CRSA Minutes - September 10, 2020

Minutes from meeting of the Committee on Research and Scholarly Activity September 10, 2020

Present: Scott Cossel, Rhonda Houser, Carmen Orth-Alfie, Sara Outhier, Michael Peper, Mary Raple

Meeting Minutes

• This was the initial meeting of the committee for FY21
• Carmen Orth-Alfie volunteered to be chair
• Michael Peper volunteered to be secretary
• Discussed the merits of an application from Lea Currie for transcription service for an Ithaka project on journal cancellations; decision on application is pending further information from Lea
• Scott introduced the topic of establishing a deadline for applications for some time before the end of the fiscal year. This was recommended by the committee in the previous year. This topic will be taken up at a future time.

Future action

• Carmen will respond to Lea Currie to determine if she sought funds for the project directly from the Dean, as previous interview projects through Ithaka did this
• Carmen will also ask Shannon Royer how much money has been allocated to LRF for this year and if there is the potential for additional allocation later
• Michael will draft a change to the language on the Libraries Research Fund webpage about making recommendations "to the Libraries administration"
• Michael will send minutes to committee for approval before sending to LFSA
• Scott will share the annual report from CRSA from the previous year (FY20)