November 1997 Minutes

 LAUC-SD Membership Meeting


     November 11, 1997


     Seuss Room





     Attending: L. Abrams, D. Ambrose,  L. Barnhart, S. Berteaux, A.


     Butros, L. Claassen (chair), R. Coates, T. Cruse, B. Culbertson, T.


     Dearie, J. Donovan, C. Graham, R. Gustafson, J. Hanson, M. Harden, C.


     Hightower,  D. Kegel,  P. Mirsky, J. Page, A. Prussing, B. Renford,


     B.Slater, L. Smart,  D. Talbot, D. Tweedy, E. Valdez, R. Wang, K.


     Whitley





     Meeting called to order at 3:00 p.m.





     1. Follow-up on Brainstormed List





     --Valdez suggested having someone from a library school prepare a talk


     for students (or staff) who may want to consider librarianship as a


     career.  Gustafson suggested that we may want to publicize outside the


     library for an audience.  Harden mentioned having Career Services


     visit as an option. 





     2. Stipends Issue.





     --The concept of stipends has been approved and appropriate language has


     been added to the PPM.  The Union may still challenge this.  M. Harden


     has been charged with finding out more about it. While stipends have


     been approved, the implementation is not budgeted from a separate pot of


     money.  It is up to each library to develop its own policy of


     implementation.  The earliest it could happen is July 1, 1998.  The SVP


     for Academic Affairs had said in a letter to G. Lowell that there might


     be an upward ceiling of $600.00 (per month).  At UCSD one third (17) of


     the librarians are out of the bargaining unit.  The crux of the problem


     is that the designee must supervise more than one librarian--this could


     potentially by viewed as an unfair labor practice, as some librarians


     supervise very large units, but without the requisite number of


     librarians.  P. Mirsky asked how we should decide on the issue's


     priority. We have to develop guidelines and send them to the VP for


     Academic Affairs.  The comment was made that LAUC should be consulted. 


     J. Hanson felt that the option of increasing the number of librarians


     who should be designated supervisors should be examined. R. Coates


     questioned how administrative stipends might affect the peer review


     process.  Administrative responsibilities are viewed as "Primary Job


     Responsibilities" and contrbitutions to criteria B,C, or D will still be


     expected of the candidate no matter how much administrative


     responsibility they bear. It may be necessary to change the language


     about the advancement to Librarian V as part of the PPM.





     3. Research and Professional Development Committee.





     --There has been a longstanding  issue of whether R&PD funds should be


     used to enhance a recipients creativity.  The R&PD Committee


     unanimously felt that it was not.


     --L. Claassen asked for people to submit suggestions for programs. 


     One suggestion which followed was to ask Marcia Chandler, the new Vice


     Chancellor for Academic Affairs to do a program on new academic


     directions at UCSD. [No response has bee forthcoming from her Office


     at this point (1/98)].  Another suggestion was to have Susan Starr do


     a followup program on the California Digital Library.





     4. CAPA report (T. Dearie)





     --Librarian V. There should be a discussion with the UL and AULs on


     what it means to become a Librarian V.  J. Hansen commented that the


     caliber of the library staff has risen and that the "average" UCSD


     Librarian is outstanding.  There has been discussion of possibly


     adding two steps to the top of the librarian series. (ed. note. We


     have subsequently learned that this effort is currently tabled).





     --New hires.  T. Dearie reported that Christina Keil has been hired as


     the new Corporte Associates librarian.





     5. LAUC Social





     --There will be a Pizza Bust at the Round Table on December 12th. 


     LAUC-SD will provide the pizza.





     6. Announcement.





     --LAUC-SD will be sponsoring the LAUC Spring Assembly.  The date is


     May 1, 1998.





     Respectfully submitted,





     Rebecca Culbertson