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Library Managers

University of Waterloo
Library Managers and Review Leaders, November 7, 2012
9:30 a.m., DC 1568

Present: Pascal Calarco, Nancy Collins, Jane Forgay, Betty Graf, Jennifer Haas, Mark Haslett (Chair), Alison Hitchens, Michele Laing, Sharon Lamont, Wish Leonard, Susan Mavor, Alex McCulloch, Carl Nagel, Susan Routliffe, Annette Dandyk (Recorder)

Regrets: Annie Bélanger, Sharon Lamont

Guest: Andrea Chappell

1. IT Strategic Plan
Andrea gave an overview of the six month planning process to create an IT Strategic Plan to advance the potential of IT to meet the opportunities for the University over the next five years.

After the presentation Managers considered the following questions:
• What are the IT services that work well at uWaterloo?
• How could our IT environment be improved?
• What IT priorities do we need to focus on?
• What are the challenges facing uWaterloo IT today? The next 3-5 years?

Information about the IT Strategic plan can be viewed on the web:
https://uwaterloo.ca/it-strategic-plan/

Pascal is representing the Library on the UCIST/Steering Committee and Task Force.

2. Chair’s Remarks
• Recognition and Commendation
November Anniversaries:
November 4 – Derek Scoular, Circulation Services, 10 years
November 8 - Anne Unger, Acquisitions, 30 years

• Updates
Mark noted that a great many things have been happening lately, and expressed his thanks and appreciation to staff who have been involved with organizing a number of events recently, such as Open Access Week, Data Management Day, Library Day, an appreciation luncheon for casual staff, and the Google Map Maker event.

Mark was recently invited to participate in two Co-op retreats to review the Co-op Department’s strategic directions.

It is anticipated that the Provost will share more information about the five life cycle groups in the next week. Sharon, Susan and Pascal will attend the Leadership Forum on November 9 when the Provost will talk about the staff life cycle group. Mark will send a document from Bruce Mitchell and Terry McMahon, co-chairs of the staff life cycle group to library staff on Friday.

This year’s annual Scholars Portal day is scheduled for Wednesday, December 5 at the University of Toronto. Each institution has been allocated eight places.

It is anticipated that AUCC will send a revised fair dealing document soon. The Copyright Modernization Act will be proclaimed today, or on November 22. The campus Copyright Advisory committee continues to work on the matter, which will be of benefit to the entire campus.

3. Business Arising from October 24
There was no business arising.

4. Follow-up from November 1 All Staff Meeting
Managers discussed what they took away from the meeting with Sallie Keller.

Next steps – key items to focus on over the next few weeks:
- Mark will attend CARL and OCUL meetings
- Budgetary planning (Acquisitions and Operating budgets) in preparation for a meeting with the Provost on November 28
- Getting ready to post several positions, in light of upcoming retirements, including Susan Routliffe’s and Susan Mavor’s
- Coming out of the review:
o Mission statement and values
o Taking the consultation document and data from the journey walls, and decide what is going to get priority
o what resources are needed to act on some of the recommendations (we are already acting on some of them).

Next meeting: Nov. 21 (special meeting Managers and review leaders)


 


 


 


 


 


 






 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 




 




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