LSA Exec - Minutes - May 2, 2024

Minutes from the Library Staff Assembly Executive Committee 

May 2, 2024 

Attending: Eric Bader, Tiffany McIntosh, Meredith Phares, Marianne Reed, Shelby Schellenger 

 

MEETING MINUTES 

  • The group drafted an email to send to all staff regarding the upcoming Jeff Stolz staff wellness presentation on June 12.  

  • An LSA General Assembly was tentatively scheduled for June 5.  

  • Agenda items include a code change regarding the Senate Libraries Committee; updates on the staff development webpage and career pathways webpage; a reminder of the Jeff Stolz event; introduction of new LSA Executive Committee members; and potentially a talk from the Dean. 

  • Marianne asked the committee to begin preparing for the annual report, which cover the year’s events from July 2023 through July 2024.  

  • Tiffany shared her thoughts from the latest New Staff meeting (attached, see second page) 

  • Meredith noted that she would like to see more building orientation or open houses for new employees to help familiarize them with our spaces. 

  • Tiffany also expressed interest in potentially starting a series about what various libraries employees do, similar to the Biblio Bios – this might be an email  

  • The group discussed “personal branding” as a potential avenue for staff development – help on public speaking and presenting oneself as a representative of the Libraries 

 

 

ACTION ITEMS 

TIFFANY – Create a signup form for the wellness event and monitor responses. 

MARIANNE – Contact the Dean about presenting/speaking at the LSA General Assembly. 

BRIAN/MARIANNE – Talk to the Dean about supporting 360 evaluations and inform her about the “biographies”