Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Monday, October 6th – Thursday, October 9th
Jim Cogswell will be in Washington D.C. for the annual meeting of the Association of Research Libraries meeting.
Friday, October 10th
10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Orin Ethics Symposium and Luncheon, Cornell Hall
2:00-3:00 p.m. – Faculty Alumni Award Reception, Reynolds Alumni Center
Action Item: Jim Cogswell and LMT have sent a draft of a new Student Library Fee proposal to the Chancellor’s office for review and feedback. (As a reminder, Chancellor Loftin invited MU Libraries to work with him in creating a new student fee to provide enhanced library services, spaces and collections.) Related to this effort LMT is establishing a working group to assist in publicizing and promoting a new Library fee, with the ultimate goal of having principal student groups on campus endorse the plan via letters to the UM Board of Curators. Invitations have been sent to suggested members of this group.
The group will have weekly, one-hour meetings beginning on Tuesday, September 23, from 4pm to 5pm, and continuing each Tuesday until December 16.
At the first meeting, Jim will present an outline of the fee proposal along with a preliminary calendar of meetings and events surrounding the campaign to promote the fee.
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Tuesday, September 23rd
1:00-2:00 p.m. – Library Assembly, Ellis Library
2:00-4:00 p.m. – Library Management Team, Ellis Library
Wednesday, September 24th
2:00-4:00 p.m. – ALA Exhibit – Lincoln, the Constitution and the Civil War Opening Event: The History of Freedom Suits in Missouri, with Presenter Kenneth Winn, State Historical Society
Thursday, September 25th
11:30-1:30 – MU Libraries United Way Campaign Kick-Off, Ellis Library Staff Lounge
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Monday, September 15th
2:00-4:00 p.m. – Library Management Team, Ellis Library
Tuesday, September 16th
3:00-4:30 p.m. – “Is Liberal Education Out of Style” – an MU Libraries sponsored event on the occasion of the 175th commemorative week, Memorial Union
Wednesday, September 17th
9:00 a.m. – Jim will attend a portion of the MULAC meeting, Ellis Library
Thursday, September 18th
2:00-5:00 p.m. – Jim will take part in various activities surrounding the Inauguration of Chancellor Loftin, Columbia, Missouri
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Monday & Tuesday, September 8 – 9th
Jim Cogswell will attend a meeting of the Greater Western Library Alliance, Corvallis, Oregon.
Thursday, September 11th
8:00-10:00 a.m. – Council of Deans, Memorial Union
2:00-4:00 p.m. – Library Management Team, Ellis Library
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Tuesday, September 2nd
2:00-4:00 p.m. – Library Management Team, Ellis Library
INFORMATION ITEM: Jim Cogswell gave a report from the Council of Deans meeting and his recent meeting with Interim Provost Ken Dean. Both meetings discussed MU’s unknown budget situation due to funds withheld from the University at the state level. An end result of the situation will not be clear until the state general assembly’s veto session in September.
INFORMATION ITEM: MU Libraries All Staff Meeting. Jim sent a note to the Chancellor thanking him for speaking at the All Staff Meeting on August 12th. The Chancellor continues to enthusiastically support the idea of student fee for the Library and says he will help promote and communicate.
ACTION ITEM: LMT resolved to make the Student Library Fee Proposal the main topic of discussion for the next LMT meeting, Tuesday, August 19th. They also set a goal of having a completed proposal to give to the Chancellor by the end of August. The most recent draft of the document was distributed and a short discussion ensued about possible revisions and strategies.
INFORMATION ITEM: A discussion ensued about how to lower library expenditures in light of the current tight budget and the dim prospects of large increases anytime soon. Topics discussed included:
· Asking Library employees to turn in travel request forms by October 1st of each year so that library Admin can consider requests in light of the annual budget.
· How to incentivize the use of work study students over Salary and Wage students.
· How, if the need arises, to approach staff reassignments across divisions due to future personnel needs.
· How to identify which actions and decisions will have a large enough budget impact that they are worth pursuing despite time, complication and potential fallout from students, faculty, peers and employees.
INFORMATION ITEM: Friday, Jim will attend a quarterly TelePresence meeting of the four campus Chief Information Officers and UM Library Directors. Jim expects MOBIUS and its relationship to the MERLIN cluster to be an agenda item and is not clear of this group’s awareness of the various issues. He will report back at next week’s LMT.
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Monday, August 25th
3:00-5:00 p.m. – Council of Deans, Memorial Union
Tuesday, August 26th
8:00 a.m. – Jim Cogswell will attend the MU Chair’s Retreat through lunch and then possibly attend other Chair Retreat meetings and events based on his availability. The Retreat is taking place at the Reynolds Alumni Center.
1:30-2:30 p.m. – Library Assembly, Ellis Library
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Tuesday, August 19th
2:00-4:00 p.m. – Library Management Team, Ellis Library
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Tuesday, August 12th
2:00-3:30 p.m. – MU Libraries All Staff Meeting, Ellis Auditorium.
Thursday, August 14th
8:00-10:00 a.m. – Council of Deans, Memorial Union
10:00-12:00 Noon – Library Management Team, Ellis Library