LAUC-B 2023 Spring Assembly Committee Reports
Submitted for the Spring Assembly on May 4, 2023
Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Advancement (CAPA)
Report submitted by Hilary Schiraldi (Chair)
Members, 2022-2023
- Imadeldin Abuelgasim (2023)
- Ramona Collins, Affiliated Libraries Representative (2025)
- Jennifer Nelson, Affiliated Libraries Representative, Position Description Coordinator (2024)
- Liladhar Pendse (2025)
- Hilary Schiraldi (2023)
- Samantha Teplitzky, Interview Coordinator (2024)
- Susan Xue (2023)
Interviews
CAPA interviews all candidates for positions in the Librarian series to share information related to the Librarian review process and evaluate their potential for obtaining career status at Berkeley. Since November 1, 2022, CAPA has conducted 17 interviews for 9 positions:
- Social & Cultural Studies Librarian (Social Sciences Division)
- Business Resource Librarian (Social Sciences Division)
- Head of Preservation (Collection Services Division)
- Head of Cataloging (Berkeley Law Library)
- Project Processing Archivist (Bancroft Library)
- Head, Life & Health Sciences Division
- Reference Librarian (Berkeley Law Library)
- Reference & Academic Outreach Librarian (Berkeley Law Library)
- Legal Research Librarian (Berkeley Law Library)
Position Descriptions
CAPA reviews position descriptions for openings in the Librarian series. Since November 1, 2022, CAPA has reviewed 7 position descriptions:
- Head, Health & Life Sciences Division
- Head, Licensing & Electronic Resources Unit
- Chemical & Physical Sciences Librarian (Engineering & Physical Sciences Division)
- Project Processing Archivist (Bancroft Library)
- Reference Librarian (Berkeley Law Library)
- Reference & Academic Outreach Librarian (Berkeley Law Library)
- Government Information Collections Cataloging & Metadata Librarian (Institute for Governmental Studies Library)
Academic Review
CAPA has been meeting weekly since March 1 to review 23 cases, including 3 for promotion, 1 for career status, and 2 for both promotion and career status. We charged 3 ad hoc committees to review these 6 cases. CAPA plans to complete the review process for all cases by June 1.
Nominating and Elections Committee
Report submitted by Kiyoko Shiosaki (Chair)
Departures last year resulted in our Nominating and Elections Committee (NEC) going from five to four members, with only one continuing member this year.
The NEC updated the LAUC-B Volunteer Form (2023-24), and sent it to LAUC-B membership in January and again in February to identify members interested in serving on the Executive Committee (ExComm) and other committees, including LAUC statewide committees and LAUC Vice Chair. The responses were helpful, but it was necessary for the committee to also do one-on-one outreach to encourage LAUC-B service.
Next year’s election slate for Executive Committee (2023-24) is as follows:
- for Chair: José Adrián Barragán-Álvarez (current Vice Chair/Chair-Elect pro tem)
- for Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: Christina Velazquez Fidler
- The current Chair, Jesse Silva, will become Past Chair
- for Treasurer: Jackie Gosselar
- for Secretary: Michael Sholinbeck
- for two Library Representative seats: Jen Brown, Misha Coleman
- for Affiliated Library Representative-Elect/CALA Vice Chair: Cyrana Dowell
- The past year’s Rep-Elect/CALA Chair, Kristie Chamorro, will become the Affiliated Rep on ExComm
We will also take nominations from the floor during the spring assembly. Biographies for all candidates will be available on the LAUC-B website when voting begins.
Kiyoko Shiosaki (2023)
Melissa Stoner (2024)
Salwa Ismail (2024)
David Eifler (2024)
Research and Professional Development Committee
Submitted for the Spring Assembly by Naomi Shiraishi and Jennifer Nelson
Members
Naomi Shiraishi and Jennifer Nelson (co-chairs); Claude Potts, Dean Rowan, Timothy Vollmer; Ann Glusker (Statewide R&PD rep, ex officio member).
Activities
LAUC Research Grants
On January 19th, 2023, the R&PD committee sent out the second statewide CFP for LAUC Research Grants, due to the local R&PD committee on February 17th, 2023. Our committee received one full grant and one mini/presentation grant applications. Naomi Shiraishi, Dean Rowan, and Timothy Vollmer reviewed the applications and sent them to Ann Glusker. As full grant applications are for the fall semester only, the latter application alone was submitted to and accepted by the Statewide committee.
New(ish) Librarians Event
Claude Potts and Jennifer Nelson have organized the New(ish) Librarians Event, which will take place on Thursday, May 25th, 3-4pm, on Zoom.The speakers are:
Jen Brown (Undergraduate Learning & Research Librarian)
Jackie Gosselar (Systems and Discovery Services Librarian)
Kate Peck (Cataloging and Metadata Librarian for Rare Materials, Law Library)
The event will be followed by a happy hour at Free House from 4:30-6:30pm. All librarians and library staff are invited to both the event and the happy hour
Affiliated Libraries Committee
No report submitted.
Committee on Diversity
No report submitted.