LACU-SB Executive Meeting
February 27, 2003 9-10am
2d Floor Conference room

In attendence: All present except Sherri Barnes (auto problems): Cathy Chiu, Sherry DeDecker, Jane Faulkner, Eric Forte, Mary Larsgaard, Beverly Ryan, Eunice Schroeder Guest: Shannon Mack (intern working in GIC)

1. Meeting was called to order by chair Mary Larsgaard

2. Information Literacy (IL)
Mary gave an overview of IL initiatives that she knows about:
LAUC Task Force on IL: change in charge (per Cathy Chiu's comment) b. Heads of Public Services (HOPS) Committee on IL: first meeting in March; time for final report not known; Sandy Lewis as a member of this c. Library Instructional Services Committee (LISC): Sandy Lewis, chair d. Library, Information and Instructional Resources Committee (a standing committee of the Council on Research and Instructional Resources): Mary as librarian member (as UL, Sarah is a member); discussion about 2 months ago, concerning the draft of a GE (General Education) report on changes to GE, includes "library research" abilities; while IL is considerably more far-reaching, this is a place to start. Sarah is in contact with faculty member chairing the committee working on the GE report. e. Statewide Academic Senate 's University Committee on Educational Policy: Esther Grassian (President, LAUC) gave an IL presentation to this committee on February 3.

Since IL is not just adding a class called "Information Literacy" but rather is about incorporating IL into existing class syllabi, it seems to Mary to be a complex matter that not only has gone on for some years (early 1990s) elsewhere but will take some years to incorporate here. Mary has in mind not having a general meeting of LAUC-SB until at least after the HOPS committee issues a report (with, we hope, a plan of action). After some discussion, it was suggested that Mary talk with Janet Martorana (who a few years back had done considerable work on the grant project on IL training for high-school students [done]), and with Sandy Lewis re the LINK project.

Cathy Chiu noted that Esther Grassian (President of LAUC) will be speaking here on April 11, from 10-11:30, on:
- history of LAUC
- challenges of being LAUC President
- information literacy (e.g., what other systems, such as CSU, that have IL have done to get IL incorporated into the curricula)

Beverly Ryan (who previously worked at a CSU Library) noted that teaching faculty have greater pressure on them (in that they're expected to do research and yet have heavy class loads) and librarians are considered to be faculty, so librarians working with faculty on classes was made easier. Mary noted that in some cases, the faculty members received grants to get class restructuring done.

Eunice noted that in particular students need to learn how to develop a topic, realizing that it is a process, not just a moment. Sherry noted that Esther Grassian (who is IL coordinator of the UCLA libraries) has written a book on IL and has a very good exercise on developing a topic.

3. Next business meeting:
Sherry noted the need for a business meeting which would include a report from UL Sarah Pritchard. Mary will get in touch with Sarah about a time in late March (not break week) or early April. Cathy suggested as an additional topic the revision of Position Paper 1; LAUC-B has already done some work on this.

4. Recruiting persons to take on LAUC and LAUC-SB positions and committee memberships:
LAUC-SB will need an election slate by early May (at the latest), and committees will be formed, and LAUC-systemwide positions filled, in the early fall. Sometime in early April, some sort of relatively informal get-together that would include as a handout a list of all the LAUC and LAUC-SB positions. Sherry suggested a lunch.

5. Reports from committees:
Committee on Appointments, Assignments, and Reassignments (CAAR): - Access Services head: successful search, with Eric Forte accepting the position - Arts Librarian search: interviews are in process; one done and three remaining - CatalAcq head: the job advertisement just went out; no search committee as yet. - History Librarian position: interviews have been scheduled and will begin soon.

CAAR chair Eunice Schroeder will be recruiting one more member for the committee, in order to have a person to chair the last-mentioned search committee

Committee on Advancement and Promotion (CAP):
CAP will begin reviewing evaluations on April 7. The committee will be meeting in order to develop for AUL-Personnel Detrice Bankhead a list of recommendations of librarians to be on the ad hoc peer review committees. Since Carol Gibbens is retiring in April 2003, Linda Broderick will be the new CAP member for the remainder of the LAUC year. CAP will begin reviewing evaluations on April 7.

Committee on Professional Development(CPD):
Chair Eric Forte reported that while travel by librarians is going on, some persons have not yet used their travel funds, and in some cases funds exist for persons who have left the library. At the end of the UC fiscal year, any un-used funds are distributed amongst persons requesting travel funds; this is generally done for ALA Annual travel expenses.

Welcoming, Orientation, and Monitoring (WOM) subcommittee chair Jane Faulkner reported that her committee has a tentative April 22 winery tour (Sanford and Firestone). The email was sent out the morning of 2/27.

Program Committee:
Vice-chair Cathy Chiu reported that in addition to the visit of LAUC Chair Esther Grassian, there will also be a program on the Patriot Act. The focus of the program will be a strategies section of a videoconference on this topic; there will also be information on how library associations have written resolutions about the Patriot Act (which is renewable).

6. The meeting was adjourned by chair Mary Larsgaard at 9:50am.