                -Ann out 5/1-5/5 for ARL: Deb will be here

                -Ann out 5/28-6/10: Deb, Jeanette and Corrie will be here in some combination

                -Ann out 6/24-6/28 for ALA: Deb will be here

Staff Award: Sheryl will investigate further

                -Celebration of Service: Thursday 5/18 11:30am: as many as possible should attend

                -Michaelle is receiving a prize during Staff Apprecitation Week.

-ACTION: We will send out a reminder of this event and ask library employees to attend.

Staff Development Committee:

                -Raffle to encourage participation in professional development is approved by LMT.

                -LMT sees professional development as part of the job. Training is done on University time, and with University resources. There is an expectation for employees to improve themselves and their ability to do their jobs.

-ACTION: Raffle to be written up as a pilot plan, and to be approved by the provost.

                -Prizes should be limited to a total of $100

Nametags: ACTION: Follow up for next LMT Meeting.

AED: ACTION: Pat Jones will order 3 more defribulators. Signs will be arranged stating that they are for use by trained people only.

Logistics:

                -Outdoor lighting plans for 24/5 hours this fall are moving forward.

                -Furniture moving plans are moving forward.

                -Steam Pipe under Lowry Mall: North side of the mall will be pulled up beginning around 6/15 to reroute steam pipes and repair the tunnel. The area will likely be disrupted for the entire ’17-’18 academic year. Facilities would not admit to any estimate of noise levels.

                                -ACTION: A letter will be sent to facilities asking that the area not be resurfaced with bricks: they are slippery when wet, and water causes uneven and dangerous surfaces.

State Historical Society:

                -Ann attended the groundbreaking event, which went well and was well attended.

                -MU Libraries was thanked.

Budget FY18:

                -Submit budgets with 12% cuts by 5/1. Ann will submit a narrative to Provost Stokes along with the budget.

                -LMT needs to set a set of strategic goals (focus, cuts), set plan to meet them, and COMMUNICATE what this is and how decisions that are made should works towards meeting those goals, and why.