September 1997 Minutes

 LAUC-SD Membership Meeting


     September 9, 1997


     Seuss Room





     Attending: L. Abrams, L. Barnhart, L. Claassen (chair), R. Coates, B.


     Culbertson, T. Dearie, J. Donovan, C. Graham, J. Hanson, S. Jurist, E.


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


     B.Slater, R. Sonnenburg, D. Talbot, D. Tweedy, K. Whitley, V.


     Williamson





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





     1. Report on LAUC State Transition Meeting (L. Claassen)





     --LAUC Spring Assembly. UCSD is the site for the May 1998 event.


     LAUC-SD is not responsible for program planning, but will be


     responsible for local arrangements.               





     --California Millenium Conference.  This event,  announced for March


     1999,  will be sponsored by CLA. Attendance will be on an


     invitation-only-basis for the event with each sponsoring library


     association getting a number of slots.





     --Statewide Cultural Diversity Committee.  There is a feeling of


     malaise in the group. A status report was given, mainly addresing


     points from the "Many Voices" document.  Steve Valdez will be the


     local "conduit" for information from the statewide group as well as


     its chair.





     --Stipend issue.  Myron Okada arrived late so the stipend issue was


     only briefly addressed.  The stipends document was approved, but


     librarians were not included as a group. This means that any campus


     with approved local guidelines could give stipends because the


     stipends are derived from campus monies.  Los Angeles, Santa Barbara,


     and Riverside have guidelines already submitted, and Davis and


     Berkeley are working on them.  Stipends are not related to performance


     and may be temporary (e.g, if a rotating position is involved).





     NOTE: At this point in the stipend report, J. Hanson suggested that it


     would be good if M. Harden were to attend LAUC-SD meetings. This


     suggestion was met with enthusiasm.





     2. CAPA Report.  (T. Dearie)





     --Tammy reported that this year's review saw 23 files reviewed.  This


     included 5 promotions, 13 advancements, 4 no changes, and 1 review was


     deferred.  As of July 1st, 1997, Vickie Williamson was promoted to the


     rank of Associate Librarian with career status.  Amy Butros, Becky


     Culbertson, Tammy Dearie, and Anne Prussing were promoted to the rank


     of Librarian.  Karen Cargille and Susan Starr were advanced to


     Librarian V.  Bruce Miller was promoted to the rank of Associate


     University Librarian.








     3. Cultural Diversity Committee.





     --L. Claassen reported that since there were no volunteers for the


     local committee, she thought it might  work to have E. Valdez


     basically be a committee-of-one.  D. Kegel commented that she wondered


     if the concept of cultural diversity in the UC community was affected


     by the disapparence of affirmative action.  UC is still seeking more


     diversity in their applicant pool--they seek it even though the


     decision to hire cannot be based on it.  J. Hanson stated that the end


     of affirmative action should not affect whether we have programs on it


     or not.





     4. Brainstorming Session -- What can LAUC do for its activities this


     year?





     --B. Slater.  Socials?   Membership: YES!





     --J. Hanson. Perhaps a program on the coming digital library with S.


     Starr or R. Lucier?





     --P. Mirsky. A program for recruiting new librarians?  (Cast the net


     wide enough)





     --L. Abrams. Stressbusters? Oldies? (Movies from the Film/Video


     Library)





     --J. Page.  Suggested that events and programs take place in a variety


     of times





     --J. Hanson. If programs are scheduled off-campus, this tends to lose


     the membership.





     --R. Sonnenberg. He felt there should be regular meetings and events.





     --D. Kegel. If we were to sponsor a "recruiting librarian" assembly,


     we would no longer pay students to attend but we could encourage our


     library students to go to a one-or-two session meeting.





     --P. Mirsky.  Possibly courses from the San Jose campus could be done


     at the Distance Learning Center downstairs





     Respectfully submitted,





     Becky Culbertson.