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DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES
Library to the Main Library, and then, to repurpose the library space as follows: − Moving the library collection to the UWI Main Library − The Librarian’s Office to be changed to Programme Director’s Office − Lunch Room to be moved to the Meeting Room
− Meeting Room to be moved to current Reading Room − Repairing, repainting and renaming of Seminar Room II − Wooden doors to be replaced with glass doors − Replace Computer Lab doors with sliding glass doors
− The librarian position will then become that of a Programme Support Officer (PSO). The current library Assistant position would be converted to an assis- tant to the PSO. Dr. Baker-Gardner is scheduled to proceed on sabbatical leave, come 2023/2024. She will be replaced by Miss Tanya Manassi who replaced Dr. Paulette Stewart as a full-time lecturer in the academic year, 2019–2020. Teaching Resources In September of this academic year, the Department spent close to $1,000,000.00 in the purchase of a new UPS system from our Dorothy Collins Fund. It was installed in October, 2022. This UPS is an upgrade from the previous one and is better able to manage the technological demands of the Computer Lab and the rest of the Department. Curriculum Review The curriculum review process is limping along due to the small number of aca- demic staff members who carry additional duties. This curriculum review involves:
• Refreshing course outlines • Rewriting course outlines • Laddering: Undergraduate and postgraduate certificates • Postgraduate diplomas • Rethinking our programme offerings
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