{"id":6156,"date":"2013-04-05T09:46:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T15:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/?p=6156"},"modified":"2013-04-05T09:46:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T15:46:29","slug":"library-assembly-minutes-march-19-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2013\/04\/05\/library-assembly-minutes-march-19-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Assembly Minutes, March 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Library Assembly<br \/>\n3-19-2013<br \/>\n1:00 p.m. &#8211; 2:00 p.m.<br \/>\n152 Ellis Library<\/p>\n<p>Meeting Minutes<\/p>\n<p>Present:\u00a0 Jack Batterson, Rachel Brekhus, Laura Buck, Jim Cogswell, Sheryl Cullina, Dana Houston, June DeWeese, PT Martin, Libby Myre, Ashley Nelson, Ann Riley, Sheena Waggoner, Deb Ward, Karen Witt, Rhonda Whithaus<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Agenda Items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sheryl Cullina, the new HR Manager for the MU Libraries, was introduced.<\/li>\n<li>Rachel reviewed MULSA\u2019s new retirement guidelines.\n<ul>\n<li>MULSA has updated and revised the old policy to better include MULSA\u2019s role.<\/li>\n<li>MULSA\u2019s retirement parties are tailored.\n<ul>\n<li>A retiree can choose to have or not to have a retirement party.<\/li>\n<li>All retirement parties are tailored to the retiree\u2019s wishes, including the location, theme, size, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>MULSA would appreciate knowing of retirements as soon as they are general knowledge to allow MULSA enough planning time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ride-Sharing Google Document for Snow\n<ul>\n<li>Jack had an idea that Rachel helped organize to create a ride-sharing Google Doc for days it snowed. This is a strictly voluntarily list.<\/li>\n<li>There was discussion on where the document should be hosted, how it should be publicized, columns to include, and who would sponsor it.<\/li>\n<li>The document has been published, is sponsored by MULSA, and is linked to on the MULSA front page.\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/staff\/committees\/mulsa\/default.htm\">http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/staff\/committees\/mulsa\/default.htm<\/a> &#8211; under \u201cMU Libraries Emergency Ride List\u201d). An email was sent to MULIBSTAFF by Rachel on 3-19-13 publicizing the list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Director Announcements<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sheryl      Cullina, the new HR Manager for the MU Libraries, was asked to give a      quick report and was thanked for her hard work thus far.\n<ul>\n<li>Sheryl       has enjoyed traveling around the Library and branches to meet people and       learn more about what everyone does. She has already visited Vet Med,       Journalism, and Geology. She plans to visit all remaining branches and       departments shortly.<\/li>\n<li>Along       with a variety of committees and task forces since starting, Sheryl met with       the New Employee Orientation Task Force last week and will work with them       to have a library-centric orientation.<\/li>\n<li>Sheryl       is also working on updating the organizational chart and position       descriptions, so you may hear from her during that process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Matt      Gaunt, the new Director of Development for MU Libraries, started March 18<sup>th<\/sup>.\n<ul>\n<li>He was       the director of development for CAFNR and then worked in the private       sector.<\/li>\n<li>Matt       will be invited to a future Library Assembly meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The      search for the RAIS Division Head will resume on Friday. It was delayed      due to snow.<\/li>\n<li>Sierra      Update\n<ul>\n<li>Sierra       is the new Millennium platform through Innovative Interfaces (III).<\/li>\n<li>The       MERLIN cluster was originally scheduled for a February upgrade, but due       to technical issues, the Sierra implementation has been indefinitely       postponed.\n<ul>\n<li>Sierra        requires significantly higher processor and hardware capabilities. For        larger libraries, this essentially means a supercomputer is needed to        run Sierra, and the library would require more resources than        Blackboard.<\/li>\n<li>There        are also technical issues that other libraries have experienced with        Sierra, including erroneous charges to patrons, issues with the bursar        interface, faulty interaction with INN-Reach, and concerns about patron        information. MERLIN coordinators have determined four critical issues        and questions that would need to be addressed by III before        implementation of Sierra.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Up       until this year, the MOBIUS consortium ran our system\u2019s servers, but       since last summer, the MERLIN system has managed its own servers.\n<ul>\n<li>If we        bought the server III suggested for Sierra, it would be approximately        $78,000-80,000. However, the cost is not the concern; the advisability        of updating when there are viability, security, and technical issues is.