Library

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETING

November 3, 2008, 9:15 .am., Hovde

Present: Chris, Andi, Ryan, John, Jane, Lindy, Germano, Rebecca.

Jane sent in the spreadsheets on staffing for 2009-2010. Received word that everything looked fine.

Andi gave an update on the J-term faculty development opportunities. Rebecca volunteered to be in charge. She will make the necessary contacts.

Jane led the discussion on reviewing internship questions.

On Oct. 16-17, 2008, I attended the ILA annual conference at the Grand River Center in Dubuque.

For users of Academic Search Complete, Business Source Elite, PsychInfo, and other EBSCO databases, a change has recently been made which will make it easier to link directly to citations and full-text articles from KATIE or other websites.

Most entries in EBSCO databases will include a field labeled “Persistent link to this record (Permalink).” This field includes a link that will allow authorized users to access the citation and/or article via our proxy server.

The settlement announced yesterday between Google and the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (http://books.google.com/googlebooks/agreement/) is a potentially major event for libraries and academic research in the U.S.

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETING

October 27, 2008, 9:15 a.m., Hovde

Present: Andi, Ryan, John, Jane, Lindy, Germano, Rebecca, Rachel.

Jane led discussion on staffing for 2009-2010. Needs to be submitted to the Dean’s Office by October 31.

Andi told of a J-term faculty development opportunity that the librarians could offer. Would be three 90-minute sessions.

Andi gave out a handout regarding a proposal for LIST internships and discussion followed on internships 380 and 381 catalog language. Would like this resolved this semester.

Text size of search box descriptions on Library Research page has been increased.

New casual seating is now in place on the main floor of the library. Please come check it out!

Dedication of Luther’s newest outdoor sculpture, Meridian II, created by Edward McCullough, is scheduled for Thursday, October 16, at 9:45 am where the sculpture is installed in front of the Center for the Arts. A reception will follow inside the foyer of the building when McCullough will be on hand to respond to questions and comments.

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETING

October 13, 2008, 9:15 a.m., Hovde

Present: Chris, Andi, Ryan, John, Jane, Lindy, Germano, Rebecca.

All the librarians reported on reactions to the new Library Research website. Have received favorable results.

Andi gave an update on the Paideia I Open Unit and the Spring Research Paper Unit. Tentative date for the spring paper is March 20. Andi then led a discussion on the goals for research.

Germano presented CHOICE reference titles.

The Library is installing the first of several new copy devices today with the staff machine and archives machine being replaced with new equipment from IKON. The public coin-operated copiers will also be replaced soon. Print drivers and queues will need to be updated for staff who print directly to the staff copier and a new queue is being added for the Archives copier.