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

1. Call to order 3:16 PM
2. 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.

1. 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.

1. Other / New Business

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

1. Adjourn 3:30 PM