LIBRARY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
MINUTES
MARCH 23, 2015
Present: Dean Connie Foster, Deana Groves, Jonathan Jeffrey, Brian Coutts,
Haiwang Yuan, Eric Fisher, Jennifer Wilson, Bryan Carson and Jan Renusch
Minutes: The March 16, 2015, minutes were approved on a motion by Deana
Groves and a second by Haiwang Yuan.
Dean’s Report/Announcements: Copies of art work being considered for purchase
for the Commons area were passed around. There was discussion on pros and
cons of each and a decision was made to purchase the “Poppies on Floppies”
painting by Courtney Carter.
-QEP – Copies of the Evidence Argument, The Quality Enhancement Plan for
Western Kentucky University, were distributed for review and discussion.
A 60-page booklet was also passed around. Bryan Carson will email final copy
that was submitted to SACS.
-SACSCOC on-site schedule email was distributed and reviewed.
-ALMA implementation reviewed.
-Photo of Kentucky Building doors new signage was passed around.
-Connie gave a synopsis of the Campus Library Advisory Council meeting on
Friday.
-Connie, Eric, and Brian met with Chris Robinson-Nkongola in Glasgow on
Friday regarding Phase II renovation for the library.
-KY Convergence – The library will plan 2 sessions on Friday afternoon of the
conference, registration dependent.
-Connie questioned the usefulness of last year’s planning retreat.
Suggestions for this year’s retreat should be sent to her. One suggestion
made was that the retreat replace the July LLC meeting.
-Connie also asked for suggestions such as a speaker and topics for the
library kick-off meetings.
Instruction/Grants/Assessments: Bryan distributed the survey recruitment
email, along with the questions on the survey. There was some discussion
about the wording. Bryan also said he would send out the final QEP that has
been submitted to SACS.
Library Systems Office: Eric gave highlights from the LSO:
-Due to an estimated cost of $2400 to install the OHMS viewer on a VM in the
data center, it was decided to not go forward at this time with the
installation. There are a minimal number of items on the KDL viewer currently
and the audio files are hosted on a media server at WKU with additional
access on TopSCHOLAR.
-New and replacement faculty PCs have not arrived as of yet. A temporary PC
will be setup for Laura Bohuski if the new staff member is hired before the
PC arrives.
Marketing: Jennifer reported that the publicity with the food picture and
student Audrey Lewis is now circulating. The ad is scheduled to be in the
Herald this week. Jennifer will follow up with Kirk Atkinson from College of
Business and Steven Wininger from Psychology to further discuss department
options and students for the final poster and promo of the academic year. Jennifer is working with regional campus library faculty to update their rack
cards.
-Jennifer asked about t-shirt sizes to sell at Book Fest and give away next
year. REACH WEEK publicity is out and the ERC was added to all the
promotional materials. There were fliers, digital signs, and a slider
promoting our specific events.
-Jennifer worked with Connie and Dr. Beverly Siegrist on the nursing journal
press release that will go out as the journal is launched. April 1 is the
projected launch date. There was a write up in the Daily News for Thursday’s
speaker with a great headline.
Web & Emerging Technologies: Haiwang distributed the email from Kirk
Laughlin, WKU mobile application developer, concerning the contact names on
the iWKU app for smart phones. The LLC members reviewed the names and gave
suggestions for changes. Haiwang will submit a final version to the dean for
proofreading before sending it to Kirk for updating the iWKU app.
-Haiwang complimented the Social Media Committee led by Shaden Melky from
Eric’s Library Systems Office for organizing and providing the first of a
series of training sessions on the development and use of social network
applications. The first session on Prezi on March 19 in Helm 2 went well with
good turnout except that the computers were a bit slow. Remedies suggested by
LLC included slowing down the pace of teaching and prelaunching the
computers.
-Updates on the Libraries’ website included DLTS’s organization charts and
faculty/staff pages and VPAL’s addition of call numbers for its collection to
its web page.
Department Reports:
Dean: Deana Groves will be representing Connie at the CAD meeting on
Thursday.
DLPS: Brian reported that as part of this year’s REACH WEEK activities the
libraries will help students find answers to their research projects with
special booths set up in Owensboro on Monday March 23 from 3-5 pm, Cravens 4,
Glasgow and E-town on Tuesday, March 24 from 2-4 pm, and at the Kentucky
Building in Library Special Collections from 4-6 pm, and on Wednesday, March
25 at the ERC from 3:30 to 5 pm. Food, fun information and door prizes will
be offered.
-WKU Libraries is one of several sponsors of “Tracing the Unexplored: An
Ecuadorian Tapestry,” a two-week series of visiting speakers and documentary
films. On Tuesday, March 24 at 4 pm at GRH 1074 Xavier (aka Bonil) Bonilla,
Ecuador’s most famous and controversial political cartoonist, will talk about
“Political Humor/Cartoons in an Ecuadorian Context: A Free Press or
Censorship.” On Tuesday, March 31 in MMTH 166, Cesar’s Grill, a 2013
documentary film by Dario Aguirre, will be shown. It describes how a
vegetarian artist son living in Germany gets called back to Ecuador to help
his father Cesar with his failing restaurant. It was recently nominated as
the best documentary film at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.
