CRSA Minutes - September 18, 2023

Committee on Research and Scholarly Activities (CRSA) 
Meeting Minutes

September 18, 2023

 

Attending:

Jill Becker, Head of Undergraduate Center
Jon Giullian, Head of International Collections, Slavic & Eurasian Studies Librarian
Phil Cunningham, KS Collection Curator
Paul Thomas, Endnote & Zotero Specialist; Theses and Dissertations Formatting Specialist
Amber Ovsak, Undergraduate Engagement Librarian

Committee Goals:

  1. Updates to organizational page; correction to URLS
  2. Document a history of past CRSA programming; Assess past CRSA programming and develop new programming;
    1. History of LRF & GRF funded projects is in MS Teams group for CRSA
  3. Develop programming to encourage colleagues to apply for LRF and GRF awards.

Background on CRSA:

  • Aim of CRSA is to support research & creative projects for Library Faculty & Staff. The Committee evaluates Library Research Fund proposals that support Professional Development (covering conference registration, printing, equipment purchasing, software licensing, etc.) and General Research Fund proposals.

 

  • CRSA is allocated $6,000 annually LRF awards and $13,000 for GRF awards.
  • CRSA meets monthly, with more meetings taking place in the Spring term.
  • CRSA Programming
    • Past programs have included panels that invite colleagues to speak on their research projects, how they came to fruition and issues relating to research programs.
    • Last FY, CRSA hosted a three-part workshop series on GRF Q&A with recent recipients, Institutional Review Board (IRB), and on Human Subjects Protocol. The Workshop had good attendance and was well received.
    • Potential to have similar programming and workshops related to LRF.
    • The Goal of programs is to support faculty and staff in their research endeavors and to increase applications for both funds and see that allocated funds are used each year.
    • Suggested programming for FY23

Program on book-length publishing:

  • Paul Thomas is interested in a program speaking on the process of book publishing, working with publishers, etc.
  • Milton working on book-length translation
  • Josh Bolick worked on editing a monograph

Duties of committee chair:

  • Schedule meetings, Create agenda, write annual report, coordinate assignments/action items to committee members. Applications are received by chair and shared out to committee. Contact person for submitting approved GRF applications to Library. Send out messages library-wide for call for applications or announcing CRSA programming.

 

  • Chair does not need to be selected today but can be selected before next meeting. Committee has suggested co-chairs with duties shared between new and veteran committee members.

Duties of committee secretary:

  • Secretary records and publishes meeting minutes to MS Teams groups and website: https://lfsa.ku.edu/crsa; contributes to CRSA Annual Reports. 

 

  • Committee has selected Amber Ovsak to serve as Secretary.

 

In lieu of committee chair, Jill Becker will set up October meeting (Oct 12, 2023, 11:00-12:00)