April 1996 Minutes

     Minutes


           LAUC-SD Membership Meeting, April 16, 1996





Present: Leslie Abrams, Peter Brueggeman, Amy Butros, Karen


Cargille (chair), Lynda Claassen, Kathy Creely, Tammy Dearie, Sam


Dunlap, Jackie Hanson, Cynthia Jahns, Richard Lindemann, Phyllis


Mirsky, Alice Perez, Anne Prussing, Beverly Renford, Elizabeth


Robinson (recorder), Reinhart Sonnenburg, Susan Starr, Ginny


Steel, Esteban Valdez, Vicki Williamson, Kathy Whitley.





ANNOUNCEMENTS





1. Karen announced that she has a copy of the CSU salary survey


(1995) and will send a copy to any interested members.





2. Tammy (for Kari) announced that CAPA has received 23 of 25


files. Ten letters have been forwarded to Jerry.





BUSINESS





1. Stipends - Discussion on the subject again with points made


pro and con and some other thoughts.





Pro: Supervisors in other job series in the library better


compensated than librarians; teaching faculty seems to have no


problem with (but chair rotates and there is assistance with


course workload and publication during the time one holds the


chair position); incentive for internal and external recruitment


of managerial positions.





Con: Contributes to the loss of cohesion between the two-track


advancement position currently embraced, that is, that management


is not a prerequisite for advancement.





Other: What contradictory message sent to UCOP if we say no to


stipends in light of salary survey; how is supervisor defined


here (union definitions or reality)?; maybe we should focus more


on the salary surveys so that everyone is paid more.





2. SDM language in job descriptions - Discussion on incorporation


of SDM language into librarian job descriptions. Two points of


view made: (1) that the current performance review process


already incorporates SDM but (2) LAUC should make some official


endorsement of the notion of SDM incorporated into job


descriptions and/or performance review criteria if it supports


the idea. Several suggestions discussed but no consensus. The


group decided to ask CAPA to work out how to incorporate SDM into


local policies of review for librarians as part of their annual


suggestions for changes to the peer review process.








The next general membership meeting for LAUC-SD will be May 7,


1996, 2-4 pm, Gallery A (Price Center).