You're Invited! Celebrate Special Collections 50th Anniversary

DEAN'S COUNCIL MINUTES: Aug. 28, 2012

I.                    JSTOR

Last week, faculty from the Classics department met with Mara, Selene, Daisy and Peter about their concerns with the JSTOR Project. The meeting launched a good conversation about space and collections. The meeting concluded with more plans for consultation. Faculty will provide the Libraries with journal titles they would like to retain.  The other upshot is that the Faculty Senate will discuss whether to create a library committee, which would be very useful. Also, the Libraries will seek to reassure people that there’s room for discussion as we proceed with the JSTOR Project. Mara thanked Selene and Peter for considerable efforts on managing the Classics faculties’ concerns.

II.                  CatQuest

So far so good. CatQuest will be tested on a grad student history class today at 4 p.m.

III.                Cat$cratch

Switchover has been a non-event thus far.

IV.                Reference Space
 

The B/H I&IS Department sees a need to carve out a more-defined space for reference consultation. Data shows the desire for greater in-depth consultation. B/H Planning Group will come together to address master planning and current issues within context of whole building. Some suggestions came out of the Shepley Bulfinch feasibility plan, and will be revisited.

V.                  Special Collections' 50^th Anniversary

Special Collections’ 50^th Anniversary Celebration will begin at 5:30 p.m., September 21, in Billings North Lounge.  Jeffrey Marshall will introduce the speaker, Mark Dimunation, after Dean Saule and President Sullivan give brief remarks.  Mark is Chief of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress and from all accounts is a terrific speaker.  At 6:45, we will adjourn to the Apse for a reception and champagne toast.

Special Collections and the Libraries are doing a full-scale publicity effort--we want to make a big splash, and the public is invited.  Jeff says he is hopeful that we'll have a good turnout among the Friends of Special Collections, librarians from around Vermont, and donor prospects.  But most of all, he hopes Libraries folks will come!

VI.                Timeline for Sabbatical Requests

Paperwork is due to department chair on Sept. 1; and, due in Provost’s office by Oct. 1.

VII.              Searches

Many searches are underway in various stages. No announcements are ready.

VIII.            Strategic Planning

The Libraries’ current Strategic Plan expires in 2013. The Dean’s Council will begin the process of reviewing and assessing what was accomplished. Incorporating the new President’s plan will be important, as will be reviewing the strategic plans of other departments, colleges, etc.  

IX.                Risk Assessment Inventory  

Mara and designees will meet with Al Turgeon to discuss the risk inventory created by the Enterprise Risk Management group.

X.                  McCrorey Gallery

Mara met with Larry McCrorey’s family and together will re-energize the programming and diversity efforts surrounding the Gallery and McCrorey’s legacy.

XI.                Distance Education

The University is moving towards online degrees/certificates. A leadership group, including Mara, is working on the project. She will keep the Libraries informed of progress, readiness and opportunities.

XII.              Institutional Repository

The Dean’s Council wants to take a look at reviewing platforms to put an institutional repository in place. A faction of the original IR group will make preliminary appraisals.

XIII.            Copyright Clearance Center

Mara met with UVM’s General Counsel on the matter. The Libraries will work toward creating a central tool/policy to provide clarity to patrons.

XIV.            Updates

·         CatQuest Launch event coming soon. Stay tuned!

·         Annual Staff/Faculty Awards Luncheon on Oct. 2 at Davis: Same format, new winners.

·         VDNP continues on its remarkable path after garnering second funding.

·         Birdie is bringing in one, and maybe two, interns from France.

·         Dana has an issue with a horrendous smell in two offices. Deep cleaners couldn’t get out smell. Ozone machine now working on the issue.  

·         Jeff Marshall is at the National Archives today retrieving items pilfered from Special Collections.  

Second Annual Libraries Conference Day: A Smashing Success

The Second Annual Libraries Conference Day, Aug. 7, 2012, was informative, imaginative and highly entertaining.

Opening remarks by Dr. Mieder set the stage for smart, savvy (and some hilarious and some heartbreaking) presentations by Libraries' colleagues from across departments and disciplines:  

Morning Session
 
Bailey-Howe Reference Analytics: What 2 Years of Data Tell Us, by Elizabeth Berman

Adventures in Library Salary Surveys, by Scott Schaffer

Herding Cats, Knitting Fog, and Nailing Pudding to the Wall: Towards a Mixed-Methods Approach for Evaluating Social Media Marketing in Libraries, by Selene Colburn

Brain in a Jar: Writing about Alzheimer’s Disease, by Nancy Bercaw

Poster Sessions

Time-based Cataloging Priorities: Procedure with Context, by Amber Billey

Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Medical Librarianship, by Nancy Bianchi

Why Some Students Continue to Value Individual,Face-to-Face Research Consultations in a Technology-Rich World, by Trina Magi & Patricia Mardeusz

The Vermont Broadside Collection: No Longer Hidden, by Prudence Doherty & Sharon Thayer

Afternoon Session

Introducing Mobiles to Dana Medical Library: Successes & Challenges, by Fred Pond, Alice Stokes & Lesley Boucher

The Way That None of This Happened, by Michael Breiner

 At Home and Abroad: The Multiple Values of LIS Student Internships, by Laurie Kutner

 Creating Customized Serials Collections, by Daisy Benson

The conference served as a great reminder of what fascinating (and productive) people are behind the cubicles, walls and offices of our Libraries.

Congratulations go out to Katie Cooper for winning the $20 gift card to the bookstore. And many thanks go out to the event's organizing committee: Alison Armstrong, Sarah Paige, Prudence Doherty, and the two Nancy B's.

See you all next year!

Who Takes this Year's Excellent Cake?

Three cheers for the four winners of this year's Staff and Faculty Awards. The celebration in honor of our fine colleagues is set for 12-1:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 in the Davis Center's Silver Maple Ballroom. Please mark your calendars now in preparation of an excellent party, luncheon and CAKE.

The two Delmar Janes Staff Excellence Awards go to:

Elinor Avery and Chris Krupp

The Milton H. Crouch Faculty Excellence in Research Award goes to:

Elizabeth Berman

The Faculty Excellence in Educational Mission Award goes to:

Jeanene Light

Thanks goes out to Dan DeSanto, Roger Wiberg (pre-retirement) and Susan Bishop for serving on the staff award committee. Also, thanks to Amber Billey and Laura Haines for serving on the faculty award committee.