Minutes of the LAUC-SB Transition Meeting
September 17, 1998

Meeting convened at 10:00 am with a report on the LAUC statewide meeting 


and the election of new officers.








UCSB representatives to LAUC statewide.


Committee on Committee, Rules and Jurisdiction: Yolanda Blue 


Committee on Cultural Diversity: Barbara Ceizler-Silver 


Committee on Library Plans and Policies: Andrea Duda 


Committee on Professional Development: Cathy Chiu


Committee on Research and Professional Development: Patrick Dawson


Scholarly Communication Web Page Editorial Committee: Sylvia Curtis





The LAUC statewide Executive Board for 1998/99 consists of: 


Kari Lucas, UCSD (president)


Lucia Snowhill (past president)


Patricia Inouye, UCD (Vice President/President-Elect)


James Larrabee, UCB (secretary)





Report on the Statewide Meeting  (Patrick Dawson)





1. LAUC Statewide website will be maintained by Lee Jaffe of UC 


Santa Cruz. The actual site will remain at UCOP: http://www.ucop.edu/lauc


All division meetings and notes need to be sent to:





laucoff@scilibx.ucsc.edu  (LAUC officers)


laucchairs@scilibx.ucsc.edu (LAUC division chairs)





2. LAUC's role in the Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory 


Committee (SLASIAC) and Systemwide Operations and Planning Adivosory Group 


(SOPAG).





The Systemwide structure for library planning has changed.  A new group, 


SLASIAC, has been formed to replace Library Council with a much broader 


membership.  The University Librarians have created an advisory structure.


LAUC will appoint its representatives to SLASIAC and SOPAG, but will submit 


slates of names for other committees in the new advisory structure. 








3. California Millenium Conference





The California Library Association and the California State Library would 


like this event to happen, but commitment to the conference is low.  The 


LAUC Exec board voted not to continue participation as the conference is 


currently planned.








4. Committee on Professional Governance, Heidi Hutchinson (chair)





The committee is preparing a background report to support a motion made in 


the Spring Assembly to add steps to the Librarian Series.  LAUC members are 


asked to comment on the survey questions that will be sent to Library 


Personnel Officers. This survey is part of a charge that will study 


retention and accepted positions based on several criteria such as salary.  


The results will be reported in the fall assembly.


 





Schedule of upcoming meetings:


 Executive Board / Office of 


 President		       October 23 (Friday)


 LAUC Executive Board          December 10 (Thursday)


 LAUC statewide Fall Assembly  December 11 (Friday) 


 Spring Assembly               May 26 (at UC Riverside)





Schedule of LAUC Assemblies: 


http://www.library.ucsb.edu/lauc/lauc2.html








5. LAUC-SB Committee reports (Posted in the LAUC-SB Website)


http://www.library.ucsb.edu/lauc





CPD





Nerea Llamas (incoming chair) / Jim Markham (outgoing chair)


Members: Lorna Lueck (chair elect), Chuck Huber, Jim Markham, and Patrick 


Dawson. Patrick is also the LAUC representative to the Research and 


Professional Development Committee.





Important items: 


1. per diem and mileage increased for travel. 


2. No research applications were submitted from UCSB last year. The 


committee strongly recommended that librarians apply for research grants


this year.








CAP





Lynette Korenic (incoming chair) / Carol Gibbens (outgoing chair)


Members: Cathy Chiu, Carol Gibbens and Lynne Hayman





Important items:


The results of a survey in regard to the review and promotion of 


librarians concluded that current procedures are appropriate and that 


concerns expressed to CAP were not of a procedural nature.  Further, 


CAP was active in advising the Library Administration on resolving 


problems in the review process and received clarification that there 


will be a single identified initiator for each member of the librarian 


series.  CAP recommends working more closely with CAAR to ensure a 


smoother transition between appointments and the initial review process 


and to investigate the development of a mentor program for new librarians.








CAAR 





Sylvia Curtis (incoming chair) / Janet Martorana (outgoing chair)


Members: Yolanda Blue, Barbara Ceizler-Silver, Sylvelin Edgerton, 


Wei-ling Dai, and Nerea Llamas





Important items:


Two positions were filled during 1997/98: Curator for the Performing Arts, 


filled by David Seubert; and the Library Fellow for 1998/2000, filled by 


Gary Colmenar.





Three new library positions were made available, for Humanities, Social 


Sciences, and Science Librarians.  The search for the Music Librarian has 


been reopened.  In addition, vacancy for the Head of Access Services position


will be posted in the near future.





The representative from the Diversity Committee should be encouraged to 


voice her/his opinion on search committees.  CAAR stressed confidentiality 


among the search committee. 





Revisions of the procedures for appointment and review, Librarian series, 


UCSB, were submitted to the membership and passed.  They have been 


forwarded to Cecily Johns, the Deputy University Librarian.  The library 


administration is holding these changes until the appointment of the 


University Librarian. 





An exit interview was held for Carol Doyle, conducted by CAAR chair, Social 


Sciences Collection Coordinator, and AUL Personnel.








Program Committee: 


Janet Martorana (incoming chair) / Sherry DeDecker (outgoing chair)





S. DeDecker gave a report on activities of the past year.  There 


were two programs for the entire library; Learning to Learn, and a program


on Laughter as a Form of Stress Management.  LAUC hosted a staff pizza party.  


It was well received.  This years annual conference entitled, "Customer 


Service Excellence" was a LAMA Institute.  There were 122 registrants, and 


the net income was $1,108.00.  $12,216.15 has been raised from all LAUC-SB 


conferences.








S. DeDecker also reported on the meeting of the LAUC-SB Executive Board with 


Chancellor Yang. The board expressed concern at the lack of clear 


administrative lines in the library.  Chancellor Yang advised the board to 


consult with the new Executive Vice Chancellor Ilene Nagel as soon as she 


takes office.





LAUC would like a librarian representative to CEPAP.  The new chair of the 


Academic Senate Committee is Gayle Binion.








Meeting adjourned at 11:00 am


Next business meeting, October 29, 10:00 am