27 July 2022
Agenda items & Notes on Decisions, Actions, and Responsibilities
Security Gate update
Need to replace the gates in Art and Con, and add a gate to Terrell. Decided to not use RFID tags; will stick with EM for now.
Con
Kathy sang Grace’s praises
Berger update; Hinton collection processing this year.
Need to put Emerson welcome notice in Library Lowdown
Circ coordinator position closed; Kathy A. going over applications now.
Budget:
We are very close to the bone this year. Be careful about everything. Make sure you have the money in your budget. Work orders, if not maintenance/building charge, cost money. Try to find out charges. Waiting for endowments, special funds and final funds in Banner.
Dean’s Professional development fund is still in effect this year.
Question about full budget view by this group. FY23 required major cuts to catch up with 15% overall 5-year cut. We will have a meeting to go over budget numbers for the past several years and next year.
Library advocacy is key for our future. Annual reports, etc., but more PR that the administration sees may help. Working on an annual “leave behind” piece to report on library activities and statistics for a public audience. Faculty and staff appreciate the library; let’s make sure everyone on campus knows what we do for the educational mission!
Art Library:
Expanding coverage in curriculum and requests for collections to support it. Response: Collections as Service. We cannot own all the books we need. Our budget means that we are really no longer building collections–we are experts at access now. Recurring costs, inflation, One Oberlin commitment to cut costs, higher education cuts, etc. are all part of this.
Facilities
Disability services will be moving into study rooms on the 2nd floor.
Statistical info: Ask Liz to remind folks how they should be collecting and reporting them out . The new year has begun!
Library hours: Discussion of student needs vs. student wage budget.
