University of Illinois System Senate Committee on Budget met Oct. 20.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
Present: Chair Michael LeRoy, Kaamilyah Abdullah-Span, Anustup Basu, Marius Junge, Peter Silhan, Vicky Gress (ex officio)
Absent: Chloe Chen, Yulanda Curtis, Adrian Wong
Guest: John Wilkin, Dean, University Library
I. CALL TO ORDER
A regular meeting of the Senate Committee on Budget (BG) was called to order at 9:00 am with Chair LeRoy presiding.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the September 22, meeting were approved as distributed by roll call vote.
Yes: LeRoy, Abdullah-Span, Basu, Junge, Silhan
No: None
Abstain: None
III. PUBLIC COMMENT
No requests received.
IV. CHAIR’S REMARKS
Chair LeRoy did not have any remarks today.
V. PROVOST OFFICE UPDATES
Gress shared the following with the committee:
• The Operational Excellence Initiative and the Huron Engagement will be hosting a Provost coffee on November 9 (via Zoom and in person) to share their high level recommendations.
• Within the FY23 budget request, the System Office is requesting an additional $10,000,000 in recurring funds to help the three campuses increase faculty members due to increased faculty to student ratio. Each campus will submit a strategic hiring plan to cover three years.
• The Office of the Provost has scheduled the annual College Visit meetings with the Colleges. The first one will be on Monday with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
VI. OLD BUSINESS
BG.19.01, Senate Committee on the Budget Survey
Discussion was had on when the committee would like to send the survey out this year. Discussion was also had if additional questions should be added to the survey to include impact from COVID-19.
VII. NEW BUSINESS
Topics of Discussion
Dean Wilkin spoke with the committee regarding central campus Library resources that are available to all departments on campus as it relates acquisitions. Wilkin shared that there is a single “discovery” system that is used statewide called CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois). Using this system will allow users to determine what resources are available through the central campus Library, as well as other libraries.
Wilkin shared nearly all of the libraries on campus are part of the University Library and complete their acquisitions through a single department to avoid duplications. The exceptions are the Law Library, the Illinois Fire Institute Library, and the Residential Halls Library.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 am.
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