<\/li>\n<li>III        has announced that it will continue support of Millennium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>General       discussion of Sierra.\n<ul>\n<li>Millennium        was implemented at MU around 2002\/2003 and took several years to        stabilize.<\/li>\n<li>When        Sierra crashes, Millennium can experience issues as well, even though it        is not part of Sierra.<\/li>\n<li>Innovative        Interfaces (the oldest library system vendor) was recently purchased by        a venture capital conglomerate, so the leadership team has changed.<\/li>\n<li>Reminder        that people at MERLIN and MOBIUS levels are talking and would put        careful consideration and planning into any action taken, and that Sierra        should not be a cause for alarm.<\/li>\n<li>Consensus        that Millennium is the clear best choice for now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Campus      Capital Campaign\n<ul>\n<li>MU is       going to enter into its capital campaign within the next year or two, and       the library will be involved.<\/li>\n<li>Over       the summer, a \u201ccase statement\u201d for the importance of the MU Libraries and       its funding will be drafted. This will include a table of needs, ranked       by priority.<\/li>\n<li> Jim will establish a working group to       help plan the centennial celebration of MU Libraries. It will include       some library staff members.\n<ul>\n<li>In        2015, Ellis building will have its 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of        service to the public.<\/li>\n<li>In        1915, the first MU library building opened to the public, and it was        formally dedicated in January 1916.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Department Announcements<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Health Sciences and Veterinary Medical (Laura Buck)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Vet Med Library is hosting MULSA\u2019s Annual Library Open House on Friday, March 29th, 2013 at 2:30 &#8211; 4:00 pm.\n<ul>\n<li>An email invitation was sent out to MULIBSTAFF on 3-18 with details.<\/li>\n<li>With Spring Break, the parking lot should be empty for those who prefer not to walk.<\/li>\n<li>From Deb: <em>Billi Heater<\/em> resigned, but Gayle Mooney has been working in that position as a part time temp (from SOS). Gayle will move to mornings (20 hours a week) next week. Deb wants to fill this position quickly and is working on getting the position posted. There will be a farewell reception for Billi on April 3rd at 10:00 in the HSL Staff Lounge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Library Technology Services (PT Martin)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The application to the Student Fee Capital Improvement Committee for an additional book scanner has been approved (fully paid for).\n<ul>\n<li>Thank you to Gwen, Rhonda, Anne Barker, and PT.<\/li>\n<li>The scanner is here, and will hopefully be up sometime this month, depending on network ports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cataloging (Jack Batterson)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Matt Miller (previously with Sue Barnes) has been hired to fill the position that was previously Mary Ammon\u2019s. He started in his new position on February 5<sup>th<\/sup>, and the position has been adjusted to focus more on cataloging of digital materials, including cataloging locally digitized material and helping test and develop Islandora, a digital library software.<\/li>\n<li>Karla Geerlings will now be helping to keep track of digitization projects by keeping track of requests and tracking the progress of material through the process.<\/li>\n<li>The cataloging department is learning RDA, the cataloging standards that are replacing AACR2. This is a big change, requiring learning new rules. The goal is to apply RDA guidelines with all new cataloging as of March 31<sup>st<\/sup> but will continue to accepts AACR2 records form WorldCat.<\/li>\n<li>From Ann: As positions have come open, Cataloging is trying to re-focus and tweak new positions to reflect the updated work that the cataloging department is doing, including working with more digital materials.\n<ul>\n<li>There are many steps to the digitization process. For example, keeping track of images, OCR, and correction.<\/li>\n<li>Materials are being uploaded to HathiTrust, and there are very specific formatting and metadata requirements for adding materials.<\/li>\n<li>MST\u2019s institutional repository, Scholar\u2019s Mine, was previously on older IBM software but has been moved into MOSpace. Now, all UM Libraries have collections in MOSpace. <a href=\"https:\/\/mospace.umsystem.edu\/xmlui\/\">https:\/\/mospace.umsystem.edu\/xmlui\/<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>David Lindahl, UMKC\u2019s new Director of Strategic Initiatives and Planning, has been involved in digital collections and will come to MU in the future to talk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SCARaB (Karen Witt)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The new display, Kindred Kingdoms: Families in Flora, Fauna and Fiction, is now on exhibit in Ellis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MULAC Chair (Rhonda Whithaus)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The MULIBSTAFF LISTSERV has people on it who are not library employees.