The University of Kansas Libraries

KU Libraries Support Staff

KULSS Executive Meeting
Thursday, July 8, 10:30-12:00
Spencer Reading Room (review meeting space in North Gallery)

Present: Julie Warrick (FY10 Chair), Jill Becker (FY11 Chair), Kristin Zachrel (Secretary), Kyle Sederstrom (Group 1), Adam Reilly (Group 2), Meredith Huff (Group 4)

Absent: Nancy Hawkins (Vice-Chair), Sheila Orth (Group 3)

Previous Meeting's Action Items

General Meeting

• Julie will shop for refreshments instead of Nancy.
• Julie will check with Nancy on the progress of the pop quiz.
• Meredith has the t-shirts for the door/quiz prizes.
  • Kristin brought back pencils from the Library of Congress to contribute to the prizes.
  • The t-shirts could be given for the door prizes and the prizes for the pop quiz could be candy & LC pencils.
• Julie will talk with Lanis or Jo Nell about getting raffle tickets for the door prize.
• Create a survey of examples of possible activities to determine the level of staff interest. (Would you be interested if the staff organized a group to go to T-bones; symphony, t'ai chi class, etc.?)
  • Include question in survey about KULSS webpage for support staff resources (If there was a page on the website that listed useful resources (ie. job training, tuition assistance, career services) what type of resources would you like made available to you?)
  • Jill will create survey
• Julie wrote up a report of our accomplishments and also listed staff kudos. She'll send a copy to Lorraine.

Group Reports

Group 1 (Kyle):

• Anne Hayden's last day in Acquisitions/Serials (Records Team) was June 25th. She has moved to Indianapolis.
• Preservation had a mini-retreat with Deb Ludwig. It was a good opportunity to learn about what's happening on a grand scale. The discussion was framed from the operational plan and covered other projects that leadership is currently working on.

Group 2 (Adam):

• Laura Kitzmiller has started in Cataloging. Adam has already contacted her welcoming her to the libraries and letting her know about KULSS.
• Adam's unit had a record breaking year for sending items to the Annex.
• Later this month Mary Roach is having an annual ALA giveaway meeting and Cataloging will also have an accomplishments party.

Group 3 (Sheila): Nothing to report.

Group 4 (Meredith):

• Mary Ann Baker mentioned the upcoming food drive in the staff meeting. Please contribute food!
• Demolition in Spencer has started on the office for the new Special Collections Librarian. The interviews for this position have been completed.

All Groups:

• Building update--Watson's main elevator is not working. Kent sent out an email advising that it will be fixed in a minimum of 2 weeks but it will probably take longer. They will be parking a crane in the back dock in order to fix the elevator.
• On Wednesday during Hawk Week, pending Kent's approval, there will be a dunk tank in front of Watson to "Dunk Your Librarian."

Committee Reports

Support Staff Senate: Nothing to report.

University Committee on Libraries: Nothing to report.

Mentoring Committee: Nothing to report.

Meeting Updates

Dean's Council (next: ?): Meeting minutes for the 7/2/10 meeting are available at http://www.lib.ku.edu/staff/docs/Notes/indexDC.shtml.

Management Council (next: ?): Nothing to report. The second retreat is scheduled for July 14th.

Dean's KULSS Meeting (next: ?): Nothing to report.

Concerns to bring up with the Dean: Concerns can be brought up in the Q&A at the General Meeting.

Action Items for Next Meeting

Parking Lot
(Items to be aware of for the future, not necessarily discussed in current meeting)