Meeting Minutes
10 November 2006  1100 - 1230
Campus Center Room 903

Attendees:
Jennifer Parenti, Chair
Joe Kunkel, Secretary
Marilyn Billings, Guest Speaker
Mark Whelihan, Guest Speaker
Nikki Stoia
Ben Hood
Donna Zucker
Russell Tessier
Howard Stidham
Emily Alling

1)  Marilyn Billings (Library) gave a presentation on the Institutional
Repository.  The repository was initiated in response to a Spring 2006
faculty survey and is designed to archive faculty & department research
papers, host on-line journals and provide space for other forms of academic
information sharing.  It is based on a commercial program called
ScholarWorks and is hosted on local UMass servers.  Each department is able
to customize the look & feel and review process for their department areas
and Marilyn will be working with each school to determine how they want to
manage their areas.  The repository is located at:
http://scholarworks.umass.edu

2)  Mark Whelihan (Campus Security) spoke about ongoing problems with
Audio-Visual equipment security in various locations around campus.  There
are certain buildings which seem to be more susceptible to break-ins than
others, including Herter, Bartlett and Morrill.  Campus Security is
requesting the faculty take more accountability for university property and
ensure classrooms, offices, laboratories and other areas are properly
secured when not in use.  Additional security measures, including proximity
cards and additional surveillance equipment, are being investigated for
potential use on campus.  There is an additional problem with theft of
personal property, primarily due to faculty leaving their offices open and
unattended during the day.  As a result, UMass has become a target for
criminal enterprises throughout the region, including gangs from
Springfield and Hartford.  The committee agreed to draft a list of
recommended security measures for all faculty and staff and propose it to
the Senate at-large at a later meeting.

3)  The next meeting will be held on Friday, 8 December at 1130 in the
Campus Center.  Room TBD.  All members are asked to bring their spring
schedules with them so a good meeting time can be established for next
semester.