The 4th Wednesday of the month at 2:30pm is held for a meeting of Library Council if needed. We are not meeting this month. Please join us on August 9, if desired. More information to come.
Category: Library Council
Nominations sought for OCL Staff Excellence Award
Reminder! Nominate a staff member or team for a Libraries Staff Excellence Award.
- Nomination Form
- Guidelines for Eligibility and Selection Process
Questions? Feel free to contact Alison Ricker. Thank you.
Library Council transition
As reported in the last Pan-L forum, new members of Library Council beginning in September are Kathy Abromeit, Cameron Chan, and Ken Grossi. Thanks to them! The complete roster of members for the 2023-24 Council has been updated; find it here (direct link) or by going to “Member Rosters” in the Library Council Google drive folder. I’ve also created a spreadsheet of LC members from 2017-2025, which will help next year’s Transition Committee as they look for five new members to join Council.
East Asian Studies Librarian
The position opening for East Asian Studies Librarian is now open. Please help us spread the word about this important position for our library system:
Open Date: 06/08/2023
Close Date:
Open Until Filled? Yes
If the position is to remain open there may be no close date.
URL: https://jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/14046
Current Posting Status: Posted
Title: East Asian Studies Librarian
Position Number: C16111
Posting Number: APS150880PS
Department: East Asian Studies
Job Summary:
The East Asian Studies Librarian at Oberlin College, provides leadership in three innovative areas: reference and instructional support of the curricular goals of the College,selection, acquisition, and bibliographic control of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language collections, and active involvement as part of the digital initiatives team.The East Asian Studies Librarian develops relationships, seeks out opportunities, and organizes and facilitates the delivery of initiatives that meet the goals of OCL and Oberlin College.
This position serves as a member of the OCL’s Core Reference Team, in collaboration with the Academic Commons Coordinator, the Information Literacy Librarian, the Assessment and User Experience Librarian, the Outreach and Programming Librarian, and the Reference and Academic Commons Assistant. The incumbent provides individualized reference services to students, faculty, and the wider community by staffing the Research Desk and conducting research appointments, and relevant course related instructional sessions, in partnership with the faculty, that advance the teaching and learning mission of Oberlin College. This position also has interconnectivity with the Archives and Special Collections Department; the Art, Conservatory, and Science libraries; the Collection Development Librarian, the Emerging Technology Librarian, the Discovery and Metadata Services Librarian, the Visual Resources Curator, and the Digital Initiatives Collaborative.
Staff Excellence Award Nominations Invited
Please consider nominating a library staff member or team for a Libraries Staff Excellence Award.
Cameron Chan, Eboni Johnson, Michael Palazzolo, and Elizabeth Sullivan will serve as the nominations review committee.
Library Council will meet on Wednesday, 4/26, 2:30pm
Library Council will meet this week to review Council membership, responsibilities and the process for assembling/convening the new Council each year. Please join us for the conversation. Agenda.
Meeting location: Thornton Room, Main Library
Zoom Link https://oberlin.zoom.us/j/9296024672
Committee Rosters linked from the Staff Documentation Hub
FYI, I have added a link to the spreadsheet of current member rosters for OCL committees, work groups, etc. from the OCL staff documentation hub. I know it will seem duplicitous, but there are helpful details in the Google spreadsheet and it is a document we can all edit. Please take time to review it for completeness and accuracy. I also added a brief explanation of DHL to the staff documentation hub, with a link to the minutes. If you haven’t looked at the documentation hub lately, it would be helpful to do so and consider what should be updated/added/removed. Thanks to Ashley for creating the spreadsheet of committee/workgroup rosters.
Take Five Staff Talks today! – a very late reminder
2:30pm today! So sorry for the late reminder. Join us on Zoom or in the Thornton Room
Libraries’ Student Supervisors Policy Assembly
Save the date!
The Student Supervisors Sub-Committee will be holding a Libraries’ Student Supervisor Policy Assembly on May 4, 2023 at 2:30pm in room 113 of Terrell Library.
We will be reviewing the student supervisor policies, budgeting, pay rates, student employee job descriptions, and more. This meeting is required for all student supervisors.
Food and drinks will be offered as well as a door prize for one lucky supervisor who attends!
We look forward to seeing you there.
Sara, Jennifer, Gena, Julie, Heath, and Erin
Hiring student staff for summer positions
Library Council had an extensive discussion about student supervisor responsibilities and I thought it was worth repeating here a message sent from Sara Hasley by email on April 7: “As you start posting jobs for Summer and Fall don’t forget to contact these interested students who attended the recent Job Fair.” This spreadsheet is being populated by a QR code that might still attract submissions.
