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Minutes of the LAUC-SB Executive Committee Meeting
November 1, 2004
Present: Cathy Chiu (Past Chair), Eric Forte (Chair), Meryle Gaston (CPD Chair), Ellen Kempf (Secretary), Jim Markham (CAAR Chair), Grace Thomas (CAP Chair)
The meeting was called to order at 10:10 a.m. by E. Forte in the 2nd floor conference room. M. Gaston moved to approve the Oct. 5 minutes; G. Thomas seconded, and the minutes were approved.
Reports from Committees
CAAR – J. Markham
Elaine McCracken has been added as a member of the WOM Committee.
WOM will be hosting a reception for Amy Weiss, new Head of Cataloging, on Nov. 16.
WOM is planning a peer review advice meeting after Detrice Bankhead holds her review meeting.
The advertisement for the Library Fellow position has gone out. J. Markham, as CAAR Chair, will be involved in the interview process.
CAP – G. Thomas
Last year’s CAP is following through with the Nyholm Prize. Detrice Bankhead is setting up a date for the award ceremony this month.
Sherry DeDecker, on the statewide Committee for Professional Governance, has charged CAP with ensuring that the Procedures for Appointment and Review are in conformity with statewide guidelines. At present, the procedures do not conform to the current MOU. CAP had reviewed the procedures three years ago, but the revised draft stalled. G. Thomas will consult with Susan Moon, who chaired CAP at that time. J. Markham noted that CAAR should also be involved in reviewing the procedures. The deadline is mid-November.
CPD – M. Gaston
Supplemental travel funds have been applied retroactively for FY04-05.
CPD is looking at how to approach guidelines to use professional development funds for research. The intent is to allow librarians to decide to use their funds for travel and/or research, not to set aside a separate pot for research.
According to the LAUC Bylaws, the statewide representative on the Committee for Research and Professional Development is supposed to be a member of CPD. Sal Guerena is therefore a new member of CPD.
[Program Committee: Gary Colmenar, unable to attend due to illness, reported via email prior to the meeting that the Program Committee has invited Melvin Oliver, Dean of Social Sciences, to speak.]
Fall Assembly Update
E. Forte distributed the agendas for the Fall Assembly and Executive Board Meeting to be held on Nov. 4 and 5.
The Fall Assembly will consist of a business meeting and programs on SOPAG and on faculty perspectives.
The Executive Board Meeting will include a discussion of division response to the systemwide strategic plan. LAUC-SB will begin discussions of a response at the Nov. 8 meeting. Statewide LAUC is seeking responses by April.
The Committee on Committees, Rules and Jurisdiction is reviewing the bylaws, anticipated to be a topic of discussion at Spring Assembly.
The Committee on Library Plans and Policies may be abolished. Terry Huwe would like to replace the committee with an ad hoc committee of LAUC systemwide representatives.
The Committee on Professional Governance will be surveying the campuses regarding the status of librarian emeriti. The committee will also be conducting a review of the feasibility of the Assistant Librarian rank.
The Position Paper Review Task Force will be making recommendations to reaffirm, retire, or replace position papers (may come up at Spring Assembly). C. Chiu raised a question about Position Paper No. 1, as no formal notification was ever issued as to whether or not the paper is still official and should be used.
The Research and Professional Development Committee is working on streamlining accountability for outcomes of grant projects.
Planning for Spring Assembly
Spring Assembly will be held at UCSB on Thursday, June 2, 2005. The reservation for the McCune Conference Room (6th floor HSSB) will not be confirmed until the beginning of Spring quarter, so locations in the Multicultural Center were proposed as backups. E. Forte distributed planning documentation from the Spring Assembly held at UCSB in 2000 (also available online at http://www.library.ucsb.edu/lauc/assemblyinstructions.html).
LAUC-SB Membership Meeting Update
E. Forte announced a tentative agenda for the Nov. 8 meeting: Committee reports; summary of Fall Assembly; discussion of Spring Assembly; and discussion of the statewide strategic plan.
The meeting adjourned at 10:50 a.m.
Recorded by Ellen K. Kempf
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