In Attendance:
Julie Bumpus (Technical Services)
Becky Burner (Physical Sciences & Engineering)
Jim Cotter (Special Collections)
Lisa Renee Kemplin (Area Studies)
Kyle McCafferty (Central Access Services)
Dani Postula (Central Access Services)
Laura Poulosky (Residence Hall Libraries)
Shoshana Vegh-Gaynor (Arts & Humanities)
Sandy Wolf (Social Sciences)
New LSSC Chair: This was Jim Cotter’s last meeting as chair of LSSC, since his term of service has ended and he has decided to step down from the position. Dani Postula was elected as our new chair. Thanks to Jim for his years of service as chair, and thanks to Dani for accepting the position!
LSSC Elections: Several two-year LSSC terms come to an end this summer, so we are opening these positions up to any interested staff for nominations. One liaison position is open in each of the following five Divisions: Administrative Services, Area Studies Division, Physical Sciences
& Engineering Division, Special Collections Division, and Technical Services Division. If you would like to see which libraries and offices belong to each Division, please consult the following link: http://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/orgchart/index.html
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If you are interested in running for Liaison of your Division, and/or if you have questions about the
Library Staff Support Committee or about the election process, please email lssc@library.illinois.edu by Friday, July 3 rd , at 5:00 p.m.
New Employee Luncheon: The Library’s recent luncheon to welcome new employees was well attended and went smoothly. Thanks to all who attended!
ClimateQUAL survey follow-up: The ClimateQUAL survey committee plans to talk with LSSC for ideas of how to implement plans to address results from the survey. If any staff have ideas of changes or improvements you’d like to suggest, please let us know! You can email the committee at lssc@illinois.edu
, put a written comment (anonymous or not) in our comment box outside of the Library Human Resources Office, or submit an online commit (also either anonymous or not) using the following link: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/120002

Meeting reports:
Area Studies: The Area Studies Division is working on updating their bylaws. A review of the
Division Chair’s recent performance is being completed. There is also discussion of including the Mortenson Center for International Library Studies as part of the Area Studies Division.
Physical Sciences & Engineering: The Physical Sciences & Engineering meeting focused mostly on a discussion of the upcoming University Library budget.
Special Collections: The Special Collections Division also discussed the Library budget. They are continuing to consider the elimination of user fees for scanning and copying, and how to implement that change. Scott Schwartz suggested that the Special Collections faculty and staff take a field trip to a personal museum/collection of antique cars and hats owned by a man in northeast Urbana.
Arts & Humanities: The Arts & Humanities Division continued to discuss whether to have the
Classics Librarian position continue to be combined with a Reference and Information Services position, as Mark Wardecker is currently performing those roles, or to combine the Classics
Librarian duties with duties in the Digital Humanities. Tom Teper visited the Division meeting to discuss a possible pilot project, during which a vendor would provide links to online materials, and if enough patrons clicked on a particular link, the Library would automatically purchase that digital material.
Residence Hall Libraries: Thank you to those who attended Residence Hall Libraries Open
House on June 10th! We’re always glad to see University Library Staff at the Ikenberry Library, which has the following summer hours: Mon. through Fri. from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. The six
Urbana Residence Hall Libraries are closed over summer break. Anyone with an I-Card can request materials from any of the Residence Hall Libraries over the summer, and we will retrieve them to be put on hold either at the Ikenberry Library or at any open U of I Library location. Patrons can also return Residence Hall Library materials to any U of I Library or I-
Share Library and they will get back to us.
There were no division meetings for Central Public Services, Social Sciences, or Technical
Services during the past month. The Administrative Council meeting and the Faculty Meeting are scheduled for the week of June 22 nd .
Upcoming LSSC Meetings: Dani will look into reserving our meeting room for the upcoming
Fiscal Year. She will be in contact with LSSC members about when and where we will meet starting in July.