TWILIS

Upcoming Dates

• July 25: Summer Planning Day
• August 13: Staff Day
• August 23: Service of Dedication & President’s State of the College Address

Summer Planning Day

Next Wednesday, we’ll gather to briefly reflect on the past year and spend some good time prioritizing our objectives for the coming academic year. Many projects are already underway, but many others need brainstorming, evaluation and planning before they are ready to begin. So you know what to generally expect, we’ll gather in Olin 207 between 8:45-9:00am.

Upcoming Dates

• July 25: Summer Planning Day
• August 13: Staff Day
• August 23: Service of Dedication & President’s State of the College Address

TWILIS Back from Hiatus

After a couple weeks off, it’s good to get the gears cranking again on TWILIS, and the good news is I’ve decided not to post all the links I’ve collected over the last couple weeks in this message :)

Annual Report

A draft version of the LIS Annual Report will be available later this evening in the LIS General project in Basecamp. This is only a draft.

Upcoming Dates

• July 25: Summer Planning Day
• August 13: Staff Day

Web Programmer Analyst Search

Recruiting for our Web Programmer Analyst position is underway as ads have been posted and applications have begun to arrive. We have formed a team from across LIS to assist in candidate assessment. All of LIS will have the opportunity to participate in the search process as we bring candidates to campus for interviews. Those serving on the search team are Jean Gehling, John Gooden, Diane Gossman, Marcia Gullickson, Jane Kemp, Matt Hughes, Bob Puffer, Les Yaw and myself.

Upcoming Dates

• July 25: Summer Planning Day
• August 13: Staff Day

Revised Mission Statement

Based on comments and feedback on our draft mission statement, a slightly amended one is included below for review. This places the focus of our work more directly on the Luther community, and emphasizes LIS’ role as a support organization that succeeds only when those we serve succeed.

Upcoming Dates

• May 30: LIS Forum: 2007-08 Software Load (Mott @ 9:00am)
• May 31: Annual Report Deadline
• July 25: Summer Planning Day
• August 13: Staff Day

LIS Forum: 2007-08 Software Load

On Wednesday, we’ll gather to discuss software for 2007-08 … more specifically what versions of what software we’ll be installing where. This will be most approrpriate for Academic Technology, Help Desk, Training and User Systems, though others are welcome to attend as well.

Upcoming Dates

• May 22: LIS Forum: Track-It 8 Webinar (Main 12 1:00pm)
• May 30: LIS Forum: Imaging (Mott @ 9:00am)
• May 31: Annual Report Deadline
• July 25: Summer Planning Day
• August 13: Staff Day

Where We Are

While I don’t know about others, I know for me, it’s hard to believe the end of the school year has arrived … though I am glad that it has. I have tried to approach this year mostly as a learning period for myself to get to know LIS and Luther more, and for folks to get to know me a bit better.

Upcoming Dates

• May 16: LIS Forum: Print Accounting Systems (Mott 9:00am) * May 22: LIS Forum: Track-It 8 Webinar (Main 12 1:00pm) * May 30: LIS Forum: Imaging (Mott 9:00am)
• May 31: Annual Report Deadline
• July 25: Summer Planning day
• August 13: Staff Day

Brian Jones to be Assistant Web Editor at Luther

Congratulations to Brian on this new opportunity for him. We’re sad to see him move, but it’s nice to know we’ll still have plenty of opportunity to work closely with him in the future.

Upcoming Dates

• May 9: LIS Forum: Digital Objects, Repositories, and Libraries (9:00am)
• May 16: LIS Forum: TBA (9:00am)
• May 23: LIS Forum: TBA (9:00am)
• May 31: Annual Report Deadline
• July 25: Summer Planning day

LIS Forum: Digital Objects, Repositories, and Libraries

This Wednesday, we’ll meet to learn more about how we can store and make available digital objects in an enterprise fashion to maximize use and access while minimizing storage space and hassle.

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Notes from Luther Strategic Planning

Last Friday and Saturday, a wide variety of Luther folk gathered to discuss how and where the College should position itself over the coming years leading up to the College’s sesquicentennial in 2011, and what our priorities as an organization need to be. The discussions were very engaging and I know I enjoyed the chance to brainstorm and think about what is possible.