\n<ul>\n<li>Jim suggested that this was related to the distribution of New Notes which has an audience beyond just library employees.<\/li>\n<li>A suggestion was made to possibly define LISTSERVS with broad descriptions.<\/li>\n<li>Jim said that Admin would look into this and look into setting up a LISTSERV consisting of only library employees, which the group agreed was wanted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reference (Rachel Brekhus)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Graduate Workshops went well, with one day of face-to-face instruction and one day of online instruction. The online classes, despite a bit of Blackboard Collaborate issues, were a success.<\/li>\n<li>Selectors are spending down their 1 funds and evaluating serials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ellis Library Access Services (June DeWeese)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Esther Schnase has changed positions and is now the Head of the Circulation Reserve Unit in Ellis Library, replacing John Meyer. If there are any questions about where the duties fall between June, Sara, and Esther, please ask.<\/li>\n<li>The MU Libraries is excited to participate with other members of the Greater Western Library Alliance\u2019s (GWLA) in Relais\u2019s Discovery to Delivery (D2D) 3 year-long beta test. The Library is participating and testing on both the sending and receiving side, and June anticipates an upsurge in requests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LMT (Deb Ward)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Received notification on March 18<sup>th<\/sup> that the Technology Evaluation Subcommittee (ITC) will fund a new full-time position for an E-Learning Librarian. Annelise\u2019s contract will expire in June, and a new person is hoped to be hired and starting on July 1<sup>st<\/sup>. The ITC funding will last three years and is based off the model of ET@MO liaisons.<\/li>\n<li>Annelise was on campus March 4-8, where she met with her advisory committee, Jim, Deb, and many more key people across campus.\n<ul>\n<li>Talked about how to tie the Mizzou Online and Library presence together more closely. Want to look into the Library\u2019s Blackboard tab (currently only linking to E-Reserves) to see how to expand the library\u2019s influence and best use that space.\n<ul>\n<li>The library video for distance learners is on the Mizzou Online website <a href=\"http:\/\/online.missouri.edu\/studentresources\/library.asp\">http:\/\/online.missouri.edu\/studentresources\/library.asp<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Upcoming Events (PT)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor McKenney (a digital musician) will give a talk as part of the digital humanities colloquium Thursday, March 21, 12:30-1:30, at Ellis Library 4F51A. The talk is titled &#8220;Composing Music in the 21st Century; Digital Note Setting and Computer Generated Music.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/about\/events\/digitalhumanities.htm\">http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/about\/events\/digitalhumanities.htm<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Additional information about Professor McKenney from the Columbia Tribune : <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.columbiatribune.com\/2007\/apr\/20070401ovat009.asp\">http:\/\/archive.columbiatribune.com\/2007\/apr\/20070401ovat009.asp<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rajmohan Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s grandson, will speak at the Library Society dinner April 12, 2013\u00a0 at 11:00 a.m in Stotler Lounge. The talk is titled \u201c\u201cThe India-Pakistan Conflict and The Path to Stability.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/blogs\/Announcements\/?p=1080\">http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/blogs\/Announcements\/?p=1080<\/a><\/li>\n<li>National Library Week is April 14<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; 20<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<li>Howard Wight Marshall will present &#8220;Play Me Something Quick and Devilish:<br \/>\nDocumenting and Conserving Missouri\u2019s Traditional Fiddle Music\u201d on Tuesday, April 30<sup>th<\/sup>, at 1:00 p.m. in the colonnade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Library Assembly 3-19-2013 1:00 p.m. &#8211; 2:00 p.m. 152 Ellis Library Meeting Minutes Present:\u00a0 Jack Batterson, Rachel Brekhus, Laura Buck, Jim Cogswell, Sheryl Cullina, Dana Houston, June DeWeese, PT Martin, Libby Myre, Ashley Nelson, Ann Riley, Sheena Waggoner, Deb Ward,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2013\/04\/05\/library-assembly-minutes-march-19-2\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Library Assembly Minutes, March 19<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library-assembly"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 05:52:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}