New Reporting Structure
As I mentioned in the April 23rd posting, as of July 1 the AHSL now reports to Dr. William Crist, Vice President for Health Affairs. I have met with Dr. Crist and expect to meet with him as needed to keep him informed about library issues. Mary Holcomb, Cindy Steber and I recently met with Jerry Miron, the Chief Financial Officer of the AHSC (who also reports to Dr. Crist) to explain the library’s financial situation and unique needs.
In addition, Biomedical Communications and the “software side” of Information Technology Services will now report to the Vice President. This means that Marcus will continue to report to Mike Griffith who will now report to Rick McNeely. As most of you know, Stef Walz has left the university. Other staff in Biomedical Communications will now support our website.
Surveys
As mentioned several weeks ago, we will be surveying our users once or twice a month for the next year. Surveys will be handed out during one or two two-hour windows each month. You’ll see a desk at the entrance during those time periods with library staff handing out questionnaires. There will be box near the exit for people to return their survey forms. Those who view electronic journals will be given an online version of the survey during those same time periods. We are also asking our liaison librarians in the Colleges of Pharmacy, Public Health and Nursing to distribute (or fill out for phone and email questions) surveys to their users.
Email and Calendars
This morning’s Wildcat reported that the decision has been made to move students to the Google calendar and Gmail. However, CIO Michelle Norin is still looking at the pros and cons of moving faculty and staff to the Google products. The paper reports that she is leaning toward Google. She is quoted as saying that UITS will provide an easy way to migrate email to any new system and that users will choose when to make the move. AHSL will follow the university decision on this. For more details see my post from June 16.
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