From Scott Miller, regarding "spill kits"

We will be rolling out the spill kits for each department in two phases.

In the first phase, each department will receive a container with cleaning products for the average drink spill.

The second phase is more health and safety orientated. With the volume of students we are seeing each day, and the fact that we are open sixteen hours a day, we felt compelled to examine what other facilities our size do for their health and safety concerns. The result is a blood-borne pathogen clean up kit. These are standard one-use self-contained kits. The kit would be used if someone had a bloody nose or cut themselves. There are also supplies to clean up vomit.

You are under no obligation to clean any Bio hazard.

The Custodians are usually called in to take care of these issues, however if an incident occurs after first shift, there could be a delayed response. The second shift is minimally staffed.

Anyone using the blood-borne cleanup kit will need a very informal training from Risk Management. Go to UVM A-Z. Under L, select Laboratory Safety. Half way down you will see a link to the Online training entry page. Entry your user name and password, then select Safety around Blood Borne Pathogens. There are thirteen questions. When you get to number four click yes. Once you finish the test, forward the certification email to Peter Blackmer.

We will also be getting four AED (Automated External Defibrillator) units. The Red Cross will provide the training for these, although the AED does give instructions through an audio prompt for use. The Athletic Complex and the Davis Center already have them. Risk Management is recommending them to any building with high student/patron volume.

Got nametag?

I'll be putting in an order for more name tags, so let me know if you lost yours, or your name has changed, or anything. I will be ordering for our new employees as well, of course. If you are new, please let me know how you would like your name to read, i.e. a nickname or shortened version of your full name.

Dean’s Council Minutes: January 25, 2011

I. Portico

Council reviewed the Collection Team’s recommendation to purchase Portico for the Libraries. Portico is, essentially, an insurance policy to protect electronic resource archives. After a short discussion, the Council approved to purchase Portico beginning FY12.

II. Link Resolver

The Link Resolver Group recommends that the Libraries move away from EBSCO’s product, which isn’t meeting our needs. They suggested two good alternatives: Serials Solutions or SFX. The Council agreed that the Libraries should move away from EBSCO and Mara asked the directors to discuss with their departments whether there is a preference for one product over another. An Implementation Team is needed to consider all implications for migration.

III. I&IS

There have been issues with guest log-in ability and durations: specifically, non-UVM scholars who come with laptops. Paul suggested supplying them with temporary passwords that can easily be changed after an established timeframe. At a later date, the responsibilities of the Admitted Student Visit Tours in the Libraries will be reviewed.

IV. Access Services

To minimize abuse by non-UVM affiliates, many computer stations now have some limits on access. Public access stations on the first floor remain open, as do the ones outside of Media. Others on the second and third floors have been signed as “research stations” with access to research-related websites only. These first efforts are on an experimental basis, and will be reviewed for adequacy.

V. Diversity Committee

Mara thanked Alison and Shiela, who will co-chair the newly created Diversity Committee.

VI. Budget

Mara and Peter have a budget meeting with the Provost on Feb. 2, 2011.

Open Forum: The E-Book Experiment at Bailey/Howe Library

Join Peter Spitzform for an informative forum on Friday, January 14, from 10:30 - noon, in the Dean's Conference Room.

He will lead a discussion on how the UVM Libraries will be instituting a pilot program whereby our existing Order on Demand system will be enhanced by records for e-books whenever they are available. Starting soon, and running as a Pilot until June 30, 2011, we will load MARC records into Voyager for e-books from the three publishers we currently provide Order on Demand services for, whenever e-books exist. Publishers have dragged their feet in providing electronic versions of their books at the same time they release the print editions, but that lag time is growing shorter.

Come hear how the Libraries will be integrating records for e-books with records for print books, whichever edition is available upon publication. Included in the presentation will be a brief overview of the trends of e-book acquisition and use in academic libraries.

Cake? Photos? Let's go!

Celebrate the Wrap Up of the
McAllister Photographs Digitization Project

Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011
3:00 - 5:00 pm
First floor Bailey/Howe

Enjoy cake, see sample photographs, and chat with the people who worked on the collection.
http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/getCollection.xql?pid=mcallister