DEAN’S COUNCIL MINUTES
A meeting of the Dean’s Council was held on Tuesday, Nov. 6, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Dean’s Conference Room.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mara Saule, Selene Colburn, Jeffrey Marshall, Paul Philbin, Birdie MacLennan, Keith Gresham, Peter Blackmer and Nancy Bercaw
ABSENT: Marianne Burke
General Updates and Announcements
Mara announced that the next meeting for “Re-visioning Bailey/Howe” will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 13. She also recently met with the SGA president and vice president, who expressed their interest in being part of the process. Mara further mentioned that the Provost envisions locating the new “Writing in the Disciplines” director and department in B/H as well, which would further foster an “information commons” environment. Mara also reported on a study called “Studying Students” in which librarians and an anthropologist studied the undergraduate research process at the University of Rochester. Their fascinating findings can be found at (http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/downloadables/Foster-Gibbons_cmpd.pdf).
The CDI Grant has come to an end. Jeff is working on the narrative report and Winona has been transferred to library funds until we hear about the renewal of the grant.
Billings planning is moving forward. The project will proceed in two phases: one, renovating the main and lower floors; and then, two, renovating Cook Commons. Phase one features two projects – renovating historic Billings by fall 2009 and the bottom floors for special collections. Environmental controls for the building are an important consideration.
Selene reported that the Communications Team received the first round of logo designs and sent them back with comments. The designer is working on redesigns. The Com Team hopes to roll out new logo/templates in January and will proceed with the signage project in January.
Paul explained that the web redesign is almost ready to be implemented and will probably be public by the summer. There will be a prototype by the beginning of January for student testing.
Birdie announced that the “Order on Demand” launch was moving forward. The process can help BH make more strategic decisions about collections.
Peter announced that Lisa Beaulieu will begin working in the Dean’s Office as an assistant on November 26. She will work daily from 8:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Keith announced that the search committee for the head of CMS is moving forward.
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