2015-16 Council on Libraries, Information Systems and Computing (LISC) Minutes March 28, 2016 3:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. – LI 123 Attendance: Amanda Lowe, Rebecca Mugridge, Mathias Vuille, Allison Craig, Cathleen Green; Boris Goldfarb; Simeon Ananou; Deb Dickerson; David Mamorella; Jeff Goodwin (ITS guest), Brian Smith (C&M guest) Approval Minutes The February 15, 2016 Minutes were unanimously approved by the Committee. UAlbany App, Version 2.0 Demo w/questions/comments (Goodwin/Smith) Jeff and Brian provided the committee with a demo of how the new UAlbany App functions on a The App was designed to provide person’s phone. students with access to the information that they use most. Input for the App came from the students as well as administrative staff. Communications and Marketing partnered with EAS to create this App. Some of the functions students wanted to see in the App were mobile access to academic standings, bus information, laundry facility availability, as well as registrar info, class schedules, etc. The student foundation helped with input and feedback. Still need to establish focus groups, as a more formulized process is needed. In addition, a governance body is needed and a decision as to whether the App should be developed in house or outsourced. There are currently 11 12,000 students using the App. It was suggested to add a – feature that could push out alerts and notifications for students for graduation, emergency alerts, weather alerts, etc. Also, it would be useful to be able to view availability of computers in the Information Commons. Report from Interim Dean of the Libraries, Rebecca Mugridge The search committee for the Access Services & Faculty searches. Information Commons Evening Associate position has completed its work, and Glen Benedict will begin working on April 7. The Reference Librarian search committee has completed its review of candidates and made recommendations for which candidates to bring in for interviews; we will be requesting permission from ODI to invite them tomorrow. The Interactive Media Center position has been posted with a deadline of April 29. We have sent the hiring paperwork for an Information Literacy Librarian position to ODI/HR/Budget; that paperwork is making its way through the system. We hope to post that position in the next two weeks.
2015-16 Council on Libraries, Information Systems and Computing (LISC) Minutes March 28, 2016 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. LI 123 Attendance: Amanda Lowe, Rebecca Mugridge, Mathias Vuille, Allison Craig, Cathleen Green; Boris Goldfarb; Simeon Ananou; Deb Dickerson; David Mamorella; Jeff Goodwin (ITS guest), Brian Smith (C&M guest) Approval Minutes The February 15, 2016 Minutes were unanimously approved by the Committee. UAlbany App, Version 2.0 Demo w/questions/comments (Goodwin/Smith) Jeff and Brian provided the committee with a demo of how the new UAlbany App functions on a person’s phone. The App was designed to provide students with access to the information that they use most. Input for the App came from the students as well as administrative staff. Communications and Marketing partnered with EAS to create this App. Some of the functions students wanted to see in the App were mobile access to academic standings, bus information, laundry facility availability, as well as registrar info, class schedules, etc. The student foundation helped with input and feedback. Still need to establish focus groups, as a more formulized process is needed. In addition, a governance body is needed and a decision as to whether the App should be developed in house or outsourced. There are currently 11 – 12,000 students using the App. It was suggested to add a feature that could push out alerts and notifications for students for graduation, emergency alerts, weather alerts, etc. Also, it would be useful to be able to view availability of computers in the Information Commons. Report from Interim Dean of the Libraries, Rebecca Mugridge Faculty searches. The search committee for the Access Services & Information Commons Evening Associate position has completed its work, and Glen Benedict will begin working on April 7. The Reference Librarian search committee has completed its review of candidates and made recommendations for which candidates to bring in for interviews; we will be requesting permission from ODI to invite them tomorrow. The Interactive Media Center position has been posted with a deadline of April 29. We have sent the hiring paperwork for an Information Literacy Librarian position to ODI/HR/Budget; that paperwork is making its way through the system. We hope to post that position in the next two weeks.