February 22, 2023

Date/Time: Wednesday, 02/22/2023
Location: Mary and John Gray Library Room 717
Submitted By:: Jennifer Rosetta

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

February 22, 2023

3:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.

Library 717/Microsoft Teams

MINUTES

Present: Dr. Brielle Frost (COFAC), Dr. Mark Mengerink (Arts and Sciences), Michael Saar (Ex-Officio)

Absent: Dr. Katherine Sprott (COEHD), Sujing Wang (COAS), Thinesh Selvaratnam (ENGR), Dr. Rita McClelland (LIT), Theresa Hefner-Babb (Ex-Officio), Luis Ramirez (SGA)

Special Guest: None

Call to order 3:16 PM
Approval of Minutes:

November 21, 2022 Approved

Announcements

Michael Saar (Ex-Officio)

February 9, 2023, Research, Engagement and Learning (REL) held the “Women in STEM event. Students presented, faculty panel answered questions, hope to have event again in the future.
- April 4, 2023, 65^th FDLP, FBI Agent will be the guest speaker, 8^th
- Renovation no updates at this time. Books put up for deselection will go to Chad Morris with Facilities.
- Dean Search an ad will be posted around spring break, hope to fill the position by fall 2023.
- Tech Share is Shared consortium of databases. We have decided to finance one more year EBSCO.
- Staff updates, we are still looking for a REL librarian. Staff departures in cataloging and REL. We have hired 2, 18 month full-time staff, will work on government docs. Sara Tuso will be one of those hired.

Agenda Items

Dr. Katherine Sprott (COEHD)

Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Science Direct / ELSEVIER - Packages like this can cost $80,000-$90,000, we do have most of these and add databases regularly so please check.

Michael Saar (Ex-Officio)

LibQual https://lamar.edu/librarysurvey
Open February 20 – end of March. Allows us to access resources provided, services provided, etc. Survey takes about 5 minutes. Available in English and Spanish this year.

Other / New Business

(If any, will be assigned and reported on at a later date)

Adjourn 3:30 PM