LSA Exec - Minutes - March 12, 2021

LIBRARY STAFF Assembly (LSA) 

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES 

March 12, 2021 

Present 

∙ Chris Bohling 

∙ Mary Raple 

∙ Sharon Riley 

∙ Rebecca Schroeder 

∙ Julie Woodrick 

∙ Meghan Misenhelter 

Absent 

∙ None 

Opening 

∙ Meeting commenced at 10:03 am 

Agenda 

I. Approval of Minutes 

Minutes accepted on 3/12/21 

II. Updates on Governance involvement in budget discussions 

∙ There have been several meetings with the Dean and public meetings held to discuss the  involvement of governance in budget process 

∙ Chris and Mary met with the Dean to thank him for meeting with them and with staff o Emphasized the reinforcement of the value of all staff and faculty is very important right  now 

∙ Discussion over the possible reactivation of Planning and Resources Committee (PRC) o Need to look into code to see if PRC members are able to be appointed immediately vs.  wait for elections in May 

o Heard from several staff/faculty discouraging tasking Salaries and Benefits with  involvement in budgetary process 

III. Updates on KULSS documentation and LFSA website 

∙ Chris-after speaking with Becky and Micki, we found we are required to print out and archive  past documents at SRL 

∙ Micki is only handling migration of lib.ku.edu and we will need to migrate any LFSA/LSA content  over ourselves 

∙ We will need volunteers to assist Michelle with migration of content

∙ Micki can set up training with new CMS 

∙ Discussion over concern with consistency of pages with multiple staff involved in moving  content from different areas 

IV. Planning for Staff development 

∙ “Intro to Governance” 

o Hold in advance of May elections 

o Discussion of who to include on panel 

o Should we limit it to staff or include faculty? 

o Need to reach out to staff outside current exec to be on panel 

o Possible topics for session 

▪ Role and importance of governance 

▪ Structure-what the committees do 

▪ Relationship between library governance and other university governance 

▪ Sharon-it should have a logical sequence but also include inspirational aspects of  governance 

▪ Meghan-there should be a discussion on the level of work and time commitment related  to their position 

▪ Sharon-designate a contact person from each committee for staff  

▪ To do-create power point and confirm 3-4 panelists 

∙ “So you’re thinking of getting an MLS/taking classes with tuition assistance” o Panel of a few people who recently completed their MLS 

o Send out email before session asking staff to submit questions in advance 

o Looking at afternoon of May 12th for session 

o Mary-widen topic to include any courses/not just MLS 

V. New business 

∙ Schedule next LSA exec prior to 4/9-tentative 3/25 @ 10am 

Adjourn  

Meeting adjourned at 11:26 am