Agenda
Meet in Divinity Library, Room 224
- Announcements (5 min.)
- Library guides project team report/recommendation (Sue, Amy)(10 min.)
- Additional budget discussion (10 min.)
- Security guard--spring semester
- Materials
- Quarterly reports as a vehicle for communicating potential savings
- Library strengths and weaknesses (Flo)(25 min.)
- What do we do well
- What do we do not so well
- Development of bibliographic content policy (Bill)(10 min.)
Minutes December 17, 2008
(Regrets: Jody, Marshall, Beth, Frances)
1. Announcements:
- A new exhibit has been installed in Divinity Library. Pieces are on loan from the Fine Arts Gallery.
- Construction is proceeding on the Archives Annex. A field trip is planned in late January or February for those interested.
- The next Library Council meeting will be January 7 at the Science & Engineering Library classroom.
2. The Library Guides Project Team’s report has been reviewed by the Research Services Committee and was presented to the council for further review. The project team tested two subject guide systems and chose the LibGuides system for implementation. Amy Stewart-Mailhiot, leader of the project team, attended the meeting and discussed the team’s justifications for choosing LibGuides. The council approved the recommendation and will work to locate funds for setting up a license with LibGuides.
3. Additional budget discussion
- In light of recent budget constraints, the group discussed whether or not to proceed with the security guard service into the spring semester. It was decided that we will continue to provide this service in the spring. If the need for additional budget cuts arises we can revisit this issue at a later date.
- Bill reported that he is working towards identifying a target figure for savings requested by the Provost and will communicate specific recommendations for individual libraries with directors.
- In an effort to better communicate potential savings, directors were asked to assess how much of their budget has been spent to-date and how much they expect to spend by end of the fiscal year and then provide this information to Lisa for inclusion in the quarterly report. Lisa will send a specific template for you to use. Please get your information to Lisa by January 15.
4. In preparation for the January retreat, the group had a brainstorming session to come up with a list of Library strengths and weaknesses. Several suggestions were made for “what we do well” and “what we do not so well”; these topics will be discussed in more detail at the retreat.
5. The development of a bibliographic content policy agenda item was deferred.