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Minutes

University Library Committee Spring Meeting

4/3/2024

2:00-2:40

Present: Bryan Proksch (chair and minute taker), Gene Thodori, Sujin Wang, Michael Saar, Katherine Sprott, Yumi Shin

Absent: Elizabeth Long, Chunda Chen, Qiang Xu, Theresa Hefner-Babb, Drake Rothenberger

Meeting Called to Order at 2:00

Motion and second to approve minutes; passed unanimously

Announcements:

Michael Saar

• 2/1 Saar returned to the library faculty with Theodori appointed interim dean of library
• Search in progress for permanent dean, candidate interviews April 24-25; Theresa Hefner-Babb is chairing the committee.
• Various library positions remain unfilled:
  • REL, Tech Services, Acquisitions, and a number of staff positions. First two of these are open as searches currently.
• Library Renovations
  • Plan is proceeding, with work on elevators currently in progress (will take approximately one year).
  • Phase I: floors 5-8 begins Fall 2025
  • Phase II: floors 1-4 scheduled for Fall 2026 assuming Phase I progresses
  • During a large part of the renovation the stacks will not be accessible except with the assistance of library staff or using call slips.
  • Plans for 40% culling of collection remain in place. Analytics tool will be live shortly.
    • Items purchased more than 10 years ago, uncirculated, available widely (locally or online), or considered non-critical to the field will be “rehoused” (discarded).
    • Identification of items will complete in May 2024, and items will be disposed of in early 2025. Must be done quickly to get construction underway.
    • Proksch: inquired as to faculty/departments getting the opportunity to claim unwanted items before giving them to the public. Saar: may not be possible if schedule gets too compressed or given workload that would entail on the library staff, but he will do his best to try.
  • Instruction Updates
    • Library instruction courses will move to a borrowed space or regular classrooms (visits) when Phase I begins.
    • LIBR 1301 course on research did not make this year, but is 090 core component and students are encouraged to take it as freshmen.

Gene Theodori:

• Library is undergoing same tenure and promotion guideline revision required of all other colleges and departments.
• $0 budgeting for next fiscal year: library is doing the same thing all the departments and colleges are doing.

Discussion:

Yumi Shin: inquired about ways to increase LIT student access to library services and how they might be improved. A discussion followed with Michael Saar about how library faculty/staff are willing to go to give their instruction on LIT’s campus just as they are with ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø’s courses. They agreed to discuss further after the meeting adjourned.

Meeting adjourned at 2:40.