LFAS Exec - Minutes - September 15, 2024


LFSA Exec Minutes
September 16, 2024, 2:00-3:30 pm 

 

Present:  MC Mack, Rebecca Schroeder, Brian Moss, Jon Giullian, Josh Bolick, Kodjo Atiso, Jaime Groetsema-Saifi

Absent: none

 

LFSA Exec (Sept 16)

  1. Approve minutes from the August 15th meeting 
  2. Updates to the LFSA website  
    1. Need to formalize a Technology Officer position
    2. Need for IT personnel to return to the library
    3. Need for usability testing on the website
    4. Need for MS Teams training
  3.  LFSA/LSA fall assembly 
    1. LFA/LFSA Exec to meet Dean on Nov 12.
    2. Schedule LFS/LFSA fall assembly
    3. Conference share-out sessions.
  4. LFA and LSA meeting report.
    1. Dean is working on the library budget for more clarity
    2. KU branding agenda could affect existing templates. 
    3. A Digital User Librarian is needed to take responsibility for the website.
    4. Update on website and content development.
  5. LFSA Committee reports
    1. Nominating and Ballot; Kodjo to contact the committee members and schedule a meeting.
    2. Code and by-laws – nothing to report
    3. Committee on Research and Scholarly Activities – nothing to report
  6. LFA-Exec and LSA-Exec committee reports  
    1. Reviewed committee liaison reports
    2. LSA special election
  7. Library Committee on Promotion and Tenure (LCPT)
    1. Committee meeting to consider four applications
  8. Sabbatical Leave and Post Tenure Review Committee (SLPTR) 
    1. Met briefly on Sep 4.
    2. Two meetings slated: one in the fall, the other in the spring
  9. Post-conference share-out sessions 
  10.  Other items:
    1. Procedures for closing the library.
  11. LSA/dean meeting report (Brian/Rebecca)
    1. Conference share-out sessions  
  12.   LFSA committee reports
    1. LSA to hold special elections 

 

Action Items.

  1. Adrienne: Reach out to LCPT to contact Dean Carol.