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Minutes: February 16, 2004
Attending: Helene McHendry, Jane Zumwalt, Christopher Cronin, Deborah Fink, Karen Campbell, Grace Xu, Jim Williams, Christina Howard.
1. A library employee has submitted a proposal to LAB to provide Norlin with a temporary “facelift” as a less expensive first step to remodeling (including such things as painting and regular maintenance/cleaning).
Dean Williams states that Norlin is on a twenty-year schedule for painting. Any other painting requests must be paid for by the Libraries. He states that painting will occur normally as we redo areas of the building (e.g., new study areas). Williams added that the University is proposing new student fees for facilities, and that students will be voting on the fees this spring; they would have a say in how a portion of the funds are spent. The university itself is proposing a new law school, expansion of the business school, building the Atlas facility, and funding the growing infrastructure of the campus network. Students would also be able to propose additional facilities upgrades to be funded through their fees. It is hoped that a 24-hour study facility as well as a writing center in Norlin would result from this, and that building upgrades will be an inherent part of this process.
Controlled maintenance, such as broken bathroom stalls, sink faucets, etc. will be dealt with in order. The repair lists at Facilities Management is a long one, and priority is given to issues affecting health and safety.
LAB will continue to address this issue at its next meeting.
2. A question has been raised by at least two library employees re. the Assistant to the Dean position. While the job ad states that the position requires an ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent, only one of the candidates has an MLS and it is not accredited. Williams stated that the phrase “or equivalent” allows for candidates’ relevant professional (i.e., grant-writing) experience to substitute for education. Scott Seaman has received approval from the University to interview such candidates.
3. The Libraries’ awards ceremony will be held at the Earth Sciences Library on May 27th at 2pm.
4. A patron has expressed concern that the signage in the Circulation Department is confusing. McHendry will bring the concern to the attention of the Department to see how it might be improved.
5. McHendry has contacted John Culshaw about the status of his releasing a formal statement on the appropriate use of the network for posting messages. Culshaw expressed willingness to give a presentation to faculty and staff on the usage guidelines in addition to releasing a written statement. McHendry will propose such a presentation to the Faculty/Staff Development committee. She will propose a separate session on Outlook e-mail filtering. LAB members recommend that these sessions happen as soon as possible. In the meantime, a list of university and library policies is posted on the LAB’s FAQ page (http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/lab/faq.htm#email).
6. Zumwalt reported that John Dziadecki will continue to post LAB minutes to the LAB Web page (http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/lab/minutes/).
7. McHendry mentioned that the ramp on the west entrance is often not being shoveled on snow days. McHendry will bring this to Scott Seaman’s attention.
8. McHendry updated LAB members on the status of the Tech II/Tech III exam. She has met with Suzanne Larson and Scott Seaman, who suggested minor adjustments to make the test less “Norlin-centric” for application at the wider state-level. The group is scheduled to meet one more time in February to review the final draft before Tech IIIs are invited to voluntarily ‘test the test.’Next meeting (agenda): Monday, March 8, 10:00 a.m.
Minutes submitted by Chris Cronin.
LAB members:
Helene McHendry, chairperson
Dean Jim Williams
Christina Howard
Karen Campbell
Jane Zumwalt
Zhijia Shen
Deborah Fink
Christopher Cronin
Grace Xu
