January 10, 2012

by Gerald Doyle

ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY OF LIBRARIANS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

TUESDAY, January 10, 2012

2:00PM

PALEY LIBRARY, LECTURE HALL

MINUTES

Attending: Jenifer Baldwin, Brian Boling, Jim Bongiovanni (Vice-chair), Mark Darby, Kristina DeVoe, Andrea Goldstein, Anne Harlow, Thomas Heverin, Molly Larkin, Carol Lang, Krystal Lewis (recorder), Rick Lezenby, Jill Luedke, Greg McKinney, Penelope Myers, Brian Schoolar, Gretchen Sneff.

Meeting called to order at 2:06 P.M.

  1. Approval of minutes from the November 15, 2011 meeting

Minutes are pending.

  1. Remarks by the Interim Dean of Libraries (C. Lang)

Dean Lang gave several updates:

  1. Hiring – The Library has received exceptions to recruit for:
    1. Emerging Technologies Librarian, , RIS department, TAUP position. The search committee put together 8 months ago will be reconvened: Adam Shambaugh (chair), Brian Schoolar, Jenifer Baldwin, Phil D’Andrea, and John Pettit.
    2. Coordinator of Technical Services, SCRC department, TAUP position.  This position will coordinate processing workflow of collections and the creation of DACS-compliant finding aids. Margery Sly will chair the as-yet-unformed search committee.
    3. Server Administrator, Library Technology Services department, Keith Savage’s former position, will be rewritten as an administrator of applications running on servers. Position description is pending.
    4. Media Specialist, RIS department/Media Services.
    5. BA II, which will be reclassified as a programmer for Digital Library Initiatives.

There are currently 35 open positions across the Libraries. The Provost is continuing to ask all units to consider how to increase efficiencies and make do with the available staff.

  1. TAUP merit – Kristina DeVoe is chairing the Merit committee, which is currently reviewing applications.
  2. Budget – There is a half-billion dollar state shortfall, so a 5% rescission has been announced for Temple.  If it’s proportional, $775,000 will be cut from the Library’s budget.  Dean Lang will attend a Council of Deans meeting about the budget tomorrow. Jonathan LeBreton mentioned that with university budget cuts, the priority is to minimize impact on the current students, so more funds are taken from the business, rather than academic, side.  The Library falls in the middle. Cuts will mostly come from the Library’s carry-over funds.
  3. Library field trip – will be to Johns Hopkins University Libraries in the summer.
  4. Artwork – Dean Lang had a piece of student artwork installed in her office: a piece of fabric art by a Tyler art student.
  5. Provost’s white paper – Dean Lang initiated a discussion about the Provost’s recent white paper.  The short timeline, proposed merger of Boyer and Tyler Schools, and the closer relationship between Computer Services and the Library were mentioned.
  1. ALA Midwinter (Anyone)

Steven Bell and Jonathan are attending.

  1. Old Business

None.

  1. New Business / Announcements
  1. Penelope Myers gave a tour to 15 people from Computer Services.
  2. Andrea Goldstein, as chair of the PARA committee, mentioned that Krystal Lewis and Jill Luedke were awarded a 4th 1-year contract. Jim Bongiovanni and Thomas Heverin were awarded a 5th 2-year contract and Kristina DeVoe was awarded regular appointment.
  1. Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 2:55.

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