The University of Kansas Libraries

KU Libraries Support Staff

KULSS Executive Meeting
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 10:00-11:30
Watson 503B

Present: Robert Szabo (Chair), Kristin Zachrel (Secretary), Adam Reilly (Group 1), Julie Woodrick (Group 2), Sharon Riley (Group 3)

Absent: None

Previous Meeting's Action Items

Miscellaneous

Staff Development Event:

• Reserve a room with tables in the Kansas Union that will hold around 50 people.
• Kathleen Ames-Oliver agreed to do a session on Introversion & Extroversion in the workplace. Robert will meet with her to discuss this more in depth.
  • It would be nice to have an exercise to go with the session. Robert will ask if any exercises or discussion will be included.
• The Dean approved a $230 budget for the event. We will need to provide receipts to Kristen Vickers.
• Food Order
  • Duplicate order from last year.
  • When ordering, instruct them to send the bill to Kristen Vickers.
  • Adam will confirm the order with catering once Robert has reserved the room.
• Julie will create a flyer with information about the event to send out.
• Supplies (Robert can let Sharon know what to order and we'll order through Kristen Vickers):
  • Folders
  • Nametags
  • Pens
  • Blank printer paper
  • Handouts from Kathleen
  • Survey
• Schedule:
  • 8:30 Breakfast
  • 9:00-11:00 Presentation
  • 11:00-11:30 Finish up food and chat

ALA:
• There are two $1000 amounts for 2 support staff members to attend ALA in Anaheim. Robert will ask the newest staff, Molly Altman and Andrea Back, if they are interested in going.


Staff Profiles:

• Sharon will ask Mary Roach if we can add a KULSS folder to the Shared folder on the G drive to store the profiles.

Membership List:

• Kristin will update the following:
  • Move Paul Kelly from Annex to Cataloging
  • Remove Toni Taylor from Engineering

Group Reports

Group 1 (Adam): Nothing to report.

Group 2 (Julie): Going to have a potluck in room 210 next week.

Group 3 (Sharon):

• Anschutz:
  • Printing is going pretty well. They still have students that don’t know how to use the printers, which can be problematic because there is  no longer a student stationed there to assist with the use of the MFD.
  • Going to have a fold-up rolling cart for people to use in the stacks. Robert is getting 2 for Anschutz.
  • Everyone is getting ready for Spring Break. They will install patron lockers and do shifting over the break.
  • Last week they had 60 sections of shelving leave. 3 different SRS offices showed up with trucks and took 20 sections each. Now the microform should be able to fit in this space.

Committee Reports

Support Staff Senate: Nothing to report.

University Committee on Libraries: Nothing to report.

Mentoring Committee: Nothing to report.

LOSDC:

• There are 3 upcoming Strengths sessions:
  • Input ~ Wed. March 7, 9:30 – 10:15 in Watson 503A - Input theme have a craving to know more. Often they like to collect and archive all kinds of information.
  • Individualization ~ Fri March 9, 2:15pm – 3pm in Watson 503A - Individualization theme are intrigued with the unique qualities of each person. They have a gift for figuring out how people who are different can work together productively.
  • Empathy ~ Wed. March 14, 2:00 – 2:45pm in Watson 302 - Empathy theme can sense the feelings of other people by imagining themselves in others' lives or others' situations.
    

Meeting Updates

Dean's KULSS: Nothing to report.

Concerns to Bring up with the Dean: Nothing yet.

Action Items for Next Meeting

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: March 15th, 10:00-11:30 in Watson 503B.