Attendees: Jeannette Pierce, Corrie Hutchinson, Deb Ward, Pat Jones, Jacqueline Rash, Shannon Cary, Sheryl Cullina, Kathy Peters, Ann Campion Riley, Anselm Huelsbergen
Next LMT Meeting: August 7, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 159 Ellis
Agenda Items:
Staff Raises
- A discussion of salary matters occurred.
Sierra Request: Block Non-Employees
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Cindy and Burt identified an issue with patrons who are no longer employed, but have library materials.We have a way with Sierra to more easily identify who these patrons are.
- Discussion ensued about the definition of termination and the different statuses an employee can take in that transitional period.
- Questions were brought forward about what data Peoplesoft reads in determining these expirations.
Action: Corrie will check with Ernest about how Peoplesoft reads this information and to find a way to make it more apparent to Circulation staff when a former employee, without a borrower card, should be denied borrowing privileges.
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One difficulty is contacting former employees to notify them that they need to return their materials if they don’t request to keep their MU email address.
- Sheryl can’t give out employee addresses, so we couldn’t contact them to ask them to return their materials.
- MU PD could get involved by proving addresses.
- One suggestion was to see if we could request that the Libraries be added to a checklist that terminated/ retired employees see, to remind them to return materials.
- Sheryl could ask HR if they can provide her with a list of terminations/ retired employees so that she can cross check that with circulation records and then we can notify the members that they will need to return their materials or purchase a borrower card.
Action: Kathy will check with Matt/Jeannette about getting borrower cards at the same status as Friends of the Library memberships.
New Items:
SCARAB search
- First round was unsuccessful.
- The recommendation to reopen and advertise the position again was accepted.
Engineering Librarian
- Deb has identified Thursdays in September as interview dates.
- They have two candidates that they would like to interview.
RAIS restructuring
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Jeannette would like feedback on her RAIS Announcement document by the end of the week.
- Feedback encouraged clarification that the selector’s role has not changed.
Phones
- Conversion occurs tonight.
- The telepresence room is included but one room in the subbasement is not included.
- Two courtesy phones in tech services and the staff lounge will not be converted tonight; they are under a different plan.
Fall hours
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The question was posed if we want to go 24-7 the three weeks before finals
- Two weeks before finals was preferred, due to the difficulty in obtaining staff
Action: Shannon will ask Grace to poll student group about access during Thanksgiving Saturdays.
Archives update
- Archives is fully functional in Lewis Hall.
- The basement is being abated.
- We can put Non-exempt salary pay on the insurance reimbursement.
Action: Sheryl will provide Kathy with Michaelle and Edwin’s hours for the Insurance claim.
Reflector
- Ann has offered the possibility to circulate equipment and catalogue their materials.