The University of Kansas Libraries

KU Libraries Support Staff

KULSS Executive Meeting
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 10:00-11:30
Anschutz Room 305

Present: Robert Szabo (Chair), Kristin Zachrel (Secretary), Adam Reilly (Group 1), Julie Woodrick (Group 2), Sharon Riley (Group 3)

Absent: None

Previous Meeting's Action Items

Miscellaneous

Elections:

• Robert will send out a call for nominations tomorrow with a 2 week deadline (June 8th).
• Talk to Jill Mignacca, Andi Back, Molly Altman, Meredeth Huff, and Jessica Bergin to see if they are interested in serving.
• All existing members would like to remain except Robert, who has been moved to an Unclassified Staff position and will no longer be able to serve.
• Update bios.
• Finalize and send out the ballot.

Membership Changes:

• Robert Szabo and Jeromy Horkman have been moved to Unclassified Professional positions. Their jobs will remain the same. Kristin will remove them from the membership list.

Intro/Extra:

• It would be good to get input on how people are using what they learned from the Introversion/Extraversion session and how they are applying it.

Support Staff Newsletter:

• Robert has submitted a letter to the Senate to be published in their newsletter advising staff that they may use the library facilities and describing the collections and services that are available to them.

Staff Profiles:

• Robert will send out another request for staff profiles. Currently we only have enough to get us through October 5th. We need 10 more to get through the Fall semester.
• Monica Claassen has set up rights for Kristin to add the profiles to the Staff Intranet.

Group Reports

Group 1 (Adam):

• It's been slow since Summer started. Cataloging had a going away/end of school year potluck party a few days after the student picnic.
• Cataloging filled the vacant Library Assistant position. Beth Nettels has been hired.

Group 2 (Julie):

• Kristin Zachrel was hired for the Library Associate position in Acquisitions/Serials.
• Room 210 will be getting new paint and carpet in July.
• Staff are in the process of moving microform collections from Watson to Anschutz.

Group 3 (Sharon):

• A follow up session on the empathy strength led by Kathleen Ames-Oliver is this afternoon.
• Admin:
  • Claire Dooley, a student in the Administration office is leaving. Admin is going to have a going away party
  • Time & leave change training is still unknown at this point.
• Anschutz:
  • They are getting new computer furniture this year. The 4th floor will get Teknion furniture and increase the amount they have on the 3rd floor.
  • Carpeting on the 4th floor will be finished after July 4th.
  • Moving microforms from Watson to Anschutz.

Committee Reports

Support Staff Senate:

• Mary Ann Baker has resigned as the Libraries USS representative. There are several openings on the Senate so if you're interested contact Mary Ann at 864-2035.

• A special thank you to Ann Snow, who not only provides the news stories of interest to Support Staff to the Libraries’ Support Staff but to all the members of the USS Senate and other interested persons as Mary Ann forwards her emails -- you’re doing a great job, Ann, and we really appreciate the time and effort you put into keeping us informed. Mary Ann has told the Senate that she will continue to forward these informative e-mails.

University Committee on Libraries:

• Sheila Orth is a Support Staff representative on the KU Task Force on Tuition Assistance.
• Members include:
  • Donna Ginther – Chair
  • Susan Mercer – Unclassified Staff Rep
  • Jennifer Gleason – Faculty Rep
  • Sheila Orth – Support Staff Rep
  • Drew Harger – Student Rep
  • Helen Dong – Ex-Officio
  • Rhonda Mosba – Ex-Officio
• Charge for the Task Force on Tuition Assistance for Employees, Partners, and Dependents:
  • Revised & Approved by University Senate, 10/7/10
  • Revised & Approved by SenEx, 11/29/2011
    1. Investigate the desirability of KU's establishing a tuition assistance program for faculty and staff. Such assistance may include tuition wavers or tuition reductions, and the eligible students may include the dependents of faculty and staff members, the spouses and domestic partners of faculty and staff members, and/or faculty and staff members themselves.
    2. Ascertain such assistance provided by existing programs, such as the tuition assistance program for staff members (http://www.hreo.ku.edu/benefits_pay/benefits_info/tuition_assistance) and the Coca-Cola Scholarships (http://admissions.ku.edu/freshmen/scholarships/freshman_scholarships.shtml).
    3. Identify a set or sets of peer institutions and ascertain which do, and which do not, currently have more comprehensive tuition-assistance programs.
    4. Estimate the likely annual cost and benefit of such a program for KU, and identify possible funding sources.
    5. Consider the desirability and feasibility of provisions for comparable benefits or other equal treatment for faculty and staff at KU who do not have partners or dependents, whose partners or dependents do not go to college, or whose partners or dependents go to college somewhere other than KU.
    6. If a more comprehensive tuition-assistance program seems desirable for KU, propose specific parameters for such a program. Parameters should address eligibility, degree of assistance, admission process waivers, and other policy details.
• University Committee will not meet over the Summer.
  
  

Mentoring Committee: Nothing to report.

LOSDC:

• Discuss with Angie about keeping the Introversion/Extraversion discussion going.

Meeting Updates

Dean's KULSS: Nothing to report.

Concerns to Bring up with the Dean:

• Adding a spot in the August All Staff Meeting for our General Meeting presentation (rather than having a separate General Meeting).
  • Check the code to see if we are required to have the meeting within a certain time frame.

Action Items for Next Meeting

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, May 31st, 10:00-11:30 at Anschutz.