Feedback from Management Meeting: 4 February 2013

HR
The vacant position of Library Researcher will be divided into two positions: Events management and the other Special Projects.

The meeting agreed that Senkgo can be trained as back-up for Susan.

Events
Each member of the events group will take responsibility for events planned. Invitations for events should comply to the UJ brand specifications and should be designed by the UJ Graphics Studio. All request for the design of invitations should be forwarded to Dr van Vuren.

Electronic Course Reserves (ECR)
This serve will be centralised at the APK Library. Zakes Nakedi will be responsible for ECR and Richard Dunjwa will be his back-up.

Bindery
This department will be moving to level 5. Less complex bindery tariffs will be implemented this year.

Library IT
Will move to level 6. (They moved this week).

Budget 2012
The library achieved 100% spent on the 2012 budget.

Budget 2013
The ground rule for this year's budget is no random spending. The budget should be spend in a coherent manner.

Overtime is only paid when staff work more than 40 hours per week on a project that is approved by the line managers. Staff working on Saturdays and evenings do not qualify for overtime as this is included in the 40 hours per week.

Textbook list

The request for submission of titles for the textbook list must include a request to consider an e-book or an Open Access title. It should also include a reminder not to prescribe outdated/ out of print titles.

The call to submit prescribed titles should go out to:

·         Academic staff

·         Information librarians

·         Deans

·         Faculty Library representative

·         Campus Librarians.

In addition, a circular should be placed on the Intranet.

 

Electronic Newspapers

Access to electronic newspapers should be handled with a sense of urgency. (This task has been completed).