December 3, 2001
TO: Julia Gelfand (2004), Kay Collins (2002), Barb Lucas (2003), Bill Landis (2003)
FR: LAUC-I Executive Board
RE: LAUC-I