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Unit 2: Library Organization

LSC. The group is authorized to form ad hoc sub-teams, including membership of other Library or Notes
Rice community staff members as needed, to develop fully developed implementation proposals
relating to either user services or collection stewardship. Membership will be reviewed annually
to allow for the evolving needs of the LSC and Team. The group will meet regularly and record
minutes, which will be made available to the Library staff and Rice community.

Marketing and Services Team
Purpose: The Marketing and Services Team will be responsible for discovering and maintaining the
identity of Fondren Library. The Team will develop a logo and related marketing materials for use
in promoting the library. The Team will utilize survey and communications tools to enable the
library to develop and maintain a service philosophy and departmental customer service standards.
Subgroups of MAST are the Collections Management Group and the Customer Service Group.

Research on the Emerging Library, Committee
Meeting: monthly
Purpose: The Committee on Leadership will help the Fondren community to envision the future:
with a greater knowledge of the influences and changes likely to occur, the library will be able to
plan and make strategic decisions to more effectively benefit and serve the University.
The Committee will operate as, in part, a research component for Fondren. Key issues will be
identified and explored, with recommendations made to the library routinely. Areas of interest
and exploration will most likely arise by asking difficult questions and then following through
with thoughtful investigations. How will the next generation of librarians be trained? Where
might this generation come from? What are some important contemporary changes to library
schools and their curricula? What are some key transformations in the way scholarship, research,
and teaching are conducted at Rice and elsewhere? What are the implications for library support?
What are some interesting examples of changes and new practices at other institutions? How is the
success of these changes measured? What are some of the most important, emerging technology
applications pertinent to libraries? What are some of the more ground breaking projects on the
horizon? How will we define a library at the end of the decade? What are new means of
communication within and external to the university that can facilitate this process of understanding
more deeply what lies ahead? How do we recognize leadership? There are of course many other
questions, and many other ideas to confront. The Committee will have the freedom to identify and
investigate a wide spectrum of issues.

Student Assistants, Ad Hoc Committee on Library

Purpose: This committee will serve in an advisory capacity to the Executive Committee. The
primary duties of this committee will be:
Student budget the committee will be responsible for making recommendations to the
Executive Committee regarding the allocation of the student assistant budget.
Training the committee will sponsor an annual library training session in the Fall, provid-
ing students with an overview of how the library works, how to fill out time sheets,
providing a list of rules for employment, etc.
Reviewing student job classifications and pay scales the committee will periodically evaluate
pay scales within the library and compare them with campus rates.
Manual the committee should develop a training manual for students. This manual could
contain general information about working in the library, a sample time sheet with instruc-
tions, a copy of the building and departmental hours, a list of rules for employment, and a
calendar of time sheet due dates.
Bring other student work related issues to the attention of the Executive Committee.

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