LAUC-I General Membership Meeting Minutes, April 9, 2001

LAUC-I General Membership Meeting
Monday, April 9, 2001
1-3pm, Main Library, Room 570

Present: Bisom, Crooks, Dooley, Ford, Gelfand, Grahame, Heiman, Horn, Jacobs, Jazayeri, Kaufman, Kjaer, MacLeod, McAdam, Manaka, Palmer, Renton, Riggs, Sisson (Chair), Tanji, Tseng, Urrizola, Wilson, Womack, Wong, Woo, Yeghiayan (Recorder)

1. Approval of March 7, 2001 minutes

Urrizola moved to accept the minutes and Palmer seconded, and they were approved. 2. Welcoming Jennifer Jacobs.

Sisson welcomed a new librarian to LAUC-I, Jennifer Jacobs, from Michigan, who assumes the position of University Archivist.

The next Agenda item, LAUC Spring Assembly, was moved to later.

3. LAUC-I Elections Committee -- Yvonne Wilson

Wilson said that call was sent in the mail. It will be put on the LAUC-I Website in a week. Interested parties should indicate by April 22nd, short biography and goals due by May 18 and the ballots will go out by May 25.There are 3 vacancies on the Professional Development Committee and 3 on the Program Committee. The nominations will close at the May 14 General Membership meeting.

4. Annual Plan Guidelines -- Judy Kaufman

It was emphasized that the annual plans are a collaborative effort between the review initiator and the librarian, and that the former may need training from Human Resources on this and other matters.
There was extensive discussion of various aspects of the guidelines.

5. LAUC Spring Assembly -- Julia Gelfand

For the LAUC Spring Assembly on April 27th 8-10 volunteers needed: registration desk, drivers needed for the campus vans, 7:30-10, 2:30-4:30.
Lunch at noon; cheque for $10.
Meetings of SOPAG and UL's group.
Check the LAUC page: the agenda is a skeletal draft.

6. Report on UCI Libraries open positions -- Judy Kaufman

2 candidates for Science Librarian position.
Electronic Special Formats candidate status is up in the air.
The UL is talking to the AUL for Technical Services candidate.
There will be an e-mail about the Reference/Bibliographer positions; hoping for candidates in May.
Instructional Librarian position profile done.
Advancement candidate search is campuswide.

7. LAUC-I Program Committee

Judy Bube is elsewhere. Lots of details have fallen into place for a LAUC-I Program on Friday June 8. The theme will be on research using government resources and freedom of information, with Professor Jon Wiener participating in a program with others.

Publishing and Presentations Support Group -- discussion

Professional Development activities need collegial and feedback support.
Many libraries have a publications group.
People sometimes need a collaborator or editor; they also want to improve their presentations--have a critique. A group could act as a sounding/rehearsal group before writing an article or designing a project.
Suggestions were made that the Program and the Professional Development Committees work together on this, to change their charge; to use the present LAUC-I alias as a newsletter; to send out a survey to the membership on what people are doing in this area, for example, whether they are on editorial boards.

8. Next meeting May 14, 2001, 1-3, ML 570.

Meeting adjourned at 2:25.

LAUC-I General Membership Meeting Monday, April 9, 2001 1-3pm, Main Library, Room 570

LAUC-I General Membership Meeting
Monday, April 9, 2001
1-3pm, Main Library, Room 570