LSA Exec - Minutes - February 4, 2021

LIBRARY STAFF Assembly (LSA) 

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES 

February 4, 2021 

Present 

∙ Chris Bohling 

∙ Mary Raple 

∙ Rebecca Schroeder 

∙ Julie Woodrick 

∙ Meghan Misenhelter 

Guests 

∙ Sharon Riley 

∙ Lars Leon 

Absent 

∙ None 

Opening 

∙ Meeting commenced at 1:33 pm 

Agenda 

I. Approval of Minutes 

Minutes accepted on 2/4/21 

II. Planning for 2/26 staff development session 

∙ Survey to staff has gone out 

∙ Chris and Sharon met with Mike to discuss professional development for staff ∙ Mike said he hopes survey will help staff identify why they feel prohibited from pursuing  professional development 

∙ Mike mentioned three funds for p.d. 

o Faculty 

o General administration 

o Administration and development fund 

∙ We can’t promise specific dollar amounts to staff 

∙ Sharon-CRSA funds are also available 

∙ Discussion over how often staff apply for CRF funds 

∙ Need to address the idea that staff feels they do not have time for p.d. 

∙ Mike shared with Sharon and Chris that every request may not be approved but that you should  keep applying

∙ The annual email from Mary Roach listing opportunities did not go out this year due to travel  restrictions from covid 

∙ Chris-I see this professional development session covering three areas 

o Current offerings 

o Applying for funding 

o Other pathways to professional development 

∙ Mary-would it be helpful to share with staff how to budget/plan for conferences  and/workshops? 

∙ Sharon-staff need to develop relationships with their supervisors and make them aware of  interest in P.D. and of areas where they wish to grow 

∙ Jules-attended several conferences. Found mainly through research done on her own ∙ Mary-idea for annual workshop that talks staff through the process of applying for p.d. 

III. Role of governance in budget planning discussion 

∙ LFSA discussed PRC and how it is listed as “on hiatus” on the website 

∙ LSA and LFA will meet with the Dean to discuss the role of governance in budget planning ∙ Want to make sure cuts aren’t made that make for an unbalanced work situation 

IV. New Business 

∙ Micki led discussion on migrating old web content from CMS 

∙ Possibility of printing out old content and archiving it at Spencer 

∙ Chris will contact Becky Schulte about archiving KULSS at Spencer 

∙ Micki will check on the migration of other governance content 

Adjourn 

∙ Meeting adjourned at 3:12 pm