LFSA Exec - General Assembly - November 29, 2023

Minutes from the Library Faculty and Staff General Assembly 

  

November 29, 2023 

 

Attending: Angela Andres, Eric Bader (secretary, LSA Exec), Whitney Baker, Jill Becker, Lois Bauer, Josh Bolick, Loren Bracciano, Matt Bristow, Mike Broadwell, Jamene Brooks-Kieffer, Carmen Campaneris, Christen Caton, Wendy Conover, Phil Cunningham, Michelle Curttright, Deborah Dandridge, Erika Earles, Ada Emmett, Courtney Foat, Verna Froese, Gwen Geiger Wolfe, Jamie Groetsema Saifi, Scott Hanrath, Andrew Hansbrough, Brooke Harris, Jack Hawthorn, Elspeth Healey, Sonja Holmgren, Jeromy Horkman, Marcella Huggard, Jennifer Johnson, Letha Johnson, Josie Kitchens, Heather MacBean, Caitlyn Klepper, Miloche Kottman, Lars Leon, Micki Lubbers, Milton Machuca-Galvez, Melissa Mayhew, Sarah McCall, Kevin McCarty, Scott McEathron, Kaitlin McGrath, Tiffany McIntosh, Amanda Mechtley, Kent Miller, Amalia Monroe-Gulick, Tonia Morgan, Sara Morris, Brian Moss, Tahirih Mullen, Owen Murphy, Carmen Orth-Alfie, Amber Ovsak, Sara Outhier (secretary, LFA Exec), Michael Pepar (chair, LFA Exec), Debbra Peres, Meredith Phares, Angie Rathmel, Marianne Reed (chair, LSA Exec), Ruby Rhodd, Sharon Riley, Mary Roach, Brian Rosenblum, Shannon Royer, Adrienne Sanders, Shelby Schellenger, Rebecca Schroeder, Justin Sextro, Laura Skarka, Carol Smith (Dean of Libraries), Hannah Smith, Morgan Smith, Malgorzata Stamm, Paul Thomas, Greta Valentine, Beth Whittaker, Victoria Williams, Erin Wolfe, Cecilia Zhang 

 

  • Library committee reports 

  • CRSA, Phil Cunningham: Hosted information session on grants in November. Hosting GRF panel Dec. 6 with Brian Rosenblum. More programming planned for the spring. 

  • Committee on the Code, Victoria Williams: Working on document with language about recusal of supervisors of faculty candidates for promotion and tenure.  

  • Nominating & Ballot, Rebecca Schroeder: Made amendments to code and bylaws. Not much planned until the spring.  

  • University committee reports 

  • Senate Library Committee, Carol Smith: Planning to make resources directly available via faculty senate website. Focusing advocacy and effort on renovation of Watson, more robust collections budget, and spreading word about strategic plan and needed resources.  

  • University senate, Brian Moss: Provided overview of university governance structure. Voting on new absence policy. Recent actions include providing dependent tuition assistance; additional professional development funds for staff; discussing Juneteenth holiday; continuing paid winter recess  

  • Faculty research committee, Angie Rathmel: Currently reviewing how funds are distributed. 

  • Academic Computing Committee, Gwen Geiger-Wolfe: Meeting regularly with CIO Ed Hudson. Discussed AI and student cybersecurity policy considerations.   

  • Remarks from Dean Carol Smith 

  • Dean Smith discussed her values on governance and provided anecdotes of events that shape her leadership philosophy, speaking from faculty librarian perspective; supporting library faculty structure helps everyone.