Minutes of the LAUC-SB Business Meeting May 8, 1998

 

 

 Handouts:

 1. LAUC Spring Assembly Resolutions Presented May 1, 1998:Unofficial

Transcript

 2. ARL Statistics 1996/97

 3. Letter from CEPAP to the Committee on Capital Projects and the Senate

 Library Committee

 4. Re:CEPAP Request



 Agenda Items:



 Item #1: The LAUC-SB nominating committee (Patrick Dawson, Sherry Dedecker

 & Sylvia Curtis) are accepting nominations for all LAUC-SB positions until

 the end of May.



 Item #2: LAUC Spring Assembly - Patrick

a. LAUC elections will be held June 12th. Candidates for Chair &  

 vice-chair are Julia Gelfand and Patsy Inouye. Nominations for all other

 positions are being sought.



 b. Resolutions regarding steps & salary in the librarian series were

 introduced during the morning session.



 c. Committee on Professional Development: 5 research projects funded (4

 unit, 1 non-unit) at a total cost of $23,549.80. CPD also introduced

 operational changes for the submission of proposals. Electronic proposals

 will no longer be accepted. Justifications for this change include

 differing email systems & protocols, privacy issues and xeroxing.



 d. Professional Governance: reported on the salary survey



 e. California Digital Library: Susan Starr



       * New CDL committee: the Libraries & Scholarly Publishing

 Committee.

    *STIC is continuing its charge.    



       *Beverly French had taken the position of Collection Development

 Officer. She is currently working to identify the next CDL

 collection project.



 Current CDL Projects:

       *Patron Initiated Request - will allow anyone on any campus to

 request materials from another UC.

       *Technical Reports Project

       *Environmental Reports Project- CDL is working with a group of

 public libraries on this project.

       *EAD- will change names to reflect the cooperation with libraries

 outside UC.



 f. Myron Okada, Academic Personnel Officer (UCOP)



       *There has been no response from the legislature on the budget

 request.

       *All UC employees will receive a 2% cost of living increase

 effective October 1st. Since bifurcation the disparity between faculty 

 and librarian salaries has reached 5.4%.

       *The Compact for Higher Education can not be negotiated until

 the new governor is in office.

       *The Family Leave Act has been codified for Academic Personnel.



 g. Kari Lucas divided attendees into groups. Groups discussed 4

 questions (see below) regarding future directions for LAUC that Kari

will use to guide her presidency.



 Questions:



 1. What is your vision of UC libraries in the next 5 years?

 2. In the context of this vision, what are the roles of UC librarians?

 3. What kind of influence can UC librarians have to reach this vision.

 4. What are your priorities for LAUC?



 h. Reports to Library Council accepted.

i. Discussion of the resolutions introduced during the morning session.  

 (See handout for details of resolutions)  Resolutions will now be sent to

 the Office of the President.





 Agenda Item #2: CAP- P.Dawson



       The review process is continuing. May 22nd is the deadline. J.

 Boisse will sign off on reviews.



 Agenda Item #3: CAAR- J.Martorana



       *The music librarian search has been completed and sent to J.Boise

 for a final decision.

       *The search for a science librarian is moving forward. Science

 librarians and Sylvia Curtis (CAAR representative) have been consulted

on the position description.

       *The Humanities librarian search will depend on budgeting needs

 for the migration to DRA. LAUC-SB Executive Committee has requested to

meet with C.Johns

 regarding this issue. The need for a humanities librarian was also

 discussed at the last Senate Library Committee meeting.

       *Gary will begin May 18th. He will occupy the office adjacent to

 Patrick's.



 Action Item: Sylvia (as CAAR representative) will request a meeting with

 Detrice to coordinate welcoming activities.



       *Janet sent via email a copy of the letter sent from LAUC-SB

 Executive Committee to Executive Vice-Chancellor, Donald Crawford

requesting that a LAUC representative sit on the search committe for University

 Librarian.



 Agenda Item #4:Committee on Professional Development- J.Markham



       *Travel requests are due June 1st. Travellers should request

 reimbursement regardless of remaining funds.Remaining funds will be

 distributed equally amongst travelers.

 Agenda Item #5: Program Committee- S. Dedecker 



       *The LAUC-SB conference is May 22nd. There are currently 95

 registrants.

       * The Long Range Planning Committee has added a 7th vision

 statement addressing the need for efficient uses of resources. A meeting

 to develop goals will be held Tuesday May 12th 1-2:30.



 Agenda Item #6: Letter from CEPAP- S.Dedecker



       *LAUC has a week to respond to Bruce Tiffney regarding CEPAP's

 letter. In brief, CEPAP is requesting from the Committee on Capital

 Projects and the Senate Library Committee, a list of prioritized needs it

 can recommend to improve the library in the immediate future.

       *Mark Stengel introduced  the handout Re: CEPAP request which

 addresses

 the library's need for more librarians and a separate equipment budget.

       *The remainder of the meeting was dedicated to brainstorming and

 prioritizing the library's immediate needs.

Action Item: Janet & Sherry will draft an immediate response to the Senate 

 Library Committee and send it out via email for comments. They will also

 draft a second document outlining LAUC's recommendations for short term

 improvments to be forwarded to CEPAP.