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KULSS Executive Meeting
Thursday, August 16, 2012, 9:00-10:00
Watson 503B

 

Present: Julie Woodrick (Chair), Sharon Riley (Vice-chair), Kristin Zachrel (Secretary), Adam Reilly (Group 1), Laura Skarka (Group 2)

Absent: None

Previous Meetings Action Items

WHO?
BY WHEN?
WHAT?
Kristin
DONE
Check Code for Group 3 replacement.
Sharon
DONE
Make list of who might be interested in being Group 3 rep.
Kristin
DONE
Add slide in General Meeting PPT about needing an LSS member on the Senate.
Julie
Pending
Ask MAB if she's still the person to contact if someone is interested in serving on the Senate.
Groups Reps
Pending
Send out email about serving on the Senate.
Kristin
DONE
Contact Meredith about N. Gallery availability and setting up PPT.

 

Action Items:

  • Sharon will send a call for volunteers to all Group 3 members and another email to everyone on Sharon’s list to see if anyone is interested in serving. The ballot will only go out to Group 3 members next week.

    Group Reports

Group 1 (Adam):

  • Voyager upgrade was successful.
  • Moving the H's. The West elevator broke so that impacted what they could move.
  • Had a department meeting in Cataloging where they gave away ALA swag.
  • Helped get movers for Art so they could move books out.

 

Group 2 (Laura):

  • Carpet & paint is finished in room 210. They're repainting the accent wall taupe. The mailboxes were moved to a different location.
  • Many staff helped move Art books when Voyager was down and painting/recarpeting was being done.

 

Group 3 (Vacant):

  • Admin sent out the ClimQual survey for everyone to take.
  • Friday's All-Staff meeting is important because of the Org Review/Strategic Plan updates.
  • The open house for the Art Committee is coming up.
  • Annex is currently filled with Art books and is not functional. The new vault should be open soon. There were problems with the cooling unit but it seems to be working better now.

 

Committee Reports

Support Staff Senate: Nothing to report.

University Committee on Libraries: Nothing to report.

Mentoring Committee: Nothing to report.

PRC: Nothing to report.

LOSDC: Nothing to report.

Meeting Updates

Dean's KULSS Meeting: Haven't met yet.

Concerns to Bring up to the Dean:

Miscellaneous

General Meeting:

  • Location: Watson 455
  • Talk to people individually asking them to come.
  • When Julie hears back from Sean confirming the date and the room Kristin will send out an email to the listserv asking staff to save the date.
  • Kristin will bring dip, crackers, and cookies.
  • Adam will bring fruit salad.
  • Julie will bring juice and coffee.
  • Sharon will bring muffins.

Action Items for Next Meeting

WHO?
BY WHEN?
WHAT?
Sharon
Next Mtg
Send call for volunteers for Group 3 replacement.
Kristin
ASAP
Send Save-the-Date to listserv.

 

Parking Lot
(Items to be aware of for the future, not necessarily discussed in current meeting)

  • HREO EEO Categories
  • Work with LFPA to change the language for the Dean's 5-Year Review Committee to include a Support Staff member.

 

Next Meeting: Thursday, September 13, 10:00-11:00 at Watson 503a.