Executive Committee Minutes 08/09/2023

LAUC-B Executive Committee Meeting

Aug 9, 2023, 10-11:30am

Present: José Adrián Barragán-Álvarez, Jen Brown, Kristie Chamorro,  Misha Coleman, Jennifer Dorner, Christina Velazquez Fidler, Jackie Gosselar, Sine Hwang Jensen, Susan McElrath, Lara Michels, Jesse Silva

Guests: Timothy Vollmer

 

  • Announcements
    • UL Search Advisory Committee membership:
      • Jennifer Johnson-Hanks, Executive Dean of the College of Letters and Science
      • Abhishek Kaicker, Associate Professor of History
      • David Wilson, Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy
      • Jesse Silva, Scholarly Resources Strategy and Federal Government Information Librarian; Chair of the Librarians Association of the University of California, Berkeley Division
      • Jo Anne Newyear Ramirez, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources
      • José Adrián Barragán-Álvarez, Curator of Latin Americana; Vice Chair of the Librarians Association of the University of California, Berkeley Division
      • Katherine Yelick, Vice Chancellor for Research
      • Louise Gregory, Executive Director of Development, Library
      • MacKenzie Smith, University Librarian & Vice Provost, Digital Scholarship Emerita, UC Davis
      • Molly Van Houweling, Harold C. Hohbach Distinguished Professor of Patent Law and Intellectual Property
      • Sheehan Grant, Chief Operations Manager, Arts & Humanities Division, Library
      • Susan Stutzman, President of the Library Board
    • Joint Academic and Administrative Work Group on the University Library report is available. 
  • Reports
    • Treasurer's Report  (L. Michels) - Had a transition meeting with Jackie Gosselar. Jeff approved an increase for the lunch budget and a temporary increase for events. LBS has not yet provided us with next year’s budget. 
    • Meeting with the UL (J. Silva) - Jeff indicated that the Work Group report on the University Library was submitted on time. He provided an update on the Strategic Planning process. He also suggested that there be a joint meeting of ExComm and Library Cabinet. It will be up to the incoming ExComm to decide whether to proceed.
    • LAUC Statewide (July meeting update, Aug meeting is on the 14th) (J. Silva) - Discussed Task Force on Academic Status, they are looking into ways LAUC can propose changes to the APM; LAUC statewide sent a list of potential candidates for the LAUC rep to SLASIAC; CDL gave a presentation on end of year acquisitions process to SCLG; the shared Libraries’ facilities board Carlo Medina from UCLA is the SRLF director, Salwa Ismail is the new NRLF director;  Statewide drafted a letter in response to the proposed changes to APM 210 but not in time for UCB to review and decide whether or not to sign on to it.
    • No LIBR
    • EIC (J. Gosselar) - EIC will have the opportunity to share insights with the UL Search Committee. EIC is meeting with Cabinet on August 16th and their last meeting was primarily preparing for that meeting. Also discussed the new  Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Common Knowledge Group. Contact co-chairs Alix Norton (UCSC) and Jerrold Shiroma (UCM) to join.
    • CALA (S. Hwang Jensen) - Discussed confusion about LAUC-B representation last year.  Kristie Chamorro is Affiliated Rep / CALA Chair (voting member of ExComm) Cyrana Dowell is Affiliated Rep-Elect / CALA Vice-Chair (non-voting member of ExComm) Next year, a new Affiliated Rep-Elect will be elected and Cyrana will step into the Affiliated Rep / CALA Chair role. 
  • Continuing Business
    • Feedback from the listening session on Academic Librarian Values Statement and setting date for September. A discussion of whether the document should be revised now or after the next listening session resulted in the decision to wait. Though Susan and Lara are rotating off LAUC-B ExComm, they are both willing to continue to work on the statement. Jen Brown and Misha Coleman both volunteered to participate. 
  • New Business
    • New LAUC-B Committee Appointments - These were approved by LAUC-B ExComm. Names in bold type are new members.
      • Committee on Diversity - LAUC-B Members
      • Kendra Levine (2024)
      • Adam Baron (2024)
      • Melissa Stoner (2025)
      • Ruth Haber (2025)
      • Statewide DEI (see below) serves ex officio
      • (Non LAUC-B members not listed)
      • LAUC-B Committee on Research & Professional Development
      • Tim Vollmer (2024)
      • Claude Potts (2024)
      • Dean Rowan (2024)
      • Corliss Lee (2025)
      • Julia Larson (2025)
      • Statewide RPD (see below) serves ex officio
      • LAUC-B Nominating & Elections Committee
      • Melissa Stoner (2024)
      • David Eifler (2024)
      • Salwa Ismail (2024)
      • Gisèle Tanasse (2025)
      • Kate Peck (2025)
      • Statewide RPD
      • Ann Glusker (2024)
      • Statewide Committee on Professional Governance
      • Jim Church (2024)
      • Statewide Committee on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
      • Kendra Levine (2025)
      • LAUC-B Rep to Staff Development Committee
      • Jim Church (2024)
         
    • Chair’s annual report (J. Silva) - Jesse shared the draft annual report with ExComm via email. He thanked Excomm for its work over the last year.
  • Adjourn final 2022-23 meeting
  • 2023-24 ExComm takes over
    • ExComm Meeting Logistics
      • Timing, second Wednesday of the month - Agreed upon this schedule.
      • Will continue to conduct meetings via Zoom.
    • Setting up a regular ExComm meeting with the Library Cabinet? José Adrián wants to learn more about what their expectations are for the meeting.