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The University of Michigan Senate Assembly<\/a> met in the Alexander G. Ruthven Building Monday afternoon to continue discussions<\/a> of campus security and surveillance with Interim President Domenico Grasso.<\/p>\n Derek Peterson, chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs<\/a>, opened the meeting with updates regarding University Library<\/a> services and an initiative to increase access to open-access publishers like Elsevier<\/a>. Peterson said he is working with Lisa Carter, University dean of libraries, to address school-specific issues.<\/p>\n \u201cI had a meeting with the dean of the library, Lisa Carter,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cThe library dean is very keen to come and talk with us about open-access publishing as a strategy for getting science and engineering publishing out from under the thumb of Elsevier publishers, which monopolizes knowledge production across the disciplines in a way that\u2019s deeply injurious to academic freedom and to the self-interest of our institution.\u201d<\/p>\n Grasso then gave a presentation on the state of University safety followed by an open discussion period for faculty questions. As part of his update to the Senate Assembly, Grasso said the University\u2019s Audit Services<\/a> will be conducting an audit of the Office of the President<\/a> to ensure it is representing and upholding University values.\u00a0<\/p>\n