Library Office Notes

Present:  A. Conrad, L. Engels, R. Jahr, P. Lindell, T. McCoy, A. Schoenberg, E. Schroeder, J. Somera, G. Witte

Guest:  Bob Burger

I.  Minutes of the May 23, 2001, meeting were revised and approved.

II.  Reports

A.  Admin. Council -- No meeting since last report.

B.  Faculty Meeting -- No meeting since last report.

III.  Updates/Discussions

A.  Election Guidelines Sub-committee -- Final version will be posted to the LSSC web page for general review.  The guidelines will be tested in November.

B.  CSE Evaluations -- Gil will prepare a draft for the next meeting for review.

C.  Oak Street Remote Facility -- There will be an open forum once details become available regarding the actual space and shelving system.  The selection group is preparing lists for selector review.

D.  Morale Document -- Will continue at next meeting.  For staff wishing to review the document, the web address is:

http//www.library.uiuc.edu/administration/news.htm

E.  CSE Retreat -- The committee is awaiting word of funding amount before finalizing format of the retreat.  Once format is decided, then the location can be determined, and then date based upon availability of spaces.  Committee members will be collecting names and information regarding possible speakers and topics.

F.  Training Issues -- Committee members are still collecting input.  It is hopeful that when the assistant is hired in the Library's HR Office, and the budget is released, that we will be able to move forward on training.

G.  Strategic Planning -- A note will be sent to libstaff calling for any interested parties to submit their names to the committee.

H.  ALA Recipient Presentations -- Committee members will begin planning the brown bag presentation by Dorey and Norma after their return from ALA.

J.  RFS Conference -- Pam Lindell will coordinate with Cindy Kelly to select names for the conference.

IV.  New Business

A.  Bob Burger recapped discussions regarding the May 14th Retreat and spoke briefly about evaluations.  He was already aware of the comments about the retreat and we reviewed these issues with him.

Tonya McCoy
Secretary

Copies of job announcements are available from the Library Personnel Office.

Assistant Librarian for the Marquand Library of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, applications accepted until the position is filled.

Cataloger, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, applications accepted until filled.

Library Director, Kaneville Public Library, Kaneville, IL, applications accepted until filled.

Business Reference Librarian, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 2001.

Director of Library Preservation, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina, accepted until position is filled.

Program Coordinator (Education and Outreach), GSLIS, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, June 30, 2001.

University Librarian and Executive Director of the California Digital Library, University of California at Los Angeles, applications accepted until position is filled.

General and Humanities Reference Librarian, Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ, applications accepted until position is filled.

Applications Programmer, Social Science Reference Center, Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ, applications accepted until position is filled.

Project Manager, Associate Director, National Data Archive for Arts and Policy Research, Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ, applications accepted until position is filled.

Agricultural Sciences Bibliographer/Reference Librarian, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, July 15, 2001

Director of Library Development and Outreach, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, July 16, 2001

Minority Research Library Residency Program, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa, July 20, 2001.

Electronic Resources Technical Services Librarian, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa, July 27, 2001.

Assistant Professor/Engineering Librarian, Tenure Track, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, August 1, 2001.

Assistant Professor/Architecture Librarian, Tenure Track, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, August 1, 2001.

Catalog Librarian, Assistant or Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, August 1, 2001.

Law Library, Electronic Resources Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, August 1, 2001.

Reference Librarian-Instruction Specialist, Colorado State University Libraries, Fort Collins, CO, August 1, 2001.

Head of Geology Library, Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington, IN, August 10, 2001.

Cataloger, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, August 15, 2001.

Reference Librarian, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, August 15, 2001.

Chemistry-Mathematics Librarian, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, August 15, 2001.

Serials Acquisitions Librarian, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA, August 17, 2001.

Science Digital Initiatives Librarian, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ September 1, 2001.

(Joyce Lowder)