Planning, money and content

Strategic Planning

Joan, Yamila and Gary are still spending a lot of time working on the libraries’ strategic plan. There will be another open house on 9/23 on the 4th floor to gather input from everyone.

Financial operations

Cindy is part of a small group who will be looking at the financial operations of the libraries with help from two consultants.  Mary Holcomb will be available to the group to discuss collection expenditures.  The group will begin meeting in early October.

Collection Budget

UAL will be covering our projected deficit in the collections budget and they have also given us a 6% increase in funding - equal to the estimated rate of inflation.  This process (with UAL covering some of our costs, etc.) is complicated and will require coordination between Collections and Cindy but also between our folks and Steve Bosch (Collections at UAL) and Virginia Valenzuela (Business Manager for UAL).  Cindy, Mary, Amanda, Steve and Virginia met this week to begin working out the details.

Searches and new staff member

Searches

We have posted ads for three positions in the library, a Technology Librarian (Nicole’s position), a Liaison Librarian to focus on the College of Nursing (Sandy will be focusing more on support of research), and a new Bioinformationist.  A search to fill Hannah’s vacant line will be put off until we conclude these searches.  Two search committees have been formed and they will begin reviewing applications on September 24.

Technology Librarian

Annabelle Nunez, Co-chair

Jeanette Ryan, Co-chair

Mikel Bates

Joan Schlimgen

Mary Holcomb

Leslie Sult (UAL)

College of Nursing Liaison and Bioinformatician

Jennifer Martin, Co-chair

Jeanette Ryan, Co-chair

Mikel Bates

Sandy Kramer

Ahlam Saleh

Jeanne Pfander (UAL)

Welcome Phil Brown!         

A reminder that Phil will be joining us on September 15 in the position previously held by Steve McClain.  Phil has lots of library experience including work in circulation, ILL and reference.  Please join me in welcoming him.

New staff member, Town Hall

Welcome Phil Brown!         

Phil will be joining us on September 15 in the position previously held by Steve McClain.  Phil has lots of library experience including work in circulation, ILL and reference.  Please join me in welcoming him.

Town Hall with Dr. Garcia

Yesterday Senior Vice President for Health Sciences Joe “Skip” Garcia presided over a Town Hall meeting in DuVal Auditorium.  The full session can be viewed at: https://streaming.biocom.arizona.edu/event/?id=25406

To summarize, Dr. Garcia reviewed his one and five year goals for the AHSC.  His one year goals consisted primarily of filling key vacant positions.  He has hired a new director of the UA Cancer Center, new chairs of Surgery and Medicine, an Associate Vice President for Research and a new Executive Director for Research Administration in addition to new Associate VPs for Precision Health and Translational Medicine.  He discussed progress on five of his long-term goals: increasing research revenue, improving national rankings, obtaining a CTSA grant, increasing diversity among students, trainees and faculty and improving philanthropy and public/private partnerships.