August 1, 2022 Meeting of Executive Committee

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

AGENDA 

August 1, 2022 

1:30-3:00pm 

Zoom Meeting 

 

 

1. Approve minutes – July 11 and July 25, 2022 

1. Question Time 

1. Strategic Initiative Award Interim Report

1. Discuss topics to discuss for next week EC AULs/Directors 

1. Library Representative to Humanities Council 

1. Emeritus Appointment Policy Revisions 

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Minutes

August 1, 2022

1:30-3:00pm

Zoom Meeting

 

Attendees: John Wilkin (Chair); Mara Thacker (Vice-Chair); Peg Burnette, Bill Maher, Dan Tracy, Chris Wiley, and Joe Lenkart. Lucretia Williams; Recording

 

Absent: Kelli Trei

 

Invited Attendees: Carolyn Wisniewski and Geoffrey Ross

 

Meeting Documents: Doctoral Research Support Program Interim Report Presentation

 

1. Minutes – The July 11, 2022, minutes were approved upon a motion from Bill Maher, which was seconded by Chris Wiley. The July 25, 2022, minutes were approved upon a motion from Bill Maher, which was seconded by Peg Burnette.

 

2. Question Time – Dean Wilkin updated EC on the following:

• Bill Bernhard has been named Interim Provost. He provides continuity and good experience and will be a great leader for the interim period.
• Merit salary increase letters will be coming out soon. Susan Breakenridge will be working on those as soon as she returns.
• The BTAA Library Directors Meeting will be held on August 10-11, 2022. There are several substantial items to be discussed, including the shared print program. Mary Laskowski has been doing a great deal of important leadership work there. We should extend us from SPR1 to SPR2 to the certain print repositories to something that focuses on some good thoughtful approaches to monographs. Another item to be discussed is the Wiley open access agreement, which appears very promising.

 

Strategic Initiative Award Interim Report – Joe Lenkart, Carolyn Wisniewski, and Geoffrey Ross provided an interim report on their Strategic Initiative Award for the doctoral research support program (see presentation slides in Meeting Documents). The group reported what has worked and what could be improved. EC encouraged the group to bring the report and request for feedback to a future library-wide meeting.

 

3. Discuss topics for next week EC AULs/Directors – EC suggested topics to be discussed for the AULs/Directors at the next EC meeting on Monday, August 8, 2022.

 

 

4. Library Representative to Humanities Council – Dean Wilkin asked EC for feedback on possible individuals fill the role of Library Representative to Humanities Council, chaired by Antoinette Burton.

 

5. Emeritus Appointment Policy Revision – Following up on a prior approved revision to the Emeritus Appointment Policy, EC discussed the need to charge a small group to do a more systematic review of the policy. Two EC members will develop a charge based on the elements discussed for review at a future meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 3PM.