LAUC-Santa Barbara Business Meeting
February 10, 1999

Meeting convened at 10:00 am





Announcements  (S. DeDecker)



a. LAUC-SB welcomes Sandy Lewis, the newest LAUC member. She will

be working in the Science and Engineering library.  



b. The schedule is set for Sarah Pritchard's visit February 11 and 12.



c. LAUC-Statewide will send a delegation to meet formally with the 

University of California, Office of the President (UCOP) in March to 

discuss the LAUC proposal to increase the steps in the Librarian Salary 

series.





Agenda



1. Program Committee  (J. Martorana)

 

Executive Vice Chancellor Ilene Nagel suggested that LAUC should consult 

the new University Librarian, S. Pritchard regarding decisions and other 

library matters.  According to EVC Nagel, it is in the best interest of 

the library and the UCSB campus to involve the new University Librarian 

in library-related decisions even before she takes office in April.  



In the meeting with EVC Nagel next week, the Program Committee will gather 

library-related questions for discussion.  To make productive use of the 

meeting, LAUC-SB will focus on a few major library issues.  This format 

will also give EVC Nagel the opportunity to address LAUC-SB.





2. Building Committee Report  (J. Vasi)



The three sub-committees are preparing final drafts to present to the

Steering Committee.  Chancellor Yang will have the final drafts of the

reports by April this year.



B.Tiffney, Chair of the Senate Library Committee, gave a strong 10-minute 

presentation to the Information and instructional Technology Committee 

(IITC) and the Academic Senate.  B. Tiffney gave a summary of his

presentation when interviewed by the Daily Nexus, the student newspaper. 

The interview appeared on the February 8th issue of the paper.



The updates from the Building Committees are on the UCSB Library InfoSurf at,

http://www.library.ucsb.edu/committees/building/



Another meeting with LAUC-SB may be scheduled to review the final

draft.  The success of the Library building proposal also depends on a

strong and vocal faculty support, which historically has been weak.



S. Edgerton suggested that librarians should encourage their departments

to invite B. Tiffney to make his presentation about the library

building proposal.  B. Tiffney's presentation to the Religious Studies

Department was well received by the faculty and helped them understand the

importance of the new library building.



Action:  LAUC-SB members will examine the updates and make suggestions to

the committees.



Classroom Committee:  (S. Curtis)



The report is in the L-Drive.



Teaching Committee:  (L. Snowhill)



The issue of justifying space needs for the library will be one of

the main concerns that the library needs to cogently argue for in their

report to Capital Planning Committee (CPC)and the Academic Senate

Committee.  Faculty support would be a crucial component to wrest a

favorable decision from the committee.

     

Action:  Encourage faculty members to write letters to the appropriate

individuals.



Research Facilities Committee:  (B. Ryan)



The committee is waiting for a response from B. Tiffney.  Space may

not be the major concern for this committee, instead technological and 

electronic issues are.  However, a joint meeting with the other committees

is a future consideration since all the committees have space concerns on 

some level.





LAUC-SB Committee Reports:



CAP (S. DeDecker for L. Korenic)



Stanley Awramik will sign-off on reviews.  CAP will speak to and 

collaborate with D. Bankhead regarding procedures and criteria. CAP

plans to have a meeting with S. Awramik.  Keep in mind the following 

dates: 

    

February 21:  completed evaluation

March 1:  deadline to send recommendations





CAAR  (N. Llamas for S. Curtis)



The recommendation for the Social Science librarian position has been

sent. The search committee for the Humanities Librarian position is

presently evaluating the candidates and recommendations.  Applicants 

for the Head of Access Services have sent their letters to the search 

committee.  





CPD  (N. Llamas)



There is an increase of available funds per librarian this year, from

$600.00 to $685.00.  This windfall comes from extra money not spent

by librarians who left UCSB early in the year.  There are 7 research 

proposals submitted to the LAUC-statewide.  





Program Committee  (J. Martorana)



The tentative date for the conference on Scholarly Communication is 

May 21st.  Corwin Pavillion is being reserved for the event.  Speakers 

are currently being sought.





Campus Senate Committee Reports



Committee on Academic Freedom  (Chuck Huber)



No action items





Committee on Affirmative Action  (S. Weimer)



S. Weimer reported on the meeting of November 6. Sharon Farmer will be the 

next chair.  The following actions items were discussed.



The committee through Jay Chan will try to arrange a meeting between the 

students who took part in the Chancellor's office sit-in and the committee 

in the next quarter.



To pursue the idea of an "Annual Departmental Affirmative Action Report."



To expand the charge to the committee to include campus outreach activity.  

The committee will need to work together on how to incorporate this activity 

to its official charge.





Library Committee  (W. Dai)



No action items.  B. Tiffney helped clear a misunderstanding between a 

library patron and the library regarding book fines.





Committee on Effective Teaching and Instructional Support  (S. Curtis)



Through the efforts of Brian Fagan (Anthropology), Distinguish Teaching 

awards will be made available to non-academics on a regular basis.  

Non-academics are primarily composed of lecturers and librarians.  There 

is a need for classroon rennovations and upgrade of existing rooms that 

lack adequate technological equipment for instructions.



The committee also provides instructional awards of $1,500.00 for classes 

and projects like developing websites.





Committee on Computing, Information Technology & Telecommunications  (B. Ryan)



No action item