Dean's Council Minutes: Tuesday, September 10, 2013

I.                   Overview by Mara Saule

 

UVM’s new Provost, David Rosowsky, is keen on the new STEM Building and partnerships with private industry. The Billings Project will not be affected by these new efforts and Mara will continue to apprise the Provost on the progress of Billings.

UVM is moving toward an Incentive-based Budgeting (IBB) model. Subcommittees will convene to discuss, evaluate, and plan for the change which is expected to be more predictable, more transparent and will allow for multi-year planning. Mara will be on a committee to participate in the discussions. The new IBB model could change how the Libraries’ next strategic plan develops. See Provost Rosowsky’s Faculty Senate IBB presentation by clicking this link.

 II.                Logistics for Dean’s Council

The DC will have rotating chairs when Mara is unable to attend. Mara will tap the chair beforehand. Perpetual agendas need to be prioritized, and distinguished from laundry-list style agendas/updates. The breakdown of to-do’s is as follows:

1. Future initiatives (not time-based)

2. Current initiatives

3. Current issues

Members who can’t attend meetings are responsible for getting up to speed.

III.             Joint Ledger between B/H and Dana

 

Laura and Marianne provided greater insight into the logistics, challenges and value of a joint ledger between libraries. Laura guided the DC through the Sharepoint site which shows which resources are shared and why. Each joint resource has to “earn” its place on the list. Issues going forward: How the joint ledger will be operationalized? What are the criteria and principles going forward? Other factors: what if the libraries’ acquisition budget receives increases below inflation? What if, as in the case of IBB, we are in new models of funding? The joint ledger requires coordination, collaboration, evaluation and representation.

Congrats to Our Milestone Staff

A special shout out to our staff reaching employment milestones this year! They will be honored at UVM's Staff Recognition Dinner on September 26, 5:30pm at the Sheraton.

15 Years of Service
Sylvia Bugbee
Lesley Boucher
Pamala Smith

25 Years of Service
Juliet Young
Jake Barickman
Lori Holiff

35 Years of Service
Michael Breiner
Susan Mower
Annette Mailhot


And celebrating 45 Years of Service at UVM is Mary Van Buren-Swasey!

Congrats to these staff members!

Heirloom Tomato Tasting, August 22

Colleagues,

Join UVM's Farmer Training Program for an heirloom tomato tasting in front of B/H on Thursday, August 22, from 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Albert Joy will make the festivities all the more festive by playing his accordian.

Refreshments provided. See you there!

Nancy

Congrats to the 2013 Staff/Faculty Award Winners!

Hooray!

The wonderful winners have been decided and the party planning is in full swing.

The date, however, is still a work in progress (please remove Sept. 18 from your calendars) as we need to accomodate the schedules of our award-winning colleagues.

The Delmar Janes Staff Exellence Awards go to:

Susan Bishop, who has dedicated herself to the Dana Medical Library for more than 3 decades!

Katie Cooper, who has been helping patrons and colleagues at Bailey/Howe for almost 25 years!

The Faculty Excellence in Educational Mission Award this year goes to:

Chris Burns, Associate Library Professor, who has been in Special Collections since 2001, takes the excellent cake!

We'll let you all know as soon as the new date for the party is settled.

Trina Magi's Lastest Publishing News

Congrats, again, to Library Professor Trina Magi!

Her article "A Fresh Look at Privacy--Why Does It Matter, Who Cares, and What Should Librarians Do about It?" has been published in the journal Indiana Libraries.  It's part of a special issue dedicated to intellectual freedom issues, available at http://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/IndianaLibraries/issue/current.

Second, the Dutch publisher BIM Media, which specializes in publications on business and IT, has requested permission to reprint her article "Fourteen Reasons Privacy Matters:  A Multidisciplinary Review of Scholarly Literature" in a magazine called IT Managemet Select.  The article  was formerly published in Library Quarterly, April 2011.

Party Time! September 18!

The Annual Libraries Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony and Luncheon will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 18, Noon - 1:30 p.m. in the Davis Center's Livak Ballroom. Please mark your calendars! We will have a few surprises in store, as usual, and cake aplenty.

We will also remember Brenda Hutchins as part of our visual presentation before the awards.

Stay tuned for the names of this year's award winners!

Oh, one more thing! We will take a group portrait this year! Right there at the Davis Center. More info on that to come!

Thursday at Noon: Farmer Panel Discussion and Salad Tasting!

On August 8^th, in the McCrorey Gallery of Bailey/Howe Library at noon, a panel of Vermont farmers will discuss their work and the paths that led them to their current career trajectories. Panelists include Amanda Andrews of Tamarack Hollow Farm and Nancy Hayden of The Farm Between, as well as Laura Williams, the Farm Director for UVM’s Farmer Training Program.

Susie Walsh Daloz, Program Director of UVM’s Farmer Training Program, will moderate the panel.

Attendees will be treated to salad (provided by the Farmer Training Program), additional refreshments, and a raffle of books provided by permaculture publishers Chelsea Green Publishing. The event is free of charge and open to the public.

Amanda Andrews began farming in 2007, working on a variety of farms in New York and selling farm products at the New York City Greenmarket. She attended the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC where she studied fiber arts, blacksmithing, and woodworking. She has experience working with a variety of livestock, including horse draft power. In 2010 she relocated to Vermont to add her skills to Tamarack Hollow Farm.

Nancy Hayden is an artist, writer, and environmental engineer, in addition to being a farmer. Hayden is the co-owner of The Farm Between, specializing in organic fruit and related products.She recently retired from her teaching job at the University of Vermont to be full time on the farm and in the studio. She has degrees in ecology, environmental engineering, English, creative writing and studio.

Laura Williams  went through the Santa Cruz Farmer Training Program before running her own farm in Westford for five years. She has been farming with UVM’s Farmer Training Program for three years.

The panel accompanies summer exhibits on food and farming at the Bailey/Howe and Dana Medical Libraries.