-On Tuesday, March 24th at 10 am in Cravens 111, Brent Fisk will talk about
his recent trip to Florence, Rome and the Amalfi Coast.
-Xavier Bonilla will speak on Thursday, March 26 at 7 pm at Barnes & Noble.
Bonilla has been drawing cartoons since 1985 for many of Ecuador’s
publications. This talk will be geared for the general public. A copy of his
newest book Bonil Cartoons will be given away. It was reviewed by
Christopher McConnell in the Sunday Reader section of the Bowling Green Daily
News.
-Nathaniel Northington, a WKU Alum and the author of Still Running, spoke on
Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 7 pm at Barnes & Noble. As a member of the
University of Kentucky football team in the fall of 1967, he became the first
African American football player in the Southeastern Conference. He spoke
about that experience and showed selections from a recent CBS Sports Channel
documentary about the event. Nate has offered to donate a copy of the film to
WKU Libraries.
-Tony Paganelli gave a series of presentations on the “Blues” as part of
Black History Month celebrations in E-town.
- Katherine Pennavaria’s March 10 webinar for Booklist, based on her
forthcoming book for Rowman & Littlefield, drew 2,200 registrants, 815 of
whom were listening live to the presentation. Her publisher is in discussions
with her and John Gottfried for a second book in 2016.
-WKU-Owensboro will be co-sponsoring an April 14 speaker as part of Holocaust
Survivor week. Jennifer Joe has signed a contract to do a publication
Academic Libraries and the Digital Age for IGI Global. She’s also been named
as the Library representative on the planning committee for the Kentucky
Convergence Conference.
Charles Smith will present some of his “systems” research as one of the
featured speakers at Wessex Institute, a famous British research institute,
in May.
-Rosemary Meszaros is a member of the planning committee for last week’s
Student Research Conference which included 345 abstracts, 192 posters, 162
oral presentations, 1 video and a series to TED talks.
-Faraway Flix - A film from Thailand was featured this past Friday at the
Faculty House at 6:30 pm. It described how on his death, Uncle Boonmee takes
a mental journey through his existence, guided by the spirit of his dead wife
and his reincarnated son. The film was introduced and discussion led by Dr.
Jeffrey Samuels, associate professor of Religious Studies.
DLSC: Jonathan reported that Donna Parker gave a presentation titled “Fulling
Around: Textile Processing at South Union, Kentucky” for the residents of
Massey Springs Retirement Village on March 16th.
-Jonathan gave the Hire Memorial Lecture title “Laying Food By: Historic
Food Preservation Methods” for the Monroe County Historical Society on March
16th.
-Allison Day spoke to the Twentieth Century Literary Club on March 10th about
preserving family books and newspapers.
-Jonathan served as a judge for the regional competition of National History
Day at Kentucky Wesleyan in Owensboro on March 20th.
-Sandy Staebell was elected to represent DLSC on the Faculty Senate; Christy
Spurlock was elected alternate.
-Both Library Special Collections and the Kentucky Museum names, along with
WKU’s logo, is found on the lobby doors of the Kentucky Building.
-DLSC will show a PBS documentary titled “The Harvey Girls: Opportunity
Bound” on April 13 at 6:00 pm. The film documents women who worked for Fred
Harvey’s restaurants and their pioneering roles in the women’s movement. A
week later the popular film titled the “Harvey Girls” (1946) staring Judy
Garland will be shown.
DLTS: Deana reported that interviews for the Bib Access Database Project
Specialist position are this week.
-Phone interviews for the Continuing Resources Scholarly Communication
Specialist position are this week.
-ALMA update, received skeleton schedule for implementation:
-Project kickoff: Early July 2015.
-Analysis meeting to discuss general setup and integration requirements (2
day onsite meeting): Late July/Early August 2015.
-Test load of our data: September 15, 2015
-Functional Workshop (4 day onsite workshop to review project / consult on
functionality & workflow issues): Mid October, 2015
-Cutover load (final migration of our data): January 5 – 19, 2016 (no
changes can be made in the system during this time)
-Go Live date: January 20, 2016
-Post Go Live meeting (2 day onsite visit): February 2016
-Switch to support: March 20, 2016
-Deana gave ALMA update to the Library Campus Advisory Council. Focus was on
changes the library patrons will experience: transitioning the TOPCAT link;
branding the search box; publicizing to campus.
Suggestions:
-Phase out TOPCAT link during 2015 Fall semester and include text warning
that the link will be disabled January 2016
-Once migration complete, keep TOPCAT button; make reference to now search
library catalog using One-Search box
-Add more information around the One-Search box
-Add “Advanced Search” link around One-Search box
-Replace “One-Search” wording with “Search Library Resources” (needs to --Include words “library” so people understand they are searching the
catalog only
-One-Search box needs bolder colors to catch attention
-Create One-Search image/link to go directly to the full search screen
with facets
-Only publicize the change on our website, no emails
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 12:10 pm.
For the Council,
Jan Renusch