Present: B.Hurley (chair), P.Iannuzzi, J.Han, A.Jensen, B.Krell
(recorder), L.Leighton, T.Leonard, M.Rancer, A.Ritch, J.Roberts, I.Stirling.
Absent: C.Faulhaber, J.Lowell, M.Ternberg.
A G E N D A
I. ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. Personnel
Admin approved posting job announcements for two librarian positions:
Humanities Librarian/Head, Graduate Services and Librarian, Near and Middle
Eastern Studies.
B. Other
Admin members will rotate to chair the various Admin, Cabinet, and
Roundtable meetings during times when J.Lowell is away during July and August.
A recent incident involving a disruptive patron prompted a review of the
library’s policy and guidelines.
II. OLD BUSINESS
A. Update on the Councils Review Process
Council minutes indicate that their internal reviews are in-progress. At
their retreat earlier this year, Admin had a lengthy discussion regarding
the councils. Notes from the Admin retreat will be shared with the subject
council chairs to give them insight into the concerns raised, which will
aid the councils’ internal assessments. To-date, the sub-group reviewing
the current council system has received only four comments sent to the
reflector. L.Leighton will send out a reminder to allusers regarding the
council review and encourage staff to submit comments to the reflector
(counrev). Comments are due by August 31. Messages received by the subset
of Cabinet (L.Leighton, A.Ritch, M.Ternberg) will be compiled for
discussion at Cabinet before presentation to the Roundtable group.
III. NEW BUSINESS
A. Annual Reports from Library Units
In the past, the Library typically asked units to submit annual reports,
which included unit accomplishments and challenges during the previous year
and unit goals for the new year. Cabinet agreed to issue a call for annual
reports this year but was undecided on how best to use the annual reports
once collected. For example, annual reports might be useful as management
tools for planning and development. It was noted that since statistics are
collected separately, only significant statistics should accompany the
annual reports. M. Rancer will provide information to the AULs regarding
the process for collecting library statistics.
P. Iannuzzi and L. Leighton will prepare a draft “Call for Annual Reports,
FY 1999/2000” for Cabinet’s review before the call is presented to
Roundtable or issued to library units.
(Note: The August 3 Cabinet meeting was cancelled. Cabinet reviewed the
draft call and conducted their discussion via e-mail. The call for annual
reports, issued to Roundtable on August 7, requested responses by September
15.)
B. OCC Joint Meeting with Cabinet
The Organizational Culture Committee (OCC) has requested a joint meeting
with Cabinet. OCC Co-Chairs P. Iannuzzi and B. Ogden will meet on August 1
to determine a date for the joint OCC/Cabinet meeting.
(Note: The joint OCC/Cabinet meeting will be postponed until September.)