1. Sara Lowman shared strategic goals from the university’s academic units. The Executive Committee will review Fondren’s action plan in relation to these plans as well as John Doerr’s Measure What Matters.
2. Planning for new storage space is underway, with funding available in FY19. Additional storage space will lay the groundwork for a future renovation of Fondren Library.
3. Alma update: August 1, 2019 remains the go live date for Alma. Many Fondren staff have been working on clean-up projects, including in acquisitions, cataloging, and resource sharing. The Primo team spent this summer benchmarking other institutions’ implementation of the same platform that we will use. The benchmarking process raised questions and ideas that will inform usability testing and training programs.
4. The Executive Committee discussed an external group’s request to book the Collaboration Space. The request was denied because of concerns about the technology demands and need for the space by library staff.