LFSA Exec - Annual Report - 2023-2024

Library Governance - LFSA Executive Committee 

Final Report 

Fiscal Year: 2022-2023 

Committee Name: LFSA-Executive        

Committee Chair: Marianne Reed/Michael Peper  

Members (with terms): 

  • Marianne Reed, co-chair 

  • Michael Peper, co-chair 

  • Sara Outhier, co-secretary 

  • Eric Bader, co-secretary 

  • Brian Moss, member 

  • Jon Giullian, member 

  

Standing Charges: 

Ensures the orderly and effective operation of LFSA 

Is the first point of contact for matters affecting all library faculty and staff, save those which are specifically assigned to the respective assemblies or standing committees in the Code, and where appropriate, assigns such matters to standing or ad hoc committees 

Monitors KU governance issues that may affect LFSA, including the University Senate and the University Senate Committee on Libraries 

Takes no action contrary to the desires of the LFSA 

   

Standing Charges Progress/Accomplishment Summary: 

  

  

Committee Appointments and Charges:   

LFSA-Exec. appointed liaisons and faculty and staff membership on appointed committees as recommended by LFA-Exec and LSA-Exec. 

LFSA issued no special charges to committees  

Meetings: 

LFSA-Exec. met six times from July 2023 to June 2024 and held one General Assembly meeting (November 29, 2023). The committee was able to coordinate many tasks via email.  

The LFA chair and LSA chair met monthly in-person or via email to coordinate meeting times and topics. 

Both General Assembly meetings were coordinated to occur on the same date and at adjacent times to the LFSA General Assembly meeting. 

   

Special Charges: 

Consider proposing Code changes to remove Planning & Resources Committee and Salaries & Benefits Committee if they are no longer needed. 

  

Special Charges Progress/Accomplishment Summary: 

LFSA Exec decided to keep Planning & Resources Committee and Salaries & Benefits Committee inactive, but not removed for now.  

  

Other Activities or Accomplishments: 

CRSA was informally asked about reviewing LRF guidelines, which hadn’t been revised since 2018, and CRSA acted to do so. 

LFA Executive Committee forwarded a request to make changes to the code, which was facilitated by the LFSA liaison to the Committee on the Code. 

  

Potential Charges for Future Committees/Recommendations: 

Direct the Nominating and Ballot Committee to continue maintaining the committee participation page 

Pursue adding a standing charge for the Nominating and Ballot Committee to maintain the committee participation page 

 

Consider keeping a single MS Teams channel for LSA and LFSA Executive committees (LFA is doing this already) that maintains one body of files, but adjusts to changing membership. 

Consider removing or revising the “requirements” page of the CRSA web space. What is on this page does not seem to be requirements and only relate to faculty promotion and tenure process.  

 

Prepared By: Marianne Reed & Michael Peper