August 1995 Minutes

Minutes, LAUC-SD Executive Board





                         August 11, 1995





Attending: C. Jahns, E. Kanter, H. Colson, B. Slater, K.


Cargille, L. Claasen, L. Abrams, K. Lucas, A. Prussing, E.


Robinson, T. Dearie, S. Starr, recorder.





Announcements:





E. Kanter began the meeting by reviewing the recent email from


Beverly Renford, LAUC President, regarding salary increases.  It


appears that faculty will receive an "equity" adjustment not


given to non-Senate academics.  The Office of the President will


be discussing recruiting problems for librarians with campus


library personnel officers to see if the comparison libraries


used in setting librarian salaries need to be changed.





Committee Reports:





1. CAPA - the last letter from this year's review has been sent


from J. Lowell.  CAPA will be meeting with him next week for a


review of this year's review process and presenting their issues


document at the September membership meeting.  Kari Lucas,


incoming CAPA Chair, will talk to the guidelines revision group


(J. Donovan, J. Page, and D. Talbot) to see if they want to


present the results of their discussions in September as well.





2. Research and Professional Development - There will be a joint


meeting of the old and new combat September 11.  A reminder of


the policies regarding LAUC equipment has been sent to all LAUC


members.  There is a need to clarify the use of LAUC equipment,


particularly the Powerbook, for non LAUC related research.  J.


Donovan, incoming Chair, and L. Abrams, outgoing Chair, will be


meeting with J. Lowell to discuss upcoming programs featuring


speakers on future directions in information management.





3. Cultural Diversity - the Committee will discuss networked


multicultural resources at the next Reference Forum.





4. Reception - a new members reception will be held on October 6


at the Faculty Club, 3:30-5.  The Board approved $25 for a gift


for B. Renford in honor of her service as LAUC President as well


as funds to purchase flowers for new members at the party.





Discussion





1. Performance Evaluation Team - the library is forming a team to


look at introducing support of SDM as a performance evaluation


criteria.  LAUC will wait to see how the team decides to approach


this issue.





2. Archives - the LAUC Ad Hoc Committee on Archives was charged


to review and revise statewide divisional archives.  It's report


has been issued and will be on the agenda for the Statewide


October Executive Board Meeting.  Brad Westbrook will be invited


to the next LAUC-SD Executive Board Meeting to discuss the


report; following that discussion the Board will decide if it


should be discussed by the Membership in September.





3. Transition to new Board - the incoming LAUC-SD Board will


continue to meet the second Friday of the month at 10 a.m.


Locations will rotate.  The next meeting will be September 8.


Membership meetings will be held every other month, on the


Tuesday following the Executive Board meeting, from 2-4 p.m.