LAUC-B Executive Committee
Meeting No. 1996/97 (10)
21 May 1997
9:00 -11:15 AM, 109 Moses Hall
MINUTES
Present: W. Benemann (Secretary), R. Brandt, T. Dean (Chair), G. Irving
(CAPA), D. Jan, R. Moon, G. Peete, D, Sommer, A. Swartzell, C. Tarr
Absent: C. Lee, K. Vanden Heuvel
Handouts: Letter from CAPA re Library staff rotational opportunity; E-mail
from D. Sommer re Library staff rotational opportunity; Memo from the
LAUC-B Nominating & Elections Committee to T. Dean re difficulties with
recruitment; E-mail from Miki Goral to LAUC Chairs re APM revisions for
final review; E-mail from Susana Hinojosa to T. Dean re proposed LAUC
conference on the present and future status of librarians; E-mail from S.
Hinojosa re survey: Do librarians have intellectual freedom in their
workplace?; Letter to Leon Litwack from T. Dean re Budget Request, The
Library, FY 1997-98; Memo from T. Dean to Peter Lyman re Advancement or
promotion of candidates in term-limited AUL positions
I. Treasurer's Report -- D. Jan
Attempts to print from the web version of the travel
support form have been successful for some members,
unsuccessful for others. It appears that users will need to
have access to Acrobat Reader 3.0.
As of March 1997, the LAUC-B account balance is $51,000
(excluding expenses for the Copyright Conference, which are
estimated to be $8,100). For the Conference we received
$5,000 from Sun, and $4,000 (not the expected $2,000) from
UCOP. We have approximately $16,000 in encumbrances for
projected travel expenses, leaving us with a balance of
$24,000-$25,000.
II. Announcements
T. Dean sent a memo to the Vice Chancellor requesting
more information about the "blue ribbon" commission
established to review the Library. It was announced at the
May Academic Senate meeting that this in-house committee had
been appointed by C. Christ.
T. Dean also requested from the Vice Chancellor
information about the proposal to add more steps to the
Librarian Series. LAUC-B would like to add its comments to
the discussion.
W. Benemann announced that links to other LAUC chapter
web sites have been added to LAUC-B's site. Users may now
reach Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Cruz.
III. Minutes
The minutes for the Meeting No. 1996/97 (Special) [with
Leon Litwack] and No. 1996/97 (9) were approved.
IV. Old business
a.) The Copyright Conference was a great success, with
150 attendees. G. Peete suggested that the handouts for the
Conference be mounted on the LAUC Scholarly Communications
web site.
ACTION: T. Dean will contact Lee Jaffe about mounting the
handouts.
b.) D. Sommer reported that one volunteer for the LAUC-B
slate for 1997/98 was passed over by the Nominating and
Elections Committee. She suggested that the Committee
should encourage wider participation by issuing a request
for volunteers using the LAUC-B reflector.
V. New business
a.) Ex Comm discussed the communications from the LAUC-B
Nominating and Elections Committee concerning their
difficulty in recruiting candidates for LAUC offices. The
Committee has suggested that there is a perception among
some LAUC-B members that participation in LAUC is not valued
relative to other professional activities. R. Moon pointed
out that the higher a candidate rises in the Librarian
Series, the broader his or her contributions to the
profession are expected to be. For the many LAUC-B members
now in higher ranks, participation only in campus-level
professional groups is not sufficient for promotion. G.
Peete suggested that we ask P. Lyman for a clearer statement
of the value placed on LAUC participation. [Discussion of
this issue continued on e-mail, and it will be taken up at
the regular July meeting.]
b.) G. Irving lead the discussion of the memo from Miki
Goral re administrative stipends. Since these stipends are
restricted to LAUC members who are not in the bargaining
unit, there is some confusion about who would be eligible.
ACTION: T. Dean will send out information on the stipend
proposal and solicit comments from the LAUC-B membership.
c.) Ex Comm discussed the recent posting of a rotational
opportunity in the Teaching Library, which was posted as
either a Library Assistant or Librarian position, with the
possibility of becoming permanent. There was concern about
the wording of the announcement, and about the practice of
by-passing CAPA when recruiting for rotational Librarian
positions. [Discussion of this issue continued on e-mail,
and it will be taken up at the regular July meeting.]
The next LAUC-B Executive Committee meeting will be Wednesday, June
11th, from 9:00-11:00 in 109 Moses. [Meeting date selected and
announced subsequent to the May 21st meeting.]