LAUC-SB Business Meeting
October 8, 1999 10:00 a.m.

The meeting convened at 10:00 a.m.

Agenda:
1.  Announcements from the LAUC statewide board meeting
2.  Committee reports

• CAP
• CAAR
• CPD - questions on the guidelines?
• Program

1. Announcements from the LAUC statewide board meeting

Fall assembly will be at UC-Santa Cruz, November 19, 1999. A spokesperson for UC-Merced will be a guest speaker.

Holdings display in Melvyl is being revised.

Systemwide Operations and Planning Advisory Group (SOPAG) web page will be available soon. Will be linked off University of California, Office of the President (UCOP) page.

Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee (SLASIAC) S. Pritchard gave background on Northern Regional Library Facility (NRLF) issue.

Database negotiations status: CDL is trying to resist faculty pressure to expedite deals that are not to UC's advantage. The Science, Technology and Industry Collection (STIC) and the Collection Development Committee (CDC) have web pages for these database updates.

The CDL RFP Steering Committee will put out the RFP for Melvyl 2 that will go out in March. Catherine Nelson is the UCSB representative.

UCSB hosts the LAUC assembly in the spring of 2000. Sherry DeDecker is chair of this planning committee and is asking for volunteers. No date has been announced.

2. LAUC-SB committee reports

Committee on Advancement and Promotion (CAP) Lynne Hayman is chair. Members are Andrea Duda, Mary Laarsgard and Lucia Snowhill. Will be focusing on local procedures for appointment and review.

Committee on Appointments, Assignments, and Reassignments (CAAR) Nerea LLamas is chair. Members are Sherry DeDecker, Catherine Nelson, Beverly Ryan and David Seubert. Developing a handbook for the search committees. Arts position is open until November 1. Near East position is next opening.

Committee on Professional Development (CPD) Lorna Lueck is chair. Members are Gary Colmenar, Patrick Dawson, Carol Gibbens and Eunice Schroeder. Committee is fine tuning the travel guidelines. Call Lorna if you have questions, especially regarding your tier. Web page will be updated. To verify your committee membership for travel support, attach to your travel request a copy of the committee roster or a copy of your appointment letter.

Program Committee (sorry, no acronym) Sylvia Curtis is chair. Members are Barbara Ceizler Silver, Sylvelin Edgerton, Janet Martorana and Lucia Snowhill. Planning a series of technology-focused programs. Other ideas for programs are updates on librarians' activities in a brown bag format and CDL updates.

3. Other committee reports

Patrick Dawson, LAUC Research Committee, announced the first Call for Research Proposals for the University-wide Research Grants for Librarians for 1999/2000. Patrick is also the LAUC rep to Heads of Public Services (HOPS). Their next meeting is at UC-Irvine on November 4, 1999.

Lucia Snowhill announced that Marlayna Gates is the UCSB representative to the CDL Resource Sharing Committee.

4. Updates from Sarah Pritchard

If it is granted by the U.S. Department of Education, the Near East studies grant will partially fund our position. She would like input regarding the duties of this position. Submit suggestions to Cecily. The results of the grant application will be announced in the spring.

Ray Huerta's office will help fund our internship position.

We may be posting an Asian American Studies librarian position.

A mid-level web programmer position will be funded. This position would be responsible for web site design and customization.

One-time money for instructional technology will be used to continue to support Notis for this year and possibly next.

Currently meeting with faculty to encourage support for our new building. Sarah will make a presentation on a package of library initiatives to the Foundation on October 23. A similar presentation will be made to the Capital Planning Committee in November.

Will attend meetings for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC).

Meeting for all library employees will be held on the 8th floor. The tentative date is Thursday, October 28th. Details will be announced soon.

John Vasi is writing article about the library renovations for next issues of Library Waves.

The campus is up for reaccreditation. Be on the lookout for a possible user survey in the library.

Public Computer Policy: This is a library-wide issue. The e-mail issue should be revisited. Are the students getting access to our databases? Stronger language on signage may be needed for busy times. Asked for volunteers.

AUL search: Search is still open. Michael O'Connell is the faculty member on the search committee. The search committee is asking for references for 12-13 candidates.

A written policy regarding the use of our computer classrooms is needed. Janet Martorana has been asked to develop a draft for review.

David Howarter is working with John Vasi on a policy regarding the faculty use of our binding services.

We need to explore access to other collections on campus and our role in organizing this. Examples are the Hillel Center and the Herbarium. Sarah suggested a note in Pegasus referring patron to a web site that has information about the collection rather than adding their holdings to Pegasus.

OCLC Corc presentation is November 11.

The library is phasing out Time & Chaos and moving to "Corporate Scheduling and Time (CS&T). This is a campus wide contract. It can schedule resources and people. Implementation and training will take place before January 2000.

A question was raised about the warning notice users receive when logging on to the library's server.

The LAUC-SB laptop is available from Gary Colmenar. He will also accept reservations.

Sarah would like us to think about good communication mechanisms and our internal structure. Would like to hear suggestions.