Next Meeting: Tuesday 5/09/17 2:00-3:30pm Ellis 159
Attendees: Ann Riley, Deb Ward, Corrie Hutchinson, Sheryl Cullina, Kathy Peters, Jeannette Pierce, Pat Jones, Shannon Cary, Tom Barnes, Anselm Huelsbergen
Agenda Items:
LMT retreat: 5/10 is the first choice, 6/13 is the 2nd choice for dates for the LMT retreat.
Library Society: This Friday and Saturday will be the Donor Recognition Weekend.
-Friday: Loading dock will be in use from about 8:15am onwards on Friday, and most of the day on Saturday. Please avoid the loading dock during these times.
-Saturday: The room should be back in order by 5:00pm Saturday.
-Sunday: The area will be in normal use.
ACTION: All staff email to be sent Thursday informing everyone of the schedule, and to avoid the loading dock areas.
ACTION: Shannon will make sure Special Collections knows about their display in 213, not 201.
Dehumidifiers for 2E: A dehumidifier is needed in 2E. Specs and placement need to be decided.
ACTION: More HOBO sensors will be placed in that area to gather better data to help decide placement.
ACTION: Ann will discuss several items, including this, with Heiddi Davis in a meeting on Thursday 4/27/17.
System Library heads meeting with President Choi: This telepresence meeting included the heads of all UM System Libraries, and several UM System administrators. Ann reported on what was discussed.
FY18 Budget: The FY 18 budget was discussed, continuing on from the 4/20/17 LMT meeting discussion, and will continue into the next meeting.
-A formal System-wide announcement is expected to be made 6/3.
CSC Updates: Ongoing projects were discussed, particularly relating to FY18 budget concerns.
ACTION: current budget model effects are to be written up for presentation outside the university Libraries.
MyVITA: The University is moving forward with this for the evaluation system. It requires some MULAC involvement, and actions by Librarians and Archivists.
New Furniture: In times of budget constraints, new furniture has historically caused bad feelings among the University Community. In light of this, we need to push out the story of how (and why) we have funded the new furniture purchases.
ACTION: A historical list of SFCIC and Student Enhancement Fee projects and how they were paid for should be created and posted on the website.
ACTION: Notices thanking the students and donors for the new furniture, with before and after photos, should be created and posted in the areas of the new furniture.
ACTION: Messages in media/on social media about the new furniture and why/how should be pushed out, in an effort to forestall ill will.