Lisa completed the investigation of maintenance contracts on 3M theft detection systems. There is no financial savings to be gained from having a system-wide contract. Each library will continue to arrange its own.

The Committee met as the Space Committee to get an update on the available storage space at the Annex. Peg had solicited information about anticipated transfers for the year, and if these occur as planned, the Annex will exhaust its available space in mid-July 2008. The plans for the Archives Annex are not far enough along to predict when the space currently dedicated to Archives at the current Annex will be freed up, but likely that will occur some time next summer. It is not clear when additional shelving will be available at the Annex within the current Archives space; shelving will not be purchased with Reassessment funds in the current fiscal year. Peg will keep track of available storage space and report back periodically. Libraries should anticipate a temporary moratorium on transfers at some point in the next 12 months.

Flo reported that the Search Committee for the University Librarian is in the process of being constituted. Further information will be forthcoming in the Staff News as it becomes available. Discussion ensued about gathering input from the Library about our vision for the future and the need for planning in advance of interviewing candidates. The expectation is that the planning process previously identified by the Provost and Dennis Hall will occur after a new UL has been designated. LDC thought that it would be helpful to have Dennis Hall come meet with the group.