Present: T.Leonard (chair), B.Glendenning, B.Hurley, B.Krell (recorder),
L.Leighton, M.Rancer, A.Ritch, N.Robinson, I.Stirling, K.Wayne, P.Zhou.
Absent: C.Faulhaber, P.Iannuzzi.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Charles Faulhaber underwent open-heart surgery on February 27, and is not
expected to return to work before mid-April. In the meantime, Peter Hanff
will be in charge of Bancroft Library.
Tom Leonard is a member of the campus Advisory Committee on Collections of
Non-Text Digital Objects. He reports that more and more learning software
resembles games.
At its last meeting, the Academic Senate Library Committee toured the
Business & Economics Library at the Haas School and will tour the Bancroft
Library on March 1.
Peter Zhou reported on the development of the East Asian Library building
project. The architectural firm of Williams and Tsien in New York will be
asked to start designing this building soon.
Library staff are encouraged to view the exhibit in the Brown Gallery that
contains samples of recent gifts to the library. In the rich words of Alan
Ritch, "Such gifts are the seeds of the library's future greatness."
A G E N D A
1. Statement on Training (action item) --T. Leonard
Cabinet approved the statement on training that is written below. Prior to
issuing the training statement to all library staff by email on March 1,
Tom Leonard will send Cabinet's thanks to the Organizational Development
subcommittee for its input.
The Library is committed to the growth of our staff so that they can
acquire, organize, and interpret information for our patrons. We encourage
all employees to make maximum use of training and development programs that
enhance job-related skills, opportunities for advancement, and campus
committee service. Supervisors are expected to provide support for employee
training to the fullest extent possible without compromising other
essential work of The Library. Library management places a high priority on
providing the resources that allow this training to go on smoothly at all
levels of our organization.
2. Update on Transition in Technical Services --T.Leonard
Lee Leighton, AUL for Technical Services, is serving as director of the
Library Human Resources Department for the next year while we recruit for a
new HR director, and Armanda Barone has agreed to replace Lee as Acting AUL
for Technical Services during that time. Both will serve a one-year term
during this transition. These personnel changes were announced at the
morning's Roundtable meeting.
3. LHRD Director Search --L.Leighton
Lee Leighton reported that UC Davis has experience using search firms for
librarian and AUL recruitments, and Admin group has approved using a
headhunter in our search for a new HR director. Lee will investigate the
web and and any search firms that are recommended by other
campuses. Applications for the director's position that have been received
since our last series of interviews will be reviewed by Rebecca Green and
Bill Brown. Once a search firm has been selected, the Library will
coordinate with their recruitment specialists to develop a short list of
candidates to invite for interviews.
The HR director job announcement is on the library web at:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/LHRD/HRdirector.html
4. Topics for Future Roundtable Meetings --T.Leonard
At the morning meeting, Roundtable members put forward these topics for
discussion at future meetings: personnel files, problem patrons, use of
email at public service computers, and security issues. Other suggestions
for topics should be emailed to Tom Leonard and copied to Brenda Krell.
5. ENVI Budget Request --A.Ritch
Alan Ritch presented to Cabinet an urgent request from the Environmental
Design Library for additional funds to cover expenses related to that
library's move back into Wurster Hall. The library must move two months
earlier than was previously expected. Cabinet was unable to approve the
full request but did approve $65,450 for the top priority items, suggesting
that matching funds and naming opportunities might be pursued to garner
additional funds for less pressing needs.