LAUC-B Executive Committee
April 11, 2018, 10:00-11:30
303 Doe Library
Present: Randal Brandt, Ian Knabe (recorder), Jennifer Nelson, Brian Quigley (chair), Jane Rosario, Dean Rowan, Virginia Shih
Absent: James Eason
I. Announcements (B. Quigley)
Happy National Library Week! Note that Thursday, April 12 is Take Action for Libraries Day.
http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek
http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/take-action-for-libraries-day
II. Reports
a. Treasurer (R. Brandt)
Current balance of $74,580.
b. Monthly UL meeting (B. Quigley) – no report
c. LIBR meeting (J. Rosario) – 10:10 – April 5th
- Paul Alivisatos visited to discuss Library budget planning.
- Jo Anne Newyear-Ramirez reported on collections; Scholarly Resources page should be updated by May 1.
- Jeff MacKie-Mason reported on budget; no substantial update as of yet, but still in a year of cuts this year and next.
d. LAUC statewide conference call (B. Quigley)
- As of the call, 2 candidates for Secretary, no candidates for VP.
- SLASIAC & UCOLASC have both been discussing open access issues: Dissertation & Thesis OA Policy, Pathways to OA, forthcoming Principles for Publisher Agreements.
- Diversity Committee is considering a name change to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee but that will require a bylaws change.
- Executive Board agreed to provide support for the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color taking place in Albuquerque in September.
- Task Group to revise Position Paper 5, contact Carla Arbagey by April 16 to volunteer.
- CLASSICS Act - LAUC President sent emails to Congress supporting the Association for Recorded Sound Collections’ position on the CLASSICS Act. https://arsc-audio.org/blog/2018/03/12/classics-act/
- Campuses shared archiving practices.
III. Continuing Business
a. Summary of LAUC Assembly on March 23 (B. Quigley)
- Adopted a resolution proposed by UC Davis (already distributed by Brian.)
- “Statement of honor and recognition of the Secretary of The Board of Regents of the University of California as Founder of the Libraries and de facto first librarian of the University of California” to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the charter of the University of California on March 23, 1868.
- Scavenger hunt – 2 Berkeley teams tied for the win: congratulations to Susan Powell, Michael Sholinbeck, Melissa Stoner, James Eason, Jean Ferguson, Lisa Ngo, Kortney Rupp, Anna Sackmann, and Brian Quigley.
- Mohamed Hamed presented a poster titled “Why Promote Foreign Travel Acquisition Trips?”
- Breakout sessions in the afternoon discussed five topics to inform the revision of Position Paper 5: Qualities of librarians, New roles and job titles, Professional activities, Support for the University’s mission, and Values of librarians.
b. Bylaws revision updates (B. Quigley/D. Rowan)
- 8 comments thus far, comments open through 04/12.
- Some minor edits for clarification have been made based on comments.
c. Considering Cultural Competence workshop
- Nicole Cook (UIUC) funded by Library.
- Looking for July-August dates, ideally Tues or Thursday between July 10 and August 10 (avoid ALA, SAA, etc.)
d. Spring Assembly planning
- May 2, 9:30-11, 180 Doe - speaker is EVCP Paul Alivisatos.
- Discussed possible questions that we may want to ask him.
IV. New Business
a. Academic reviews environmental scan
- ExComm approved a charge drafted by Jesse Silva for an Academic Review Committee Appointment Process Working Group to conduct an environmental scan of appointment processes with the UC and at other peer institutions where librarians hold a comparable non-faculty academic status.
- ExComm approved the appointment of Jesse Silva (CAPA Chair), James Eason (ExComm member), and Virginia Shih (Nominating & Elections Committee member.)
- Report to be submitted by September.