MEETING START TIME: 4:20

ATTENDANCE:

Committee: Chairman Garcia, Vice-Chair Temple, Senator Russo, Senator Morabito, Chairwoman King

Absent: Senator Curtis

Non-Committee: N/A

COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:

• Library Hours Bill
  • Meeting began late due to the meeting with Dean of Libraries discussing the plan to pass opinion bill regarding library hours
  • Originally the opinion bill was left vague so that our intentions didn’t seem scattered and we could receive support from the general senate
    • The Dean of Libraries hopes for data to come back to him regarding student opinions
      • We hope our opinion bill will show a representation of student opinion
    • We want to add specifications to the bill which forces us to specify our exact desires of which we find reasonable and doable while still being ambitious on student behalf
    • Originally our idea was to open the first floor of the library for 24 hours a day during the final week and reading days
      • Impossible because the stairwells have no locks so the entire building would be accessible
      • Also staffing would be difficult. Student employees aren’t capable of keeping the Library open due to liability during emergencies
      • Two staff members need to be in the library during normal hours
    • Now our idea is to extend overall library hours until 2 AM every day during the finals period
      • We feel that our school matches the national average that library traffic stops roughly around 2 AM therefore having it open 24 hours wouldn’t be cost-effective.
    • In addition, we want the library to open earlier on weekends especially during finals week
      • Currently the library opens at 11 or 1PM on weekend days
    • Library hours seem inconsistent between days and also from week to week.

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME:  4:59