February 25, 2016
The Executive Committee participated in a meeting with Human Resources regarding the Careers@Rice program.
March 3, 2016
No meeting.
March 10, 2016
No meeting.
March 17, 2016
No meeting.
March 24, 2016
1) The Executive Committee reviewed and approved the charge for the information literacy committee and identified members. This committee aims to improve the coherence of instructional offerings across library departments and to find and address unmet instructional needs.
2) The Executive Committee reviewed a quarterly report from the linked data working group. The working group has begun identifying local collections and data to use for pilot projects exploring linked data.
3) An acquisitions data working group was approved to study how important acquisitions data from our current SirsiDynix Symphony system could be accommodated if we were to migrate to a new library system.
4) Concerns about the cost of building a new LSC module (with the existing module nearing capacity) lead the Executive Committee to discuss possible management solutions both for off-site and on-site collections. Research on the feasibility of proposed options will be needed.
5) The Executive Committee discussed several proposed changes from Access Services, including moving staff fines and billing to the Cashier’s office after 28 days and changing the process/policies for study carrels. Instead of requiring a key deposit for study carrels, Access Services will charge a fine for lost keys. The reservation period for study carrels will be changed from one year to one semester.
March 31, 2016
1) The Executive Committee discussed a draft charge for the web team. Exec will collaboratively revise this charge.
2) Lisa Spiro discussed preliminary plans for a digital curation retreat. A description and list of potential participants will be provided soon.
3) The group discussed writing the library’s budget narrative for the May Board of Trustees meetings.