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KULSS Exec

Meeting Minutes

Thursday, November 29, 2007
Watson B, 10:00-11:30am

Present: Jill Becker (Chair), Nishon Hawkins (Vice Chair); Angie Rathmel (Secretary); Denise Swartz (Group 1); Kevin Fussell (Group 2); Julie Warrick (Group 3); Robert Szabo (Group 4);
Absent:

Approval of 11/15/07 meeting’s minutes.
DONE via email post meeting.

Approval of previous meeting’s action items (you can cut and paste or fill-in from agenda)

WHO?	BY WHEN?	WHAT?
Angie	NEW ACTION	Remove Aileen Ball from USS membership.
Denise	NEW ACTION	Ask Maggie about public .ppt of State of Libraries
Angie	DONE	Create tri fold pamphlet for HR packet, get USS pamphlet from Strong Hall
Angie	NEW ACTION	Add above to Orientation Materials
Group Reps	DONE	Reminder of Nov. 16th deadline for HREO self study survey.
Jill	DONE	Check eligibility of certification program for academic library employees suggested at Brick and Click by Janet Anderson Story
Jill	DONE, thanks Kevin!	Investigate SDC documents.
Nishon	DONE	Follow up on the Staff Development portion of PRC.
Jill	DONE	Emailed kulcc-l about input into ISPDC.

Group Reports:
Grp 1:  Acq/Ser, Reference, Collection Development, Administration, Facilities

• Rebecca Smith had a baby girl
• New READ posters (basketball)

Grp 2: Cataloging

• Erin Kidwell got married.

Grp 3: Access Services, Mail Room, ILL

• Ardie Grimes, ILL temp, last day tomorrow.
• Watson and Anschutz are both open 10-5 on Dec. 24th.
• Two offered positions both in Lending.
• Book sale Monday Dec. 3rd across from the circ desk. 
• Mon-thurs (Monday for KU IDs only) 
• Monthly event
• Items are gifts outside the scope of the collection (not purchased by KU)
• Unsold items will be donated to “Books for Africa”

Grp 4: Anschutz, Annex, Art, Engineering, Music, RCL, Spencer   

• ANSCHUTZ
• N/A
• ANNEX
• N/A
• ART
• No report

• ENGINEERING

• MUSIC (Submitted by Nancy Hawkins)
• N/A
• RCL
• No report
• SPENCER (submitted by Mary Ann Baker)
• N/A

Committee Reports
University Support Staff (USS) Senate (Submitted by Mary Ann Baker)

University Senate (Submitted by Mary Ann)

University Committee on Libraries (UCL)

Diversity Committee
Adjusting to many new IS members. Seeking a treasurer.

IS Professional Development Council (ISPDC)
See below

Planning & Resources Committee (PRC)
Provided a proposal for the ISPDC.

Meeting Updates
Mgmt Council (see notes, taken by ARathmel)
Dean/HR (see notes, taken by JBecker)

Further IS Professional Development needs
Brainstorming ideas. 

• Library needs are different than IT and it has been challenging enough to meeting the different needs within libraries staff, faculty and unclassified professionals.  Feel event could/should be open IS wide, but planning IS wide is not realistic.
• Issue and any committee involvement definitely needs an ongoing assessment component.
• Draw from the existing (good) work of the former Libraries Staff Development Committee (SDC) http://www.lib.ku.edu/sdc/ 
• See also last meeting with Dean to discuss IS wide/Administrative focus
• Planning and Resources Committee involvement in Staff Development / Mentoring / Orientation Committee work. See their position paper.
• KULSS Staff Development Workshop and Jill’s KULSS Staff Development Plan

From kulcc-l

• professional development opportunities that weren't in the libraries
• librarians are in the loop, others not so much.

SSEYA Timeline
Dean would like to announce at IS ceremony in April and have this eventually be an endowed award.

Agenda Items for the next Meeting with the Dean
Dean should announce and form committee for SSEYA (not KULSS-Exec)
Merit web page.

 

Action Items for next meeting:

WHO?	BY WHEN?	WHAT?
Angie		Remove Aileen Ball from USS membership.
Denise		Ask Maggie about public .ppt of State of Libraries
Angie		Send USS flyer to PRC/Donna for Orientation Materials
All		Bring ideas for potential Staff Development speaker for Spring.
Jill		Email SSEYA information to Dean (committee appointed by Dean, not KULSS-Exec)

Next meeting will be Thursday, Dec. 27th, 10-11:30 am in Watson Conf Rm A&B.

PARKING LOT:

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