Section Heads - April 4, 2023

Present: Adrien, Betts, Linda, Lewis

Minutes: Lewis

  • SMG updates
    • Plans underway for Naomi’s departure:
      • Naomi is creating an operations board to help guide processes during the interim.
      • The position will be posted soon, ahead of the searches for the department heads.
    • Consultation Room staffer will be redeployed to the Reading Room during especially busy times. Details to come.
    • Appointment system model in the Reading Room is on hold until new Aeon update.
  • Management
    • It’s helpful for staff to remember to keep a Google doc of agenda issues/talking points for meetings/feedback with managers. Updating can be on a rolling basis.
  • Norms for Open Office revision
    • Adrien will share the revised Open Office Norms document with staff.
  • Calendars 
    • Should be used for absences; don’t list Reading Room and other shifts in the Houghton campus.
    • Adrien will delete the superfluous calendar.
  • TS Departmental meeting 4/10
    • Melanie and Betts to report on NEA
    • Agendas
    • Collaborative conversations debrief
    • Bookplates (Vicki and Michael)
    • Max, Adrien, Lewis may talk about/field questions about the TS service integration report (as needed)