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KULSS Executive Meeting
Thursday, June 14, 2012, 10:00-11:30
Watson 3 West

 

Present: Robert Szabo (Chair), Kristin Zachrel (Secretary), Adam Reilly (Group 1)

Absent: Julie Woodrick (Group 2), Sharon Riley (Group 3)

Previous Meeting's Action Items

WHO?
BY WHEN?
WHAT?
Kristin
DONE
Talk to AR about Intro/Extra Project.
Kristin
Pending
Send out revised PPT.
Kristin
DONE
Ask Jill & TBD Group 2 rep for bios.
All
DONE
Send Kristin revised bios.
Julie
DONE
Ask Sheila about serving on Univ Committee on Libraries.
Kristin
DONE
Send out ballot & bios to kulss-l.
Sharon
DONE
Talk to Kent about toaster for staff room.

 

Group Reports

Group 1 (Adam):

  • Beth Nettels starting working in Cataloging on May 29th.

Group 2 (Julie): Nothing to report.

Group 3 (Sharon):

  • Art: Art has new furniture and carpet. They've received lots of positive feedback about the changes.

 

Committee Reports

Support Staff Senate:

  • There is a movement on the part of the KU Administration to dissolve the USS Work Group, the committee of a couple of high administrators (currently the Chief Financial Officer, Diane Goddard, and Ola, head of HR) and 5 USS members formed to review new policies and procedures affecting USS.  It’s incredibly useful to have the direct ear of the KU admin on a sort-of-regular basis (monthly meetings, sometimes cancelled).  Non-connected USS folks can write to Diane and/or Ola and/or the Provost and expound upon why the USS Work Group is valued. 

University Committee on Libraries: Nothing to report.

Mentoring (next mgt: 6/18): Hasn't met since March, largely due to the work being done regarding Strategic Planning. 

LOSDC: Nothing to report.

Planning & Resources (PRC): Robert will find out who the chair of this committee is and ask for updates.

Meeting Updates

Dean's KULSS:

  • The Dean wants to have our General Meeting in July and she will come and talk about the Strategic Plan. She mentioned having refreshments at the meeting, but we need to clarify how they will be provided.
  • Discussed the need for nominations for the Organizational Review Team. We now have 5 Support Staff interested. The Dean will decide the leadership in the team.
  • Rebecca sent us an email about the external feedback for the Strategic Plan. Robert will clarify if we can share this with KULSS.
  • Rebecca asked if Kristin would serve as the KULSS-Exec representative for SSEYA. Kristin has agreed.

 

Concerns to Bring up with the Dean:

  • Probationary period based on the recent email regarding the University-wide probationary period policy.

Action Items for Next Meeting

WHO? BY WHEN? WHAT?
Robert Next Dean's mtg Ask about probationary periods.
Robert Next Mtg Provide feedback on draft Intro/Extra email.
Robert Next Mtg Find out who the PRC rep is.
Kristin Next Mtg Create PPT for General Mtg

 

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

  • HREO EEO Categories
  • Work with LFPA to change the language for the Dean's 5-Year Review Committee to include a Support Staff member.

 

Next Meeting: Thursday, June 28th, 10:00-11:30 at Art Rm 104.