2024-09-11 OT-SC Meeting notes

Attendees

  • Sarah Lindsey, Chair

  • Lakshmi Arunachalam, Vice Chair

  • Caitlin Nelson

  • Anna Arrieta, Support Member

  • Jackie Gosselar (Past SILS OT Chair - optional)

 

Item

Desired Outcome

Time

Who

Notes

Decisions

Actions

Item

Desired Outcome

Time

Who

Notes

Decisions

Actions

1

Ex Libris support

 

0 min

Team

 

 

2

All Chairs meeting update

 

0 mins

Sarah

  • postponed due to time concerns

 

 

3

OARM and EIMP in-person presentations

  • confirm format of this section of the SILS OT meeting

23 minutes

Sarah/Caitlin

  • Questions for OARM to address:

    • why should this be a new group? (vs. OST, CKG, etc.)

      • need fewer experts and more diverse expertise

      • could suggest various liaisons with other groups

    • why should this be an ongoing group? (vs. project team)

  • OARM suggests a SILS Knowledge Group (SKG) vs. established CKG, new subgroup, etc.

    • Erica and Carla should include clarification on this point in their presentation.

 

@Anna Arrieta invite Erica and Carla to the SILS OT meeting for 9/18/24, invitation to be set for the 10 minute mark, their presentation will be about 20-30 minutes - Erica Zhang ezhang20@library.ucla.edu and Carla Arbagey carla.arbagey@ucr.edu
@Caitlin Nelson to contact OARM with prompts
@Caitlin Nelson to contact EIMP and strongly suggest the 9/25/24 meeting attendance again.
@Sarah Lindsey to Slack OT with heads up on items to discuss for OARM presentation on 9/18/24
4

OT Workplan

  • currently more of a checklist of tasks, annual or otherwise

0 mins

Sarah

  • Question from Anna: Should we include this as an agenda item on the next SILS OT meeting?

  • Document for discussion: OT Workplan

  • Suggestions from past meetings:

    • Future API requests

      • Idea proposed at a past SILS OT SC meeting: create mini project team from SILS OT (2-3 people) whose members would share their results in next fiscal year

    • Shared Governance Task Force Ongoing, UCLAS-integrated SILS structure, work practices and charges

      • plan a lengthy discussion of representation?(advocacy/leadership/experts vs. comprehensive campus representation) at a future SILS OT meeting

      • background:

        • related to the question regarding term limits

        • other questions to guide this discussion:

          • if the work changed by having only experts on a team, how would it change?

          • how could non-expert representatives be used in other collective areas?

    • suggestions from SILS OT meeting on 8/7/24:

      • look at Alma/Primo VE Issues and Themes document

        • workstream improvement

      • have list of projects to work on when there is down time

      • strategies for sharing sessions during OT meetings

      • quarterly update (from Gem?) on new releases for assessment/review

  • postponed due to time concerns

 

 

5

Known Issues

  • Discussion of “do we actually do this?”

0 mins

Team

  • This came up both from Gem and the notion of “closed tickets without a resolution”. How, if at all, do we want to pursue?

    • make this an OT Workplan eventually?

  • postponed due to time concerns

 

 

6

Executive Session

  • Private Discussion

61 minutes

Team

  • SILS Ops Center update

    • representation concerns

    • collaboration concerns

    • strategizing for future meetings discussed - positive and negative outcomes

 

@Caitlin Nelson will pose a “when is good” poll for a special meeting time related to SILS Ops Center concerns
7

Build agenda for next OT meeting

  • Build and finalize the agenda for next week’s OT meeting

1 minute

Team

  • See proposed agenda here

 

 

8

Parking Lot

Capture important topics for future discussion

0 mins

Team

  • Future requests for data

    • Question: do they fall under the privacy agreement we all signed or should there be a separate agreement that needs to be signed?

    • Concern: accidental data viewing vs. purposeful ask for specific data ahead of time - possible contract violations?

  • Signature Success Program

    • paused until after contract renegotiations are complete

    • Prioritized List:

      • Insufficient IZ/NZ integration

      • Insufficient support

      • Limited documentation

      • Insufficient Analytics functionality

      • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

      • Alma usability

      • Quality of CZ collections

      • Acquisitions process improvements

 

 

9

 

Total

85 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

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