I.
Incentive-based
Budgeting
Mara traveled with a
group of UVM Administrations to the University of Delaware to learn more about
how they implemented “incentive-based budgeting” five years ago. Meanwhile,
another team from UVM visited the University of New Hampshire, which has a
slightly different variation on the model.
On July 1, 2014, UVM
will launch the new budgeting system in parallel with the current budgeting
system. As of July 1, 2015, IBB at UVM will be in place.
Libraries’ directors
will receive a copy of the book, “Responsibility
Center Management, A Guide to Balancing Academic Entrepreneurship with Fiscal
Responsibility,” which UVM administrators were required to read. A copy of
the book will also be available in the Dean’s Office for anyone else who would
like to read it.
In the coming months,
committees and subcommittees will hone UVM’s IBB model. Central services will
be defined and established. For more on IBB, see the Provost’s
website.
II.
Provost
Meeting with Faculty Senate
At
the inaugural meeting of the semester, UVM Libraries faculty met with the new Provost.
Gary Atwood serves as the secretary.
III.
Executive
Summary of Strategic Plan Executive Summary
The Council continued
its work on making recommendations for edits on the 2009-2013 Strategic Plan
Executive Summary. The summary will be shared as part of the Annual Meeting in
November 2013.
IV.
Gen
Ed
Associate
Provost Brian Reed is working on multi-year, multi-million dollar grant from
the Davis Foundation. The Provost has agreed to fund half of a library fellow
for three years to do very specific WILD (Writing and Information Literacy in
the Disciplines) work. A Library Fellow would assist in a variety of ways to
free up liaisons to work on concentrated subject work.
V.
Council Logistics
The Council agreed to create three categories of agenda items:
1.
New Business agenda items come by request to
address current and unanticipated issues.
2.
Short-Medium Range Matters, which are predictable
such as assessment, web redesign, CatQuest, budget planning.
A fall semester calendar
was set forth:
·
October 8: LibQUAL results and news from the Development
Office (Selene)
·
October 22: Strategic Planning Process and Next
Steps (Mara)
·
November 5: CDI platform and IR, VTDNP matters
·
November 19: CatQuest Going Forward (Alison)
·
December 3: Communications discussion revisited
(Selene and Nancy)
