Present: T.Leonard (chair), E.Byrne, J.Church, D.Duer, C.Faulhaber,
B.Hurley, P.Iannuzzi, B.Krell (recorder), L.Leighton, M.Rancer, I.Stirling,
S.Wong.
Absent: B.Anton, P.Zhou.
A G E N D A
1. Announcements
2. RLG visit to Berkeley after ALA mid-winter
3. UC 2005-06 Budget for Current Operations
4. Technical Services review
5. AUL job descriptions
M I N U T E S
1. Announcements
The Library's holiday party will be in the Morrison on Wednesday, 22
December, 3:00-5:00.
The Faculty Conference on Scholarly Publishing will be held on Thursday, 31
March 2005, at the Oakland Marriott City Center. Approximately 400 faculty
members and senior administrators have been invited to attend, with the
hope that 200 will attend.
The e-Berkeley Symposium on Teaching & Learning is scheduled for 12 April
2005. The event is open to librarians. Vice Provost Christina Maslach and
University Librarian Tom Leonard will co-chair.
Renovation of the North Reading Room is on schedule and the space will
re-open in January 2005. The Chancellor's Inaugural Dinner will be held in
the North Reading Room on 15 April 2005.
The Periodicals Room is expected to move into the Doe Core at the end of
spring semester.
Elizabeth Dupuis has been accepted into the ARL Research Library Leadership
Fellows (RLLF) Program. Twenty-one individuals were selected for this
extensive two-year program, designed to develop leadership skills for the
future of large academic libraries.
2. RLG visit to Berkeley after ALA mid-winter
Tom Leonard is on the Board of Directors for the Research Libraries Group
(RLG). Last year, RLG came to Berkeley and gave an Early Bird presentation
on RedLightGreen, their free resource specifically designed to meet the
research needs of undergraduates. RLG is interested in setting up a time
in the near future to provide another update on RLG's new
directions. Elizabeth Byrne will contact Karen Smith-Yoshimura to schedule
a visit to UCB early in 2005, after the ALA mid-winter conference.
[Note: The RLG Early Bird is scheduled for February 15, 8:30-10:00 in the
Morrison Room.]
3. UC 2005-06 Budget for Current Operations
Tom Leonard shared with Cabinet the 2005-06 Regents' Budget for Current
Operations, which includes a line item in the University's budget for
libraries. Each campus in turn determines its own reallocation to
libraries locally. The Regents' Budget, which goes to the Governor, is
thought to be a good budget statement with a UC system-wide perspective.
4. Technical Services Review
Bernie Hurley and Lee Leighton will begin meeting with the Councils to
discuss an upcoming review of Technical Services, which will focus on the
flexibility needed with an Integrated Library System. In concept, the
review will be a two-phase project. Phase One will include: a review of
Technical Services priorities library-wide; a consultant's evaluation and
review of the top 10 items; an Early Bird presentation to validate
priorities. Phase Two will include: selection of the top 2 or 3 short-term
improvements with work flow consultations; simultaneous Request for
Proposal (RFP) process.
The idea is to set up appropriate short-term and long-term priorities,
analogous to the Library Priorities process but from the Technical Services
perspective, to inform the RFP process for the Integrated Library System.
Bernie and Lee will seek advice from the Councils on how to frame the
priorities and begin the search for well-respected consultants.
5. AUL Job Descriptions
The Associate University Librarian and Director, Collections job
description has been sent to the Academic Personnel Office. The AUL
Collections position will focus on collections, electronic resources, and
scholarly communication. Recruitment begins in January and applications
will be reviewed after 1 March 2005.
The AUL Doe-Moffitt job description will undergo revisions to balance the
components for instruction and Doe-Moffitt. Tom Leonard appointed a small
task force to advise him on how to frame instruction in the job
description. Task force members include Assistant Vice Provost Barbara
Gross Davis (Undergraduate Education), Professor Thomas Goldstein
(Journalism), Elizabeth Dupuis (Instructional Services), Norma Kobzina
(Bioscience/Information Services), Brenda Krell (Librarians Office), Sarah
McDaniel (Instructional Design & Assessment), Linda Norton (Regional Oral
History Office), and Kathryn Wayne (Art History/Classics). The group will
send its recommendations to the university librarian by January.