Minutes Meeting No. 10
LAUC-B Executive Committee Meeting
June 8, 2006
10:00 am – 12:00 noon
303 Doe
Present: Lily Castillo-Speed (Chair), Lucia Diamond (Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect), Chris Tarr (Past
Chair), Brian Quigley (Secretary), Harrison Dekker (Treasurer), Manuel Erviti (Library
Representative), Teresa Mora (Library Representative), Rita Evans (Affiliated Libraries
Representative)
Guest: Lincoln Cushing
I. Announcements
H. Dekker: The Labor-Management Committee on Librarian Recuitment and
Retention will produce a report to document the issues involved. They will examine
data from surveys that Library Human Resource Departments have completed
when librarians have turned down offers or left the University.
R. Evans: Dan Krummes is retiring and Rita Evans has been appointed the new
Director of the Transportation Studies Library. ExComm encouraged Dan to apply
for emeritus status.
II. Reports
A. Treasurer's Report (H. Dekker)
Balance as of June 8 is $86,592.21. Funds for 2005/2006 have been deposited.
B. Meeting with the University Librarian (L. Castillo-Speed/L. Diamond)
Lily and Lucia met with UL Tom Leonard on June 6. They discussed possible proposals
for the Berkeley Initiative for Leadership on Diversity (BILD), including proposals to
establish a Diversity Fellowship and for processing diverse collections. They also
discussed the proper coding of retired librarians in the HR system, so they can receive
the benefits to which they are entitled. Susan Wong will investigate.
III. Continuing Business
A. LAUC Statewide Spring Assembly: Report and Issues
Lily reported on the LAUC Spring Assembly. Minutes will be available on the LAUC
website at http://www.ucop.edu/lauc/assembly/index.html.
The Executive Board discussed the question of diminishing resources and the planning of
future LAUC assemblies. Some ideas were brought up, including: (1) holding only one
statewide assembly per year, or (2) waiting until a designated time then canceling the
assembly if there is no urgent LAUC business.
Action Item: Lily will ask the LAUC-B membership for feedback on this issue.
B. LAUC-B Conference Committee
ExComm appointed the following members to the Conference Planning Committee: Jean
McKenzie, Karen Munro, Jim Ronningen, Dean Rowan, and Allan Urbanic. ExComm
agreed that the committee members would select their chair.
Action Item: Lily will inform the committee members of their appointments.
C. Further Recommendations for DLA Committee
Lily will chair the next Distinguished Librarian Award (DLA) Committee, and she will still
be on ExComm as the Past Chair. ExComm agreed that Lily will discuss changes with
the DLA Committee as they come up, then bring them to ExComm for approval.
D. Further Recommendations for Committee on Diversity
ExComm discussed the list of questions sent by Dayna Holz, chair of the Committee on
Diversity.
Action Item: Teresa Mora will send ExComm’s answers to the Committee on Diversity.
E. Planning for Meeting with CAPA
ExComm discussed issues and questions that might be covered in the meeting with
CAPA on July 14. It was suggested that LAUC-B might investigate how other campuses
handle merit reviews and consider streamlining merit reviews here.
Rita volunteered to take minutes for the next meeting as Brian will be absent.
Action Item: Lily will send questions to ExComm and CAPA.
IV. New Business
A. LAUC Representative to Staff Development Committee
ExComm agreed to delegate this to the Nominations & Elections Committee.
B. Draft Statement on Librarian Retention
Lincoln Cushing provided background on the draft statement on librarian retention.
ExComm discussed the issues and agreed to support the statement
Action Item: ExComm will revise and approve the statement via email.
C. Emeritus/Retirement Issues
Lily and Lucia discussed this with Tom Leonard at their monthly meeting. Susan Wong
will investigate.
D. TALAG Discussion of Regional Library Facilities
Rita distributed notes on the TALAG discussion of the Regional Library Facilities.
Next LAUC-B ExComm meeting will be held on Friday, July 14, 10am -12pm, 303 Doe
Library.