LAUC-B Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
March 11, 2020, 10:00-11:30
303 Doe Library
Present: Naomi Shiraishi, Ramona Collins, Susan McElrath, Jianye He, Stacy Reardon
Regrets: Jane Rosario, Jim Church, Joe Cera
Agenda
I. Announcements
- Library IT is going to migrate the LAUC-B website to the staff website. Julie L. will be the point person, with Stacy as needed.
II. Reports
a. Treasurer (J. He)
- This fiscal year, we have $2650.15 left. Due to virus-related cancellations of LAUC-B events , we might see a fine balance of the budget at the end of this fiscal year.
- Working with the Chair and Library Business Office staff to prepare for next fiscal year's budget proposal
b. Monthly UL meeting (N. Shiraishi)
- Elsevier: Survey designed to get a sense of how people are feeling and receive feedback, but is not scientific.
- Coronavirus: campus contingency plans, union rules allow librarians to work from home, but library staff may have different requirements
- Changes in meeting structures (unrelated to virus): Shift in leadership groups and sunsetting expertise groups, hope to use people's time more efficiently. What will be the effects on librarian voices and transparency? LAUC should monitor the effects of the changes over time and be open to feedback from librarians.
c. LIBR meeting (R. Collins)
- Rachael Samberg presented on a new federal regulation to change from a one-year embargo to a zero-embargo for author-accepted manuscripts in federally funded research the draft letter from UC Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication (UCOLASC) on public access to scholarly publications and data. We're supporting a zero-embargo on pre-published manuscripts. LIBR is going to draft a letter from LIBR to go to LIBCO (an academic senate committee). Committee is concerned about scholarly societies and organizations whose business model is to sell subscriptions and may have their revenues decline. There is a group supporting these societies to help them move to a pay to publish model.
d. LAUC statewide conference call (N. Shiraishi)
- Had been cancelled in advance of the conference.
IV. Continuing Business
a. Diversity Librarian Task Force (R. Collins)
- In the process of interviewing people at institutions with some kind of diversity librarian program
b. 2021 LAUC-B Conference (N. Shiraishi)
- Corliss Lee and Shannon Kealy have been appointed as co-chairs. Later this semester, they will seek volunteers for the committee.
c. LAUC-B Spring Assembly (N. Shiraishi)
- We are not cancelling yet, we are in process of working out contingency plans.
- Exploring an online option.
- Speaker could speak for Fall Assembly instead.
- Hold off on refreshments order for now.
d. LAUC Statewide Assembly (N. Shiraishi)
- Berkeley Library leadership concerned about hosting the conference on campus.
- Some LAUC members did not want to make the trip.
- Berkeley classes went online, so committee decided to postpone.
- We will probably move to an online format to be scheduled.
e. Distinguished Librarian Award Committee
- Appointments proposed and approved:
- Imadeldin Abuelgasim
- Jeremy Ott
- Debbie Jan
- I-Wei Wang
- Bob Berring