Library Faculty Assembly
Executive Committee
LFA 10/05-3 Approved: November 30, 2005
Room 230
Present: Susan Frey, Steve Hardin, Mike Jarrell, Juliet Kerico, Anthony Kaiser,
Christopher Mehrens, Marsha Miller, Maribeth Slebodnik, Elizabeth Wright
Ex-Officio: Myrna
Guests: K. Gaul
I. Call to order and approval of agenda
Chair C. Mehrens called the meeting to order at 1:03 pm. S. Hardin moved, and M. Miller seconded, approval of the agenda. The agenda was approved.
II. Approval of minutes LFA 09/05-02 (September 28, 2005) and LFA
05/06-01 (July
12, 2005)
M. Miller approved, and M. Slebodnik seconded, approval of the minutes from the July 12, 2005 LFA meeting. The minutes were approved.
M. Miller noted that
there were spelling and typographical errors in the minutes from the September 28, 2005 LFA meeting. M. Slebodnik also noted that the word
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III. Chair’s announcements/reports
C. Mehrens reminded all to sign up to work for the
upcoming book sale.
Mehrens reminded all that the next feature in the
library’s Holocaust film series will be a shown this evening and is, The Nasty Girl and that the host speaker
is Dr. Ann Rider. The next film in the
series will be The Great Dictator, on
November 2 at which C. Mehrens will speak.
Mehrens thanked
Mehrens announced that a Web
Editor Brown Bag Session will be offered by the Department of Communications
and Marketing Web Team on November 1.
The session will be focusing on incorporating pictures into websites.
Mehrens noted that this coming Saturday
the library will be hosting a meeting of the Midwest American Society of 18th
Century Studies.
IV. 15-minute open discussion
S. Hardin announced that he had had
lunch with a new faculty member in one of his liaison departments and that she had
commented favorably on the library’s presentation for the New Faculty Orientation
held in August.
M. Slebodnik announced that she had updated her Digital Measures
forms and asked if anyone knew if Digital Measures had recently been discussed
in the Senate. A. Comer said she
attended that latest Senate meeting and nothing on this issue was discussed. Dean McCallister asked all to keep a list of
suggestions/questions on Digital Measures to send to her.
M. Slebodnik announced that she is currently working on
the next issue of the library newsletter and asked that anyone interested in
submitting items do so to her as soon as possible.
V. Remarks of the Dean of Library Services
Dean McCallister announced that
it is unlikely that we will retain the position opened by D. Kaunelis’
departure. At the last Deans Council
Meeting the Provost announced that only positions that are deemed critical will
be funded. In Academic Affairs: Cutting
the budget as a way to handle financial problems may be coming. Another cost
saving strategy will be combining colleges, such as Nursing with Health and Human
Performance. Dean McCallister stated
that one way to encourage the university to view the library as critical is to
increase our presence through continued outreach and PR.
VI. Report of the Faculty Senator
Senate representative M. Miller did not attend the last Senate meeting because she was on vacation.
A. Comer, who did attend the meeting, announced that the President commented favorably on the Wabash Valley Voices & Visions project, and that there was a discussion in the senate about the laptop initiative.
VII. Remarks from Library Support Staff Representative
None.
VIII. Committee Reports
a. Library
Administrative Affairs
J. Kerico announced that she has
nothing to report but that the committee will be meeting tomorrow.
b. Library Faculty Affairs
M. Slebodnik reported that the committee has had one meeting so far, and are awaiting their charges.
c. Personnel
Committee
M. Miller has nothing to report
at this time.
d. Reports
from librarians serving on Faculty Senate & University Committees
M. Slebodnik reported that she was an alternate, but is
now a member of the University Research Committee.
K. Gaul said the Faculty Economic Benefits Committee has met twice so far.
C. Mehrens announced that the UAEC
will be reviewing past practices and developing measures for greater
accountability for grant recipients’.
e. Report
from Gen Ed Council representative
J. Kerico reported that the
council is taking seriously the Provost’s comments (at the last President’s
Address) that the Gen Ed requirements are complicated. They will be reviewing Gen Ed with this in
mind.
IX. Old
Business
C. Mehrens said that he has been
reviewing charges/actions taken/not taken from 2004-2005 in our minutes/governance
documents. He plans to work with others
to revise past policies and procedures.
X. New Business
a. Calendar Procedure
C. Mehrens suggested that we
revisit the calendar procedures. M. Miller
said that the original draft has come from the Administration office eventually
to LFA for approval. E. Wright said that
the calendar deadlines are important because they must be put into
Voyager. Mehrens will check with Joan
Evans regarding deadlines for creation of the calendar.
b. Digital Measures and the
FRPA
As per the Dean’s instructions,
we still need to use the FRPA this year.
C. Mehrens asked for discussion on how Digital Measures should be handled
in our written procedures. M. Miller said that the Promotion and Tenure Oversight
Committee took out the term “FRPA” and exchanged it for more generic wording and
advises us to resist putting the term “Digital Measures” into the procedures.
c. Proposed revision of the
TPAPR
C. Mehrens announced that the
Dean is asking us to review this document. M. Miller offered a brief history of
revision to this document. C. Mehrens
said that he will approach the Personnel Committee for assistance on this.
XI. Adjournment
S. Hardin
moved, and M. Slebodnik seconded, adjournment.
The meeting adjourned at 1:49 p m.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Frey, Secretary