Library Committee meeting minutes, February 26, 2020

The Academic Senate Committee on Library Committee met on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 12:30 PM, Room C-101

Committee Members in Attendance:

Hayes Peter Mauro (Committee Chair), Art and Design (2021)

Angela Ridinger-Dotterman (Secretary), English (2022)

Cheryl Tokke, Business (2021)

Biao Wang, Mathematics and Computer Science (2020)

Liaisons in Attendance:

Jeanne Galvin (Chief Librarian and Presidential Delegate)

 

Business:

The meeting was called to order at 12:30 PM

The minutes from the December 4, 2019 meeting were unanimously approved by the attending voting members (4-0) with minor revisions.

The committee turned to a consideration of old business:

The status of the bathroom conversion remains unchanged from the December meeting.  The project has been funded, but a contractor has not been selected.

Prior to this meeting, Chairperson Mauro received communication from Britney Vasconcellos, Executive Vice President of the Student Government Association.  The decision to require ID cards to enter the library was finalized at the start of the semester.  Students will now need to show ID cards to enter the library.  Two officers and a card swipe station regulate entrance to the library.  Students and faculty who do not have their ID card in hand can access a virtual copy of their ID card through an app. Visitors from the community will have to present some form of identification and sign into a book in order to enter the library.

The reorganization of the upstairs of the library will begin soon.  Individual carrels are to be installed beginning February 28.  Unfortunately, the round tables currently occupying that space cannot be relocated to the student union.  The tables do not fold, and it is felt that they will be too difficult to move to rearrange for events held at the student union, so the tables are going into storage. 

Liaison Galvin suggested that a budget request should be made for appropriate furniture for the union.  Chairperson Mauro made a note to follow up on the furniture for the student union.

Also per Britney Vasconcellos, the agreement with Starbucks is part of the current food contract that is due to expire in the summer.  It is hoped that Starbucks can be relocated from the library building to another site on campus as part of the renegotiation of the contract with Metro.  The Library Committee will continue to follow up with this issue.

Dr. Tokke updated the Library Committee on the marketing the library’s services.  She met with VP Stephen Di Dio to discuss incorporating more announcements about the library’s services into digital signage and possibly the QCC Instragram account.  It would helpful to establish a more direct line of communication between the Library Committee and the Office of Marketing and Communications.  Dr. Tokke is willing to take on this role; it was suggested that Liaison Galvin appoint someone from the Library Department to communicate their initiatives to Dr. Tokke so that she can work with Marketing and Communications to create more awareness of the library’s initiatives and resources.

Prior to the meeting, Chairperson Mauro distributed a copy of potential STEAM survey questions, which will be distributed following the announcement of the STEAM projects at the March 25, 2020 FEC meeting.  Dr. Tokke noted that the questions invite participants that have a high-level of interest in STEAM pedagogy.  The length and format of the questions may not result in a high rate of survey completion.  Chairperson Mauro and Dr. Ridinger-Dotterman agreed to review the questions before distributing the survey.

A decision from NEH on the NEH grant application to secure funding for the STEAM projects is expected in April. 

The committee then turned to a consideration of new business:

Students have requested CAD software to be installed on the library’s computers.  Liaison Galvin expressed concern about the library CLT’s training to support students using CAD software, as well as concern that students using CAD software on computers in the library would keep students who needed to use the computers to access the library’s resources from having access to a computer.  She suggested that the software should be installed on Academic Computing’s computers instead.  Chairperson Mauro agreed to follow up with Engineering Technology and Academic Computing to discuss CLT training and the logistics of installation.

The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Prof. Angela Ridinger-Dotterman
Committee on Library Committee, Secretary

Minutes typed on 02-28-20