LAUC-B Executive Committee Meeting No. 1996/97 (10) 21 May 1997 9:00 -11:15 AM, 109 Moses Hall MINUTES Present: W. Benemann (Secretary), R. Brandt, T. Dean (Chair), G. Irving (CAPA), D. Jan, R. Moon, G. Peete, D, Sommer, A. Swartzell, C. Tarr Absent: C. Lee, K. Vanden Heuvel Handouts: Letter from CAPA re Library staff rotational opportunity; E-mail from D. Sommer re Library staff rotational opportunity; Memo from the LAUC-B Nominating & Elections Committee to T. Dean re difficulties with recruitment; E-mail from Miki Goral to LAUC Chairs re APM revisions for final review; E-mail from Susana Hinojosa to T. Dean re proposed LAUC conference on the present and future status of librarians; E-mail from S. Hinojosa re survey: Do librarians have intellectual freedom in their workplace?; Letter to Leon Litwack from T. Dean re Budget Request, The Library, FY 1997-98; Memo from T. Dean to Peter Lyman re Advancement or promotion of candidates in term-limited AUL positions I. Treasurer's Report -- D. Jan Attempts to print from the web version of the travel support form have been successful for some members, unsuccessful for others. It appears that users will need to have access to Acrobat Reader 3.0. As of March 1997, the LAUC-B account balance is $51,000 (excluding expenses for the Copyright Conference, which are estimated to be $8,100). For the Conference we received $5,000 from Sun, and $4,000 (not the expected $2,000) from UCOP. We have approximately $16,000 in encumbrances for projected travel expenses, leaving us with a balance of $24,000-$25,000. II. Announcements T. Dean sent a memo to the Vice Chancellor requesting more information about the "blue ribbon" commission established to review the Library. It was announced at the May Academic Senate meeting that this in-house committee had been appointed by C. Christ. T. Dean also requested from the Vice Chancellor information about the proposal to add more steps to the Librarian Series. LAUC-B would like to add its comments to the discussion. W. Benemann announced that links to other LAUC chapter web sites have been added to LAUC-B's site. Users may now reach Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Cruz. III. Minutes The minutes for the Meeting No. 1996/97 (Special) [with Leon Litwack] and No. 1996/97 (9) were approved. IV. Old business a.) The Copyright Conference was a great success, with 150 attendees. G. Peete suggested that the handouts for the Conference be mounted on the LAUC Scholarly Communications web site. ACTION: T. Dean will contact Lee Jaffe about mounting the handouts. b.) D. Sommer reported that one volunteer for the LAUC-B slate for 1997/98 was passed over by the Nominating and Elections Committee. She suggested that the Committee should encourage wider participation by issuing a request for volunteers using the LAUC-B reflector. V. New business a.) Ex Comm discussed the communications from the LAUC-B Nominating and Elections Committee concerning their difficulty in recruiting candidates for LAUC offices. The Committee has suggested that there is a perception among some LAUC-B members that participation in LAUC is not valued relative to other professional activities. R. Moon pointed out that the higher a candidate rises in the Librarian Series, the broader his or her contributions to the profession are expected to be. For the many LAUC-B members now in higher ranks, participation only in campus-level professional groups is not sufficient for promotion. G. Peete suggested that we ask P. Lyman for a clearer statement of the value placed on LAUC participation. [Discussion of this issue continued on e-mail, and it will be taken up at the regular July meeting.] b.) G. Irving lead the discussion of the memo from Miki Goral re administrative stipends. Since these stipends are restricted to LAUC members who are not in the bargaining unit, there is some confusion about who would be eligible. ACTION: T. Dean will send out information on the stipend proposal and solicit comments from the LAUC-B membership. c.) Ex Comm discussed the recent posting of a rotational opportunity in the Teaching Library, which was posted as either a Library Assistant or Librarian position, with the possibility of becoming permanent. There was concern about the wording of the announcement, and about the practice of by-passing CAPA when recruiting for rotational Librarian positions. [Discussion of this issue continued on e-mail, and it will be taken up at the regular July meeting.] The next LAUC-B Executive Committee meeting will be Wednesday, June 11th, from 9:00-11:00 in 109 Moses. [Meeting date selected and announced subsequent to the May 21st meeting.]