LFA Exec - Minutes - December 5, 2018

Library Faculty Association (LFA) Executive Board Meeting Notes

December 5, 2018 (Approved)

Present (in alphabetical order by last name) were Neal Axton, Lars Leon, Scott McEathron, and Betsaida Reyes.

Lars calls the meeting to order.

Minutes

Discuss meeting minutes. New suggestions made. To be distributed electronically.

Committees

SLPTR is done for the semester.

Budget

Meeting with Dean Smith went well. College deans have suggested a new budget proposal to look at 2 calendar years rather than 2 fiscal years.

No difference between costs to educate online vs in person students, whereas graduate students are more expensive to educate.

University of Virginia (UVA) uses regression analysis from peer institutions to predict the appropriate library budget at an institution of its size and status.

Discussion of interim provost's budget model.

Working model is credit hours plus strategic priorities plus special allocations (subsidies). Strategic priorities include things like student success, research success, diversity and equity.

Metrics for measuring faculty and research productivity are being investigated as part of the budget process.

Other Business

Discussion of changing number of LFA Executive board members.