Librarian/Library Faculty Meeting

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1 Date: April, Attendees: Cataloging Librarian Coordinator of Community Outreach Assistant Director University Archives and Interlibrary Loan Librarian Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian Access Services Librarian Director Approval of Meeting Minutes, March 10 Discussion Items: 1. Assessment Activity Summary and Comments Rogers State Library Associate Director joined Cameron librarians to facilitate an assessment workshop. Topics discussed included inter-rater reliability, rubric improvement methods, establishment of face validity and comparison of assessment activities at the two libraries. The meeting participants said that the Associate Director s approval of CU library activities gave them confidence in their work, that they enjoyed the participation of all and that the reflection time was valuable. 2. Assessment Calendar The Director asked the librarians to familiarize themselves with the recently released assessment calendar. 3. OLA Legislative Day and Advocacy Workshop Report Oklahoma public and academic librarians visited the Capitol to learn about legislative processes and how to discuss the value of Oklahoma s library services with state legislators. After the group meeting the librarians visited with legislators. Some of the participants then went to a local public library for a library advocacy workshop. Lawton Public Library s director and I participated in the day s activities. Thanks to the Library s Coordinator of Community Outreach for her hard work with Friends of Libraries in Oklahoma, the group responsible for the workshop. 4. Staff Evaluations The Director verified that supervisors either were working on or preparing to work on staff evaluations. 5. Importance of Teaching Education The Assistant Director reviewed library faculty options for collecting evaluative information with regard to their teaching activities. She noted the ability to collect transcripts of chat reference sessions and encouraged peer review of information literacy sessions. 6. Retention/Graduation Rate Information The Director reviewed the importance of engaging in activities geared toward encouraging students to remain in school and

2 Date: April, graduate. The library s textbook collection was discussed as a service designed to facilitate student learning. 7. Retention Initiatives Summary and Discussion (handout) The Director said that campus administrators expect faculty to become and remain familiar with the programs and actions that have been created and undertaken over the past few years in order to improve the University s retention rate. She distributed a handout entitled Retention Initiatives and the group discussed the initiatives listed in the chart and others not listed. 8. Staff Lounge Cleaning Procedures Options for improving existing procedures were discussed. The Director will write a draft procedure and distribute it for comment. 9. Committee Reports The Cataloging Librarian said she attended a campus event focused on the importance of diversity and inclusiveness on campus. The Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian reported on the last Top 30 committee meeting. The Director distributed a list of Top 30 course textbooks with price information. She said that she is pleased that professors have been telling her about how they are working to reduce student textbook costs. 10. Campus Policy Review The Director thanked all for working to identify library policies. They are in a notebook that is currently in use by the Access Services Librarian. 11. Summon Software Update The Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian demonstrated and explained some options for improving the Summon Search Screen display. After some expressed confusion, she agreed to work with the Cataloging Librarian to make needed changes. Reminders: No reminders Important Dates: April 8 10, 2015 Leslie Williams Cain Visiting Artist (Department of Art) April 10, 2015 WingSpan open lab session, Ross Hall Room 101, 9:00 11:00 a.m. April 10, 2015 Biology Club and Botany Club s workshop on Sustainable Gardening, 2:00 4:00 p.m. in the Botany Lab, Room 128, of the Sciences Complex April 15, 2015 Deadline for Dean to return Annual Academic Performance Review with comments to department chair and faculty (Faculty Handbook) April 17, 2015 WingSpan open lab session, Ross Hall Room 101, 9:00 11:00 a.m. April 18, 2015 Healthy Outdoor Youth Expo from 10:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 3:00 p.m. at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge April, 2015 Invited Speaker (Global Food Security), Dr. Roger Beachy, Founding Director, New World Food Center, University of California Davis, TBA (School of Science & Technology)

3 Date: April, May 2 8, 2015 Final Exams May 6, 2015 Art and Jazz in the School Garden at Pat Henry Elementary (School of Education & Behavioral Sciences) May 8, 2015 Commencement, 7:30 p.m. at Cameron Stadium May 8, 2015 Graduate Hooding Ceremony 3:00 p.m. in the Aggie Gym May 11, 2015 Intersession classes begin May 12, 2015 Final grades posted to AggieAccess by 4:00 p.m. May 13, 2015 Faculty Offices close at 5:00 p.m. May 29, 2015 Intersession ends September 4, 2015 Deadline to register for the 6 th Annual Promoting Undergraduate Research Workshop and/or Conference September 17, 2015 CEP Meeting at UCO. Save the Date! September 17, th Annual Promoting Undergraduate Research Workshop, How to Develop Inquiry-Based Learning Activities: with Professor Mick Healey, Higher Education Consultant, 1:00 4:00 p.m., Presbyterian Health Foundation Conference Center, OKC

