The meeting started at 1:33 and ended at 2:33 pm. In attended were: Sherre Harington, Cheryl Hawkins, Steve Head, Michelle Horton, Jenny Kleine, Som Linthicum, Amanda Mays, Maureen Morgan, Michael O’Malley, Jeremy Worsham, and Jessica Yates.
Agenda
· Announcements
· Intern – Amanda
· Sandbox classroom update – Jeremy
· Digital humanities and social sciences colloquium – Som
· Library organization next steps – Sherre
Announcements
· MISP meeting to finalize plans for the African-American Read-In on Feb. 10 from 7-8pm
· Sherre will attend the ALA-Midwinter conference in Philadelphia (Jan.23-27)
Library internship
· Starting Jan. 21 (Tuesday) Nancy Lovas will begin her library internship
· Amanda will distribute an e-mail sign-up sheet for scheduling work hours (3-hr. blocks) between March 11 (Tuesday) – 17 (Thursday) for each department
Sandbox classroom update
· Proposal will be presented to the Provost and Dean’s Council for approval on Feb. 11 (Tuesday)
Digital humanities and social sciences colloquium
· “Torn to Bits? Technology Becomes the Humanities”
· The first of 3 colloquiums will be held on Jan. 30 (Thursday) – Cyber Infrastructure in the Social Sciences Torn to Bits; the others will be held on March 11 (Tuesday) Practicing Digital Humanities and April 17 (Thursday) Digital Innovation and Traditional Practices
· Library staff and student workers are encouraged to attend; library liaisons will also be invited to attend
Library organization next steps
· The library will consist of 3 teams: user services, collection services and technology, systems, and discovery; the leaders of each team will also be part of the administrative support group
· Team meeting schedules and leaders will need to be determined by each group
· Job descriptions will need to be revised and submitted (future deadline to be determined)
· Library candidate search committees – faculty members do not need to be selected; possible student and intern participation; library groups can also form a search committee. Search committees will draft job descriptions and vacancy notices, review applications, arrange interviews, check references, select candidate and make a recommendation to library director and the provost
· Next staff meeting will be scheduled after spring break
· Group meetings should meet at least every other week
· Librarians group future meeting agenda item – promotion process