24 August 2022
Agenda items & Notes on Decisions, Actions, and Responsibilities
Budget: Official numbers not in Banner yet. Erin will nonetheless review budgets with each department head. Paul still talking with some about their budgets as well.
Facilities:
Temp/Humidity monitoring. Chet Achebe says nothing can be done to control humidity in Terrell. Poor envelope–this will be a big issue with architectural consultants. Barb says the Art Library is better and they get action when they report problems. 70-72 degrees in Summer; Winter 68-70 degrees is ideal. We are not there. Never allow humidity to go over 60% or you get mold–ours has been over 60% in much of Terrell for 3 weeks. Look for mold.
Camera Access requested for: Ken Grossi, Ed Vermue, Bill, Tracy, Valerie
Art: Barb
Alison: Science
Kathy: Con
Moffett auditorium is open for use.
Shelving replacement in Art: Remaining book trucks were finally removed last week. Growing collection of volumes that won’t fit in Oversize; getting estimate for a “cubby.”
Human(e) Resources: Marla is here! Archives and Special Collections internship position is posted.
Library Operations: ILS: ILS Migration Task Force has met. This will be a big focus of our work over the next two years. Our work will change and we will survive!
Alumni access issues–WISR is going away. Authentication of alumni users is the concern. Paul and Michael M working on this.
ALiCe training: happening in several libraries. Training software? Do we need something more intense/thorough?
Library Communications: BookArts series is ready to go. Library Perspectives e-newsletter underway; Public Annual Report also in preparation (October publication). Request for banners in front of Terrell.
Please be aware: Any work order that doesn’t say Maintenance on it, will be charged to your department–and you have very little in your services budget line, so be very careful. Quote from director of facilities: “Over 95% of all workorders for the libraries should be marked Maintenance (moving, painting, fixing, etc.). Only “elective” jobs are charged to the libraries. Please copy Erin on any work orders.
Annual reports for A&PS employees due: August 31. Meet with all direct reports; try to remove roadblocks and encourage planning and ….show appreciation!
Updates:
Art Library: Deep in preparation for the Allen Art Museum party on Tues. 8/30. Have 100 6” magnets of Clarence Ward; costumes for Clarence are on order. Continue to work with Terrell staff moving bound periodicals. Lots of requests for instruction sessions and processing many reserve requests. Wrapping up summer collection management projects.
Con Library: Marla started on Monday
CIT will have a window of time to get into the Conservatory Library.
Orientations underway
Take-Down requests and Honors’ Theses. Megan will be invited to the next meeting to discuss. Also check on Masters’ Theses project too? One physical, one scanned copy was the plan. Where is it? Physical copies in archives or sc. Is this a project?
Total linear feet: 40,914 Carnegie
