Present: T.Leonard (chair), B.Anton, J.Church, D.Duer, C.Faulhaber,
B.Hurley, P.Iannuzzi, B.Krell (recorder), L.Leighton, K.Wayne, S.Wong, P.Zhou.
Absent: M.Rancer, I.Stirling.
Guest: A.Kautzman.
A G E N D A
1. Announcements
2. Draft of privacy web page
3. Development planning for the Library
4. Update on Academic Senate Library Committee activity
5. Revised Internal Reassignment Procedures
6. Take Our Children to Work Day April 22
7. Planning for Roundtable meeting on Public Services scenarios
M I N U T E S
1. Announcements
Bernie Hurley reported that the public computers were up and running again
after the latest virus attack, thanks to the herculean efforts of the
Library Workstation & Network Support (LWNS) staff. "Witty Worm" exploited
vulnerabilities in the BlackICE firewall software and damaged four library
servers. LWNS staff worked over the weekend and throughout Monday to
restore service to the affected public service and staff workstations.
Patty Iannuzzi announced the following:
--There will be an important Collections Early Bird on Monday, April 5, in
the Morrison Library for collections fund managers, liaisons, reference
staff, Roundtable members, and other interested parties.
--The Doe Annex project has begun and old service desks have been removed
from Doe Library, including the reference desk in the North Reading Room.
--The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Center for New Media
(CNM)/Library Project has been approved and is ready for signatures.
--The Co-Principal Investigators for the Mellon Faculty Fellows Institute
meet on March 29 to select the next round of faculty fellows. Look for an
announcement soon.
--At its last meeting on March 19, the Academic Senate Committee on the
Library approved the charge for a Scholarly Publishing Symposium Planning
Committee to organize a colloquium or series of seminars on the Berkeley
campus dealing with issues related to scholarly communication.
Dave Duer reported that the Library Development Office will obtain some of
the asphalt from the destruction of Sproul Plaza where the Free Speech
Movement was born in the Sixties. Development options will be explored for
this historic material.
2. Draft of privacy web page (A.Kautzman)
Amy Kautzman presented to Cabinet the draft of a Library Privacy Policy web
page. This draft contained the core information contained in most privacy
rights statements at UC Berkeley and other institutions. Amy requested
comments via email by April 2, so she can prepare an edited version for
submission in two weeks for Cabinet's final approval. Cabinet thanked Amy
for her efforts in preparing this documentation.
3. Development planning for the Library (T.Leonard, D.Duer)
Tom Leonard reported that campus University Relations has initiated a
planning process for Berkeley's next capital campaign. Library projects (a
$25 million endowment for collections, the Music Library, and the East
Asian Library) have been priorities in past capital campaigns. The Library
will consult widely to gather input for library projects with potential for
inclusion in the next campus campaign. The most successful campaigns
contain projects that both resonate with donors and coincide with campus
priorities. Admin Plus will hold a retreat to develop a consultative
process for gathering ideas from the library community and determine how
priorities will be assigned for library development projects.
Dave Duer distributed an overview of the Library Development Office (LDO),
including its mission statement and involvement in raising funds for the
Library's Annual Fund, campus capital campaigns, and planned giving
programs. LDO maintains active involvement in volunteer support groups and
boards, public affairs and outreach, corporate and foundation relations,
development publications, special events, and donor stewardship. Dave
shared copies of the development publication for "The Campaign for Library
Collections", as one example of a successful Library project.
4. Update on Academic Senate Library Committee activity (T.Leonard,
P.Iannuzzi)
Tom Leonard shared with Cabinet the minutes from the March 5 meeting of the
Academic Senate Committee on the Library (LIBR), which was attended by both
Tom Leonard and Patty Iannuzzi. At a recent meeting of the Systemwide
Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee (SLASIAC), Berkeley
Professor Marianne Constable questioned the language contained in a task
force report concerning ownership and control of collections at the
Regional Library Facilities (RLFs). InterLibrary Loan (ILL) statistics
demonstrate that Berkeley is fully committed to lending its collection. But
Berkeley is emphatic in not wanting its collection under joint ownership or
joint control and wanting to reserve the right to bring back to campus our
materials as campus academic needs change. LIBR strongly supported that
position and unanimously approved a Resolution to clarify local ownership
and local governance over heritage collections at the Regional Library
Facilities (RLFs). Text of the Resolution was appended to the March 5 LIBR
minutes. The Resolution will be presented next at the April 12 meeting of
the Academic Senate Divisional Council.
A small committee will be formed to begin the process of planning and
organizing a symposium to be held on the Berkeley campus. LIBR will
coordinate with the Librarian's Association of the University of
California-Berkeley (LAUC-B) and the office of the Vice Chancellor for
Research to sponsor a colloquium or series of workshops on scholarly
communication. Patty Iannuzzi will take the lead in moving the project
forward.
5. Revised Internal Reassignment Procedures (S.Wong)
Susan Wong brought to Cabinet a revision to the Internal Reassignment
Procedures. The revised text states, "The Library's internal reassignment
procedures will not lower the classification of any employee except in
those circumstances wherein the successful employee/candidate voluntarily
chooses to take a reassignment position at a lower classification level and
reduced compensation level." Cabinet approved the revised text, which will
be posted on the Library's Budget Planning website at:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Staff/budgetplan/reassign032504.pdf
6. Take Our Children to Work Day April 22 (S.Wong)
Susan Wong reported the Library will participate in Take Our Children to
Work Day activities on Thursday, April 22. LHRD will take the lead in
organizing library events for the morning hours, then children can join
campus activities in the afternoon. Storytelling is always popular, and
LHRD needs more volunteer storytellers. Louisa Brandt, Randall Brandt's
daughter, was the winner of last year's art contest. Louisa's art is
featured on magnets which will be included in the bag of favors for guests
attending this year's event.
7. Planning for Roundtable meeting on Public Services
scenarios (B.Hurley, I.Stirling)
Bernie Hurley and Isabel Stirling met with Katherine Mitchell to design a
process for planning new service models for the Library of the future.
Cabinet will convene a special meeting on Thursday, April 15, 1:30-3:00, to
discuss and select some optional user-centered service models. The options
selected by Cabinet will be scheduled for a future Roundtable discussion.