Fund Committee Winter 2015 Report EVAN VASSALLO, LIBRARY - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

SSMU Library Improvement Fund Committee Winter 2015 Report EVAN VASSALLO, LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT FUND COORDINATOR 2016-04-07 SSMU LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING

Agenda What are the LIF and the LIFC? Winter 2016 Committee Activity: ◦ Outreach efforts ◦ Targeted proposal solicitation ◦ New quantitative proposal evaluation system 2015-16 LIF Allocation

What is the LIF? The LIFC? ◦ The SSMU Library Improvement Fund (LIF) is composed of SSMU student fees (which alumni donors match) to enrich library resources used by students ◦ The SSMU Library Improvement Fund Committee (LIFC): ◦ Allocates the LIF each year ◦ Consults with students on Library priorities ◦ Solicits, facilitates, and reviews LIF proposals

Outreach Efforts General Consultation ◦ LIF-McGill Library Open Forum ◦ Whiteboard, with LIFC members, Library administrative staff present, set up in the McLennan-Redpath connecting hallway ◦ Free Coffee Tabling Event, McIntyre (near Osler Library) ◦ Facebook, Listserv, Reddit promotion ◦ Overall, about 450 people consulted in 2015-2016

Outreach Efforts Targeted Proposal Solicitation ◦ Work with people already committed to serving their constituents, strong knowledge of constituent need ◦ Departmental, Faculty Society VP Academics ◦ Student Life Groups – both student- and staff-run ◦ Lowered initial info requirements, spent more time working with Library, proposal submitters to get final quotes ◦ Record 24 proposals received this year

Quantitative Proposal Evaluation ◦ New for this year ◦ Eleven weighted criteria in four categories: ◦ Student Experience ◦ Longevity ◦ Accessibility ◦ Feasibility/Logistics ◦ Committee members evaluated twenty-eight proposals ◦ More objective and fair fund distribution

Review 2015-16 LIF Report Let’s review how the LIF was distributed this year ◦ See attached report

Closing ◦ Connect with the Library Improvement Fund Coordinator, Evan Vassallo, at lifc@ssmu.mcgill.ca