Sept. 9, 2008

by Gerald Doyle

Academic Assembly of Librarians
General Assembly Meeting
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Paley Library Lecture Hall

MINUTES

Attendance: Alford, Badman, Bell, Berhanu, Bongiovanni, Davis Cunningham, Derry, Goldstein (chair), Larkin, Lezenby, Myers, Rowland, Schoolar, Szigeti (recorder), Turner
Guest: Jean Pond

  • Approval of Minutes:
    • Minutes of the General Assembly meeting of May 13, 2008 were approved
  • Remarks from the Dean of University Libraries
    • Dean Alford told the Assembly he was receiving many compliments regarding the first floor changes/renovations, and thanked the many people involved. He stated a need to publicize the café and has discussed this with Sodexho. There will be a new guard station at the front entrance to Paley. The media center is progressing on schedule. By the end of September we should have the new lounge furniture for the basement Staff Lounge. RIS staff will be getting new furniture and paint. The space for John Oram and stacks staff will be improved. Could we have an outdoor seating area in front of the café? Dean Alford stated he has a hope that we can have a new library building as a destination, center-of-campus-life building.
    • Many good ideas came out of the planning retreats and now the work is to look at them and see what can be implemented given the budget
    • The Libraries were given the last installment of the enhancement funds which will be put into staffing. We did not receive as much funds for inflation as is needed
    • Regarding the ARL list for expenditures, our ranking is up to 60
    • Larry Alford congratulated the CAMS staff for their hard and persistent work in virtually eliminating the backlog of items that needed to be cataloged
    • The Dean informed the Assembly about a consultant who was hired to see how Innovative and our financial system can work together efficiently
    • Finally, Dean Alford talked about the Libraries’ upcoming events.
  • Special Election
    • This election was held to replace Susan Golding on the Selection and Appointment Committee. Sebastian Derry won the position.
  • Old Business
    •  There was no old business.
  • New Business/Announcements
    • Andrea Goldstein informed the Assembly that she and Sebastian Derry of the Steering Committee are working on a proposal to obtain emeritus status for retired librarians.
  • Adjournment and refreshments
    •  Adjourned at 2:30 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Kathy Szigeti
Recording Secretary

 

 

 

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