November 6, 2014
The Executive Committee discussed plans to run the Ithaka S+R Local Faculty and Students survey at Rice. The Library Committee will be invited to provide input on conducting the survey.
In addition, the workflow for the Concur travel and expense system was discussed. The $5 fee for using Christopherson Business Travel through Concur to book travel will be covered by the library.
The Fondren Library Staff News blog will no longer require a login.
For the Friends of Fondren gala, the focus of the “paddles up” fundraiser will be technology for the DMC.
Circulation will hold its study break on December 8.
November 13, 2014
Lisa Spiro updated the Executive Committee on a working group investigating potential replacements for the Faculty Information System.
A four-hour power outage affecting parts of the basement will be scheduled for a date to be announced; it is part of the renovation project.
The DMC will be closed December 18-January 10 to allow time for it to be moved back into Fondren.
The Executive Committee was invited to suggest topics for an upcoming library town hall meeting.