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Key Activities and Accomplishments 

Learning and Research Services 

  • Completed the full transition from the Reference and Instruction Department to the new Learning and Research Services structure composed of three disciplinary focused Units, Arts, Humanities and Media; Business, Social Science and Education; Science, Technology, Engineering and Bioscience;
  • Completed 8th cohort of the Textbook Affordability Project with nine faculty projects that brought our number of faculty participants to 76 and an estimated $1 million saved by students; For the 9th cohort assembled in May 2019 there were substantial revisions to the Project, including the introduction of a required open education workshop, a new project evaluation rubric and a new award structure;
  • Completely revised the existing Library Code of Conduct to create a new Library Community Standards in order to bring our rules of conduct more standardized with other Temple facilities with public visitors;
  • Added an Instruction Designer position to our staff, assigned to our newly launched Learning and Student Success Unit, in order to advance our ability to improve student learning and librarian's use of educational technologies;
  • Successful collaboration with GEAR UP that resulted in a team of 5 high school students who held summer positions at Temple Libraries during July and August 2018 ;
  • Collaborated with PALCI to further develop the Affordable Learning Pennsylvania project that resulted in a second LSTA grant and the expansion of the project to include over 60 Pennsylvania colleges and universities;
  • Worked with the Office of Academic Affairs to assist the Provost in creating and charging a new Textbook Affordability Task Force at Temple to advance faculty adoption of no and low cost learning materials with the Associate University Librarian as co-chair of this new University-wide Task Force.

Facilities, Budget and Administration

The move into Charles 

Planning

FY19-20

  • Coordination of the move of all library physical property and equipment from Paley to Charles
  • Scheduling and supervision of students packing the Paley collection and assistance ingesting the collection into the ASRS (unit-wide)
  • Development and rollout of the Student Building Supervisor student worker program (departmental effort with a lot of individual work and accomplishment on JP's part)
  • Proposal for upgrade of Kardon lighting from fluorescent to LED, and installation 
  • Development and implementation of ASRS safety documentation and protocols 
  • Learning CAD and beginning certification for the AMX systems in Charles 
  • Development of room reservation system for space in Charles
  • Creation of Evening Building Supervisor position and hiring/onboarding Jim
  • Outside events in library – we were able to schedule, work with groups on room needs, setup the rooms, and provide support on the day of for dozens of events each month
  • Organized many tours of the library – included procuring tour guides for most of these Added additional seating throughout Charles
  • Successfully handled all of the paperwork/computer work for the hiring of the Graduate Externs for the DSS 
  • Organized the Cultural Analytics Certificate – created spreadsheet of the students in the program and checked for completion of courses. Should have the first “graduate” of the program in FY21. 
  • Organized and updated the key tracking program on Microsoft Access with all the new keys – handled the return of old keys and assignment of new keys 

FY 18-19


  • Support for the Charles move has involved planning and preparing for numerous and varied aspects of the
move
  • project, ranging from staff seating, keys and coring, alarm systems and codes, swipe access, FFE move from Paley, developing the move timeline, phone systems, conference room scheduling, and storage room assignments.
The list goes on.
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  • Successfully hired the new position of Library Facilities Superintendent.
A much needed addition to the admin portfolio.
  • Christine worked with Nancy on two fronts - refining data collection and documentation for iPeds and preparing documentation and training for the grants management process.
    • From John Pyle
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    • Developed policies for room use, including Charles multipurpose and event spaces.
    • With Nancy Turner, standardize procedure for grants application review. 
    • Streamlined and documented process for data collection related to expenditures for Annual Reporting as well as ARL and IPEDS. 
    • Worked with Communications and Diversity & Inclusion to implement accessibility best practices for programming and events. 
    Participated in the search for Library Facilities Superintendent to help create Library Facilities Team 
    • Worked with Communications to develop and expand content for social media and promotion 
  • Worked within Admin to develop usage policies for Charles multipurpose and event spaces

    • Paley’s Ship/Rec and Facility Coordination Area Accomplishments ) From Curtis

  • Over the past fiscal year on the ship/Rec side we have continued our same great service as it relates to accepting, sorting, distributing and records keeping of all inbound packages, parcels, books, supplies and First Class Mail. We have also done all of the collecting, sorting, bundling, packaging and record keeping of all First Class pieces, books and supplies headed for the daily outbound. As well as receive and direct any and all vendors, patrons, donors and/or service persons having business within Paley Library.
  • On the Facilities side of things we have continued to field, investigate, substantiate, coordinate and follow up with TU’s Physical Plant for actionable service for any and all verified serviceable complaints. We also coordinate for maintenance services as it pertains to Paley’s surface areas such as floors, walls and glass via TU’s Housekeeping Unit. We continue to do our part through assessments, write-ups and coordination in aiding Library Administration, Librarians, Department Heads and other staff in organizing and bringing forth and overseeing any actionable services needing the help of any of the many University’s Trade Unions and/or shops such as: Carpentry, Plumbing, Grounds, Paint-N-Carpet, Locksmiths, Welding, HVAC, General Mechanics and Driver/Helper Unit.
    • This past fiscal year, unlike any other, due to an imminent move taking place with us (Paley) going over to Charles we’ve had an increase of several units with multiple projects going on involving moving loads of books and equipment for surplus out of the building … which has been ongoing since about January. We’ve also been receiving, managing and warehousing multiple oversized pieces many that have weighed over 1,000 Lbs. or more. On multiple occasions we’ve had to lend tracker trailer drivers a heavy assist in getting these heavy oversized pieces of the trucks and into the building due to trucking companies only sending one man to execute the task. Often times the case that housed the heavy equipment would be shattered before we could get into the building. We’d then have to patch up the casing to make the shipment secure and ready to be moved to the next location prior to the University’s Diver/Helper Unit arriving to execute that task.
    • Continue management of all services related to shipping and receiving as well as coordinating with University Trade Unions for maintenance service throughout Paley.
    • Provide additional support to movers to expedite transfer of oversize pieces from Paley to Charles.