Minutes of the LAUC-SB Business Meeting
October 29, 1998

Meeting convened at 9:00 am

Announcements: Sherry DeDecker



a.  Next business meeting November 5.

b.  Seven candidates for the University Librarian Position will be coming 

    within the next several weeks.

c.  The first candidate will be here on November 4-5.

    The schedule as follows:

    Thursday:  candidate presentation at Buchanon Hall @11:00am

	       LAUC meeting at the Mary Cheadle Room @ 1:30pm



d.  Introduction of Brian Kresin, the Library's development officer.

    S. DeDecker gave a brief explanation of LAUC and its principles of 

    shared governance and the academic model from which the association 

    was patterned.



e.  Introductions from everyone present including Ron Tobin (LAUC guest)



f.  John Vasi gave a brief explanation of Brian Kresin's responsibilities. 

    He will be the development officer for both the library and the College

    of Creative Studies. His main role as development officer for the 

    library is to seek funding for a broad range of library needs. 





1. Brian Kresin:



"Thrilled to be working at UCSB!" Kresin gave a brief introduction about 

his education and work experience. Brian came from the University of Kansas.  He received a Bachelor's Degree

in Political Science and a Masters in Higher Education. While at the 

University of Kansas he was the Director of Advancement in the School of 

Education where he was involved in capital fund raising for the School of 

Education building. 



As the development officer for the library he envisions his role to be that

of matching donors' particular interests to the specific needs of the 

library. He sees this process as similar to a jigsaw puzzle. Since 

libraries do not have their own alumni, he believes that outreach becomes 

an integral part of his mission.  In this sense, he welcomes the library's 

participation in helping him identify potential donors. But it is imperative

that any action towards securing donors needs to be coordinated with Kresin 

and other development officers. Not to do so could risk losing potential 

donors.  Essentially, we do not want to approach potential donors that are 

already in negotiation with another development officer.



His main focus will be on gifts $25,000 or more because other development 

officers handle contributions of lesser amount.  However, he would like 

to be informed of donations to the library of dollar amounts less than 

$25,000 as well. Funding for the library is a donor-driven task. His 

approach is to identify the different needs of the library and match 

these needs with potential donors that would have an interest in giving 

financial support.  Examples of specific projects that could attract 

donors are:



The Ethnic and Gender Studies Library

The American Religions Collections

Preservation projects on specific collections

Scholarships





Meeting adjourned at 11:00 am