Meeting Reports

Last Thursday I traveled to Dubuque with Ryan to the annual IPAL meeting. Ryan has ably described Bob Molyneux’s presentation. We were treated to a “state of the State Library” presentation by Librarian Mary Wegner (proud parent of a Luther student) and, as usual at IPAL, I enjoyed several conversations with colleagues from around the state.

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETING

April 20, 2009, 9:15 a.m., Hovde

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

Report from those who had attended the IPAL and the ILA/ACRL meetings April 16th and 17th.

Jane gave a report on the Library book sale of last week.

John/Ryan led an electronic resource interest discussion. Kevin Engel will be getting various quotes. We will be letting him know items we are interested in. We agreed to not show interest in Newsbank and to indicate a new interest in LexisNexis.

Present: Matt H, Matt B, Bob E, Ryan, Bob P, Larry, Todd, Matt H, Diane

• Accreditation conversations – Various conversations occurring; all faculty invited to session yesterday at 4:00, all staff invited to session today at 4:00.
• Surround Sound System – The Altec Lansing 5.1 surround sound system that was with the Dell demo unit near Help Desk will be kept until need arises rather than selling it on the auction.
• Norse Calendar ‘Easy Button’ – Since it’s no longer possible to search for public calendars, a new method was needed to inform people of available calendars.

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETING

April 6, 2009, 9:15 a.m., Hovde

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

Jane gave an update on the Library’s 40th anniversary celebration, which will be during homecoming. She also spoke on advising with a short discussion following.

Jane spoke on plans for National Library Week, April 13-17th, and our book sale.

Rebecca presented two software requests, Lightwave (additional licenses) and Zbrush. Both were approved to purchase.

Jane led discussion on the Diversity in Hiring Guidelines.

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETING

March 30, 2009, 9:15 a.m., Hovde

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

Jane gave an update on the key plan for the Library. She reported sales to two book dealers. The Library book sale will be the week of April 12th. Jane has been in contact with Elizabeth Kaschins concerning the 40th anniversary celebration of the Preus Library building, which will be during homecoming 2009. An event may take place on May 11th, the actual date of the Library anniversary.

I also attended the ACRL conference in Seattle and found it to be, as usual, an excellent forum for learning about new ideas, recent research and keeping up with old friends.

I attended a number of sessions on Friday including a report of a study of ebook usage at Miami University of Ohio, a discussion of the very early stages of an attempt to create a Liberal Arts Scholarly Depository and a debate on the relevance of the M.L.S. degree to the future of the academic library.

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETING

March 9, 2009, 9:15 a.m., Hovde

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

Jane led the review of part V and the appendix of the Self-Study. After edits have been made she will send this to the Dean.

Lindy presented four journal requests she had received. After discussion, we will subscribe to one of the journals.

Germano led the review of reference books as to whether they should be ordered or not.

John and Rachel led a discussion on public performance rights for videos.

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETING

March 2, 2009, 9:15 a.m., Hovde

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

Jane spoke of a possible internship for this summer for a student working in the library this summer. It was decided to go ahead with this and Jane will be in charge. John gave an update on the intern he is supervising.

Jane led the review and discussion on parts 3 and 4 of the Self-Study. This was finalized with some editorial changes.

Germano led discussion on reviewing the Paideia Library Instruction.

Present: Matt H, Matt B, Lynnette, Bob E, Ryan, Rebecca, Bob P, Todd, Matt H, Diane

• HD Student Projects – Students have begun working with staff on projects. Projects in progress include: LIST documentation/move to lis site, AdAstra & Service Level Agreements, Norse Clean CD, Library 101 tutorial, Multimedia documentation and setup, Nagios upgrade, Classroom A/V equipment documentation, Sympa mail list, Help Desk website transition.

• Browser Default – Firefox is the default browser on the images and has been set as the default in the RTR as well.

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETING

February 16, 2009, 9:15 a.m., Hovde

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

John spoke on an internship he is working on this semester with Ben Weiss. Ben is working on the Simmonds Library at Ockham House. Jane had a request for an internship which a student wanted to do during this summer to fulfill the 2nd J-term requirement. The registrar told Jane that this isn’t allowed.

Jane led a review/discussion on parts III and IV of the department review self-study document. All agreed on the changes made.