2012-13 Council on Libraries, Information Systems and Computing (LISC)
Minutes
September 23, 2013
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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Attendance: Elizabeth Gaffney, Chair; Evgeny Dikarev; Debra Dickerson; Mary
Casserly; John Delano; Kimberly Van Orman; Susanna Fessler; Rem Davis; Dave
Mamorella; Eliot Rich
1. Report from the Chair: Elizabeth Gaffney
Elizabeth welcomed the new and returning members to LISC. She handed out a
description of LISC from the Charter of the University Senate and asked that the
members think about which sub-committee they would like to serve: the Library
Committee; or the Information Technology Usage Policy Committee. Elizabeth will
send out an email polling their preference for a Committee following the LISC
meeting.
The LISC Committee will meet again on October 28 and November 25. Elizabeth
asked that the Committee hold December 16 in case a meeting is needed.
2. Report from Dean of Libraries – Mary Casserly
Mary distributed two articles: Who Will Pay for Public Access to Research Data? By
Francine Berman and Vint Cerf; and How to Share Scientific Data, by John Markoff.
These two articles were a follow up to some discussions held at last year’s LISC
meeting on archiving data.
Associate Director for Public Services
With the retirement in July of Mary Jane Brustman, this position is vacant. The
position has been advertised and currently conducting phone interviews with four
candidates. Onsite interviews are anticipated to begin in early November.
Student Advisory Board
The Library is working on membership for this year. Last year all members were
students employed by the Libraries; this year there will be a mix of those who work
in the Libraries and those who do not. We have nominations from supervisors for
those who work here and have placed volunteer forms in all three libraries. Next
step: call for possible topics for meeting agendas and scheduling the first meeting.
LISC Meeting
September 23, 2013
Provost Fellow and Institutional Repository
Abebe Rorissa, faculty member in CCI who teaches in the information studies
program is a Provost’s Fellow and will be working with the Libraries to create an
Institutional Repository. The Provost’s Fellows Program enables faculty to take on
assignments outside their home department. Each year the Provost asks the Deans
to identify projects with which they need help. For the past several years, Mary has
indicated an interest in establishing an IR. Abebe expressed interest in this and now
has a reduced teaching load in order to enable him to devote about half his time
helping. A Steering Committee will work with him on this project. This project will
require the assistance of LISC, especially as it gets to the point when faculty are
asked to be among the first to add their content to the repository.
3. Suggestions for Topics for LISC to Consider
The following are topics members would like to see discussed at future LISC
meetings:
(a) Windows 8 Upgrade – When will the upgrade take place and how will it be
handled? Can our current computers handle the upgrade?
Concerns/Issues with the Upgrade to Office 2013 in the classrooms. Let’s review
how it was done and what could have been done better. Perhaps this could
result in LISC working on a Best Practices Guidelines – Recommend guidelines
for upgrades, etc., which would include a check-off list, and constituencies to be
informed.
Perhaps we could gather some of the help desk tickets regarding problems
created by the latest upgrade to help in this effort.
(b) Data Back-up – There are significant new requirements for Data backup included
in many of the new NSF programs. Perhaps we could initiate a discussion about
how the University might create some standard guidelines regarding how these
data requirements could be met rather than having each PI have to recreate the
wheel. We should begin a dialogue with Chris Haile about the possibility of
developing an institutional policy/procedure for archiving data. If appropriate,
perhaps Chris and/or Mary could help bring in some people to present on this
topic.
4. Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
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