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Staff Advisory Group Meeting, 6/14/17

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Division Reports:

  • ACTS – Corrie Hutchinson

    • We are moving to MOBIUS Standalone on July 1.There are changes in the workflow and ticketing system that will be addressed in detail in the near future.
    • Welcome to Julie Housknecht, Technical Services Manager; Waldemar Bartikowski, Programmer/Analyst; Tom Barnes, ACTS Business Support Specialist II.
    • Collections budget is still unknown as we hope for reallocations from the 12% cut.
    • An automatic ILL request button is in the works.
    • ACTS division discussed priorities in light of the limited budget.
    • New UMLD van will be delivered in a few weeks.
  • RAIS – Jeannette Pierce

    • Online Educational Resources, being an initiative of President Choi, are getting more attention.Grace Atkins is working with Shannon Cary, Ann Riley and students to develop OERs for the libraries.
    • MU Connect implementation: June 1. Librarians will be connected with students and faculty.
    • Head of Instructional Services beginning of August.
    • Statistics are being reviewed for annual reports and evaluation of services we provide.
    • Jennifer Gravely will be able to stay through the summer.
    • Microform is looking to move off site, but we hope to have Microfilm readers/printers available.
    • Cindy Cotner will be the Interim director of Access Services.
    • Working with Digital Preservation Library, Sandy Schiefer, Nav Khanal and Matthew Stephens will do much of Judy’s web administrator duties.
    • Anne Barker is weeding reference materials.
    • Freddy Martinez Garcia’s last day is June 23.
    • Recorded Sound space will close at the end of June and materials within will be considered for relocation.
    • Special Collections is reviewing their materials and are considering transferring items that meet specific criteria from the general stacks to Special Collections.
  • Specialized Libraries – Noah Hartsfield on behalf of Deb Ward

    • Panic buttons will be installed in specialized libraries (and throughout Ellis) in July.
    • Offices were rearranged and a wall was moved to create more student workspace.
    • An Open House, sponsored by Staff Development Group, is being held on July 20 at 1:30 p.m. and a tour of the Medical School addition will ensue at 2:30. July 28 is the formal dedication of the addition.
    • Barb Jones is pursuing a partnership with SISLT this fall.
    • Diane Johnson will be working on a with the School of Nursing for the American Heart Association
  • Director’s report: Ann Campion Riley

    • Please attend the Budget forum with Provost Stokes at 2:00 p.m. in 114a on June 20.We will discuss budget projections moving forward.
    • Current Budget: Cut represents 1.367 million dollars cut to collections. We hope we will be able to get some discretionary funds back.
    • Don’t expect additional University separations.We will look to distribute recorded sound material within the library. The asbestos in that area will prevent us from making large structural changes.
    • July 5th old chairs will be moved out and July 6&7th Marathon will move new furniture into the Information Commons.Counter high tables will be added and additional new furniture will be added to seating outside of the Gov. Docs. area.
    • Chancellor Alexander Cartwright will start this summer.
    • We have met our Development goal for this year.Reminder to attend the Libraries Fundraiser event this Friday June 16th.
    • There is no big change to the plan for the Student Enhancement Fee fund allocation.We will promote the message that upgrades to furniture and security are due to this student fee.MULAC will be updated on the allocation of funds at every meeting and communicated using “#enhancement”.
    • Campus has retained an enrollment management consultant for Mizzou.
    • Communications and Marketing departments have been outsourced to streamline our messages between System and Mizzou.
    • We will have a consultant come in to review the administration structure at the system and University levels.
  • Staff Announcements:

    • Digital initiatives at the Missourian have been enhanced due to many images recently being uploaded.
    • MULSA is looking for staff to help with book sale.
    • Ellis will get new phones July 25th.
  • Open Positions/HR Announcements: Sheryl Cullina

    • Engineering librarian and SCARaB positions are posted.
    • Please conclude the Performance Evaluations in the near future.
    • The upgrade to PeopleSoft will change look and feel of myHR and timesheets at the end of July.Training handouts will be available.
  • Upcoming Events: Tammy Green – MULSA

    • MULSA encourages everyone to attend the annual picnic on June 16th at Gordon Shelter at Stephens Lake Park.Pulled park will be served complimented by a solar eclipse theme and special giveaway eclipse glasses to boot.
  • Chair closing remarks: Noah Hartsfield

    • Next SAG Town Hall – July 13th at 10am

      • Kevin McFillen, upcoming Chair of Staff Advisory Council, will have Dr. Angela Spec attend the next meeting.Any additional officers are welcome to join by contacting Sheryl Cullina.