Present: J.Lowell (chair), L.Braunschweiger, C.Faulhaber, K.Frohmberg,
T.Havens, B.Hurley, B.Kornstein, B.Krell (recorder), L.Leighton, E.Meltzer,
R.Moon, M.Rancer, J.Spohrer.
Absent: J.Dost, B.Morgan, F.Yasaki.
Announcements:
--The Earth Sciences collection has been moved from the Wellman trailers to
McCone Hall, and the Earth Sciences Library will reopen on April 1 in its
renovated space in McCone Hall.
--The Bancroft Library has been notified that one of the ROHO interviewees
wishes to donate a Bierstadt landscape to the Bancroft collection.
A G E N D A
1. Job Stress Survey Team -J.Lowell
After RoundtableM-^Rs decision to pursue a job stress and burnout study in the
Library, a general call went out for volunteers to serve on the Job Stress
Survey Team. Cabinet received thirty-three responses from library staff
interested in serving on this ad-hoc team to work with Prof. Maslach.
I.Abalos, A.Barone, M.Barone, F.Carothers, S.Hinojosa, C.Kubota, R.Love,
P.Maughan, B.Ogden, K.Starkweather, E.Stephens, and S.Wekselbaum were selected
by Cabinet to meet during April to prepare the questionnaire. All library
staff will complete the questionnaire in May.
2. CDL Users Council Liaison -J.Lowell
Melvyl Users Services Group is being disbanded and replaced by the CDL Users
Council. The Library issued a general call for persons interested in serving a
three-year term as the Berkeley representative on this new council. Cabinet
appointed B.Anton as the libraryM-^Rs CDL Users Council Liaison for the next three
years and praised M.Phillips for her exemplary work as the Melvyl Users
Coordinator during the past three years.
3. Implementation of New Student Wage Rates -M.Rancer
In October, the Task Force on Student Library Employment recommended that
student employees be hired at an hourly rate of at least $7.50, with
advancement to $8.50 per hour after 500 hours of work. These rates are in line
with student wages in other campus departments. Student wage increases to
these levels would cost approximately $350,000 per year and would result in a
14% increase in the LibraryM-^Rs GA budget. The Library could implement the new
student pay rates by the beginning of summer session if campus approves the
increases.
It was noted that the Library needs to track recruitment and retention of
student workers and determine the most effective use of GA and staff budgets.
4. Pathfinder Trademark Designation -M.Rancer
When the Library selected the name of Pathfinder, we obtained a trademark for
its use as a library search tool. The trademark protects use within the United
States. M.Rancer inquired whether the Library wished to obtain international
trademark protection. Cabinet decided that the U.S. trademark will suffice.
5. DLF Steering Committee Report -B.Hurley
B.Hurley gave a brief report on the Digital Library Federation (DLF) Steering
Committee meeting that he attended on March 19, in Washington, DC. The
steering committee is comprised of about twenty-five directors, mostly of ARL
university libraries. The committee rejected a proposal to create a DLF
digitization project clearinghouse. Instead, Director Waters will provide
direction to identify ways to M-^SconnectM-^T staff working on digital library
projects. For example, DLF will sponsor workshops and training. In addition,
DLF members agreed to provide a major focus on digital preservation and
archiving, which the group renamed M-^Slong-term maintenance of digital materialsM-^T
to avoid confusion with archiving and preserving print materials.
6. CDL Resource Liaisons -B.Hurley
The California Digital Library (CDL) has issued a call for resource liaisons,
subject and public service experts to monitor the collectively licensed
electronic resources for functionality, performance, and content. The experts
must be familiar with specific products and able to speak on behalf of all UC
campuses to CDL regarding the electronic resources they represent. B.Hurley
will work with K.Frohmberg, B.Kornstein, and J.Spohrer, the three subject AULs,
to solicit nominees from the Berkeley library who are product experts qualified
to speak for systemwide interests. B.Hurley will forward the Berkeley nominees
to CDL for consideration.
7. SPARC SCI Program -J.Lowell
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced
its Scientific Communities Initiative (SCI) program that offers a total of
$500,000 in grants projects to help transform the scholarly communications
process. The grants aim to stimulate and accelerate creation of new
university-based information communities serving users in key fields of
science, technology, and medicine. SPARC (www.arl.org/sparc) expects to
award a
number of separate grants in the range of $100,000 or more. Awards will be
determined through a competitive evaluation process.