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Committee on Appointments, Assignments and Reassignments (CAAR)
Annual Report 2000-2001
CAAR members: Sherry DeDecker, Chair; Jim Markham, Janet Martorana, David Seubert
I. Search Committees
During 2000/01 CAAR participated in the following searches:
Middle Eastern Studies Librarian
This search was reopened with the same search committee: Catherine Nelson, Chair; Sylvia Curtis, Sandy Lewis and Grace Thomas, Caitlin Hunter, and Peter Pang (Cultural Diversity rep). Review of applications began March 1, 2000. Meryle Gaston accepted the position effective December 1, 2001.
Latin American and Iberian Studies Librarian
CAAR appointed Jim Markham as Chair; other committee members were Linda Broderick, Martha Casarez, Carol Gibbens, Eric Forte, and Sal Guerena (C/D rep). Suzanne Jill Levine, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, participated in the interview process. Review of applications began April 15, 2001. Three interviews were held in July; results are pending.
English and French Librarian
CAAR appointed Sherry DeDecker as Chair; other members were Sherri Barnes, Gary Colmenar, Scott Hathaway, Mary Larsgaard, and Susan Moon. Review of applications began June 20, 2001. The committee recommended submitted a list for interviews, which will be held in the Fall.
Science Librarian
CAAR appointed Janet Martorana as Chair; other members were Chuck Huber, Lorna Lueck, Susan Lentz, Kristen LaBonte and Barbara Hirsch (C/D rep). Review of applications began June 20, 2001. The committee recommended submitted a list for interviews, which will be held in the Fall.
AUL, Information Technology and Technical Services
This is not a LAUC-SB search committee. CAAR sent a slate of recommendations for the committee to the AUL, Personnel.
II. CAAR Charge
CAAR was charged to review the Search/Interview Procedure Checklist drawn up by CAAR 1990/2000 and report recommendations to LAUC-SB; and to address any local academic appointment procedures stemming from the new MOU.
The previous committee had three recommendations:
- The announcements of search committees should be officially added to the checklist.
- The checklist should become part of the packet distributed to search chairs
- CAAR chairs must insure that all duties on the checklist are accomplished.
The announcements of search committees has been added to the checklist. Sherry DeDecker contacted Detrice Bankhead re status of the checklist. Detrice responded that she is in the process of compiling a complete recruitment manual that has much more information about the interview process and the role of the search committee, and will incorporate the checklist into it.
Recommendation:
The new committee should talk to Detrice when this manual is compiled, and ensure that it become part of the packet distributed to search chairs.
III. WOM
At the May 2001 business meeting, Sherry presented a proposed change to the LAUC-SB bylaws. CAAR proposed amending article VI, section 3/b/6, by adding a new subsection c reading: "CAAR will appoint one of its members to chair a subcommittee that maintains a program to welcome, orient, and mentor librarians (W.O.M.)."
The proposal was on the ballot distributed to the membership in May, and passed.
Recommendation: The new committee should appoint one of its members to chair the WOM subcommittee. The WOM chair should send a call for volunteers, and form this committee. CAAR should take into account the recommendation from the May 25 business meeting that CAAR and the Program Committee develop a programmatic series on mentoring that will address various topics aimed at varied groups, including strategies for both those who mentor and those who might benefit from mentoring. Ideas that were discussed during an executive board meeting with Sarah Pritchard on May 14 might be considered: topical discussions on travel, the promotion process, how to get involved in ALA, statewide and other committees, publishing, developing a tip sheet for primary reviewers, etc.
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