4 Date: March, Attendees: Cataloging Librarian Coordinator of Community Outreach Assistant Director University Archives and Interlibrary Loan Librarian Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian Access Services Librarian Director Agenda and Notes Discussion Items 1. Library Staff Position Descriptions The Director thanked those who reviewed the position descriptions for accuracy, and asked everyone to become and remain familiar with them. They are located at W:\Workgrps\library\Job Descriptions & Duties\job desc. She asked that supervisors bring any future needs for change to the Assistant Director s attention. 2. Business Continuity Plan Update The Assistant Director noted that the Library equipment/computer inventory list has been added to the plan as an attachment. The Director thanked the librarians for participating in the meeting designed to increase familiarity with the plan. 3. FMLA Training The Catalog Librarian, the Access Services Librarian, the Library Assistant for Interlibrary Loan, and the Director attended the FMLA training session. During the session, the Director of Human Resources clearly presented informative explanations of campus policy. The Director encouraged attendance at future training sessions. 4. Images of Oklahoma Project Update At the Director s suggestion, the Coordinator of Community Outreach applied for participation in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries Images of Oklahoma digital initiative. Project coordinators selected Cameron University Library for participation. The University Archives and Interlibrary Loan Librarian described how Cameron Library is participating in the project. 5. Visit to OU Library Report The University Archives and Interlibrary Loan Librarian reported that he and the Computer and Archives Specialist visited OU library to learn about use of digitization software and hardware. 6. Library Survey for Faculty The survey has been distributed to campus faculty. The Library Associate for Serials is compiling the results. 7. Director Visits to Deans Chairs The Director of Library Services reported that she is visiting with each Dean and Chair. She is providing each Chair with lists of departmental

5 Date: March, library resources and new book lists. She thanked the Cataloging and Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarians for helping to compile the lists. 8. Faculty Senate Report The Cataloging Librarian reported that the President visited Faculty Senate to discuss budget allocations and hiring and that the Vice President for Academic Affairs visited to discuss the importance of promoting excellent classroom teaching. The Cataloging Librarian said that the formation of a Going Green Committee is under discussion and reported on the work of an ad hoc committee interested in facilitating faculty productivity. 9. Oklahoma Council of Academic Library Director s Meeting Report The Director participated in the February OCALD meeting. She told the librarians that ODL Executive Director Susan McVey reported on her efforts to try to secure needed funds for state library projects including state-wide database access. She explained that database funds are made possible by Federal grant funds that are dependent upon a certain level of state funding. If state funding is inadequate due to the gas and oil situations, she will try to ask for an exception that would make continued Federal funding possible. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dr. Blake Sonobe, reported to the librarians about the higher education funding outlook. 10. Council of Chairs Meeting Report The Director said that the Vice President for Academic Affairs is focusing the group on the importance of excellent classroom teaching and mechanisms for the evaluation of teaching. The Assistant Director reviewed strategies the Vice President has suggested for the evaluation of teaching. The Assistant Director is reviewing those strategies for incorporation into the librarian evaluation process. 11. Chairs Continuing Education Meeting Report Vice President Vanderslice is conducting a series of continuing education meetings for Council of Chairs members. Meeting participants are reading the book, The Essential Department Chair, by Jeffrey Buller. Topics include course rotations and scheduling, search and interview processes, coaching to improve performance, fostering a collegial atmosphere and evaluation and assessment. The Director and Assistant Director are finding the sessions to be informative. The Director encouraged the librarians to read the book. A copy is available in the Library s collection, and she has a copy that she will be happy to lend. 12. Oklahoma Library Association Workshop Report The Cataloging Librarian reported that the Oklahoma Library Association collection development workshop she helped present was a success. Although the majority of participants were public library librarians, they enjoyed learning about collection development in academic libraries. 13. Military Science Book Donations The Chair of Military Science is donating books to the Library that his students use. This will improve the Library s collections and military science student access to the books.

6 Date: March, Recorded Information Literacy/Library Orientation Project The Cataloging Librarian reported that she will be recording library information for online students. 15. Community Services The Director mailed copies of a flyer to each one of the area high school principals detailing CU Library resources and services for high school teachers and students. She circulated a copy of the flyer and thanked the librarians for their work with community patrons. She thanked librarians for publicizing the library in the community. 16. Continuing Assessment Education Rogers State Library Associate Director will visit CU on April 2 and 3 to exchange information about assessment practices.