LISC Report for Senate Meeting, 11/9/22
LISC met on November 7th, 2022. We approved minutes from the October 11th meeting and
received updates from the Dean of Libraries, CIO, ITLAL, and Lindsay Van Berkom, LISC Chair.
Report from the Chair (Lindsay Van Berkom)
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No report
Report from the Libraries (Carey Hatch)
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Renovations planned in Current Periodicals—quote provided by University Planning to transform
room into multi-purpose events space. Goal is to have this space ready for the University Showcase.
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Reorganizational structure underway, models planned and distributed to staff for feedback. External
reviewers will look at them before going back to faculty for final comments. Goal is to have these
ready by end of calendar year to go to the Provost.
Report from ITS (Brian Heaton)
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IT Strategic Plan final draft out for campus review and feedback
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Student tech fee increase request
o UAlbany was not approved to make a fee increase last year
o UAlbany is asking SUNY again this year
o The fee at UAlbany is much lower than at Stony Brook, Buffalo, and Binghamton
Report from ITLAL (Aviva Bower)
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Planning is underway for a series of winter and spring brunch workshops which will focus on
pedagogical practices to support our diverse students.
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We will be bringing Jim Lang to campus in the spring and will offer a faculty book circle in
anticipation of his visit. His book Distracted: Why students can’t focus and what you can do about it
will be given to participating instructors. Jim is a brilliant, warm, sympathetic scholar and teacher.
His workshops are transformative!
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Brightspace fall focus groups are underway. These are not trainings, but rather a way for instructors
to learn about Brightspace and provide feedback to the LMS Brightspace Implementation Project
Functional Review Team.
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The restructuring of ITLAL into CATLOE will begin in January to the best of my knowledge.
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Our line for a new instructional consultant was approved and the job has been posted internally.
Upcoming LISC Meeting: Monday, December 5, 2022
