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2015-16 Council on Libraries, Information Systems and
Computing (LISC)
Minutes
March 28, 2016
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
LI123
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
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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.
Conversations in Standish. There will be an upcoming
conversation on April 6: Rick Fogarty, History Department, will be
speaking on April 6, 12:35-1:30 on “What Can 1916 Tell Us About
2016? Europe, Islam, and the Middle East.” We plan to host 2-3 of
these conversations every semester; they have all been highly
successful at bringing faculty, students, and the community
together.
Information Commons Steering Committee. Now that Simeon
is on board, and we have a new Director of Public Services, we are
planning to revitalize the Information Commons Steering
Committee.
Information Literacy Conference. Members of the Libraries’
Information Literacy Department, including Trudi Jacobson, Allison
Hosier, Kelsey O’Brien, Greg Bobish, and Irina Holden planned and
offered a one-day conference on the new Information Literacy
Framework, the new information literacy standards for higher
education which was recently adopted by the Association of College
and Research Libraries. This highly successful event drew more
than 50 attendees from as far away as Illinois and Texas. The
Badging System was introduced. This tool is used by students to
complete a module and receive a badge for doing so.
Compact planning proposals. The Libraries are putting forward
four compact planning proposals this year. They include:
Funding to replace student seating in the University Library
New Information Literacy Classroom in the Science Library
Library Support for Engineering Programs
Library Support for the College of Emergency Preparedness,
Homeland Security, and Cyber Security
Marcia Brown gift and event. The Libraries are hosting an event
on April 8 to celebrate the life of Marcia Brown, an award-winning
children’s book author and illustrator, best known for Stone Soup.
The event will be held in the Standish Room, from 2:00 to 5:00. All
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are welcome but are asked to RSVP to Brian Keough at
bkeough@albany.edu or 437-3931.
4. Report from ClO - Simeon Ananou
Gartner License. ITS has acquired an institutional license to
Gartner, a leading information technology research and advisory
company. An informational announcement will soon go out to the
Campus community.
Information Security Office. ITS acquired the capability of
scanning any University system with a leading Gartner product,
Nessus. In addition to vulnerability scanning, Nessus also does
configuration scanning (for devices like network gear), and
compliance scanning for things like PCI.
ResNet bid award information. This is currently in progress, but
we have requested 75Mb links for both wired and wireless which is
a dramatic improvement over the current 10Mb links that are
currently provisioned for the residential halls. The bid is scheduled
to open on Tuesday, March 29*: We should have the results, and
this project will be well underway in time for a report at the
University Council meeting. We hope to have a new service
provider by Fall.
NYSERNet & Internet II. The University has direct access to
NYSERnet, whereby we can share a lot of information. In addition,
Internet Il is a very robust network aiding in the exchange of
information with other institutions here and overseas. Everyone has
access to these services.
College Scheduler Implementation. Transforming the capability
of students to plan their schedules their way.
Web & Digital Strategy. ITS is still working with Communications
and Marketing to defining the strategy to achieve operational
excellence by deploying enterprise-wide digital solutions that meet
our consumers’ needs, internally and externally; with an initial focus
on how to engage students and their influencers.
Transfer-Credit Transition. Transitioning the technology and
processes used to ensure our transfer students can come and go
more seamlessly and plan their degree.
5. New Business
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The Committee is down two members; if anyone knows of someone
who is interested in joining, please email Dave.
Additionally, Rebecca will have someone from the Libraries present
on the “badging” model for the next LISC meeting.
. Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The
next meeting is scheduled for May 2 at 3:00 p.m. in Library 123.
