December 11, 2019 Meeting of Life Sciences

4. Approval of October minutes (taken by Susan)
5. LSD Collection Statements Updates (Susan)
6. Update on hiring:
   • Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Agriculture Librarian (Erin)
   • Night Staff (Lucy)
7. Update on office building project (Sarah)
8. Committee assignments and reports – AC, CDC, others
9. Round Table
10. Adjourn

Erik Chapman, Lucy Moynihan, Kelli Trei, Susan Braxton, Erin Kerby, Janis Shearer, Sarah Williams, Peg Burnette, Ryan Rafferty

1. Approval of October minutes (taken by Susan)
   • Minutes approved

2. LSD Collection Statements Updates (Susan-background)
   • Most do not address electronic acquisitions, which does not make sense for the current environment and state of the collection. As a group, look at the format, is it the best way to represent the collection?  Is it really possible to maintain statistics as they are because of consolidation of libraries and collections?  Maybe we need a divisional plan for statements and what statistics are needed and how to get them, if at all.  Collection managers will meet at a later date to discuss further.

Standing Items:

3. Update on hiring:
   • Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Agriculture Librarian (Erin)
     • On campus interviews were scheduled and then one candidate withdrew. Moved to next candidate on the list, working to get an on-campus interview scheduled for him.  All interviews will be in January.
   • Night Staff (Lucy)
     • Position was offered and accepted; background check is still in process. Start date is yet to be determined, but hopefully in January.

4. Update on office building project (Sarah)
   • Pre-bid meeting was held for contractors. Current tentative timeline has construction beginning in mid- to late January.  Library Facilities will move furniture on January 6.  Janis and Sarah have been working on communication plans, i.e. table tents, FAQ at circ desk, social media, etc.
5. Committee assignments and reports – AC, CDC, others
   • Reference Management Team – subject referral list is live, there will be a training session for the consultation scheduler.
   • LSSC – planning for staff only Library Building Project event in January.
   • Staff Development & Training – proposing to change the committee’s name and mission to make them more inclusive of everyone who works in the library.
   • LCAP – civil service audit of AP positions is underway.
   • CDC – any cancellations, do it soon. Transformative agreements: Microbiology Society approached us to form an agreement for their publications.

6. Round Table
   • Ryan – Health Sciences Collections Coordinator position search still not filled; back to the drawing board.
   • Janis – ACDC has started to draft a collection development policy/statement. Received a donation of 10 boxes of materials. Working with Prof. Evans on goals for 2020.
   • Susan – Illinois Data Bank is chugging along, repeat users and new users.
   • December 12 is food day at Funk.
   • December 17 is LSD/PSED holiday lunch at Timpone’s.
   • Kelli is collecting names of publishers who give us discounts on APCs.
   • Discussion about Alma implementation and how it will affect division units and members. Many aspects of the implementation are still murky!
   • Erin moved that the January division meeting be cancelled so that division members can attend the PLAA candidate meeting and presentation. All agreed.

7. Adjourn