March 29, 2018 Meeting of User Services Advisory Committee (USAC)

Agenda not yet available.

Cherie Weible, Beth Sheehan, David Ward, Jason Strutz, Robin Woodall

Reflection Rooms

• David wants to know what are campus’ plans
• David had a meeting w/ IT – lighting ready, furniture, and tech. Need to talk to JJ and DRES – just working on security details then will do marketing
• JJ may want to do a survey for reflection rooms

 

Printing

• Spring went smoother than August
• PaperCut ver.18.05 coming out on March 30 – by Tech Services
• IT will make necessary updates after finals
• Patrons are not expected to be affected.
• IT will look carefully at release to make sure things run smoothly
• David says students are currently avoiding IlliniCash. He expects usage to pick up after incoming classes are trained to use it.
• Printing on the first floor is repeatedly suggested in surveys.

 

Commencement Weekend

• He building will be open
• Advancement will have a table near the bronze tablets
• Cherie will be at the ceremony
• There will be someone to work the drop box (busy day for returns)
• Cherie will ask for volunteers to be here and to talk about the library

 

Voyager RFP

• Expecting a decision in May

 

Scheduling Software

• Had training yesterday
• Scholarly commons wants to use talked about policies
• Megean O. is working on a service agreement
• UGL wants to go day 1 of summer 1 or June 1
• Regarding e-Vents – David still has questions – July 1 forward – using new software – should be a new person in place replacing Beth Woodard.

 

Scholarly Commons/220

• Programming statement – furniture, equipment, IT needs – will go to EC soon – moving forward

 

First Floor Service Point

• Delayed because of historical/preservation of building.
• Plans were reconfigured and in review to keep architectural continuity.
• Earliest May of 2019 – may mean construction during fall and possibly spring semester
• Campus IT component – Cherie and Sarah will talk to campus IT

 

Outreach and Engagement

• Moving forward
• Looking into having musicians/events this summer outside of UGL on the north side where the tables are.

 

Oak Street Inventory Software

• Jason – Oak Street Inventory software – Purchasing said no because cost over time.
• Mary Laskowski is talking to Purchasing.

 

Banner 9

• Releasing on Oct. 14
• Announcement this morning with a demo video

 

Unattended bags policies

• Beth asked if there is a campus or library policy for unattended bags
  • No policies
  • Departments determine their own protocol

• Yes, you can call the non-emergency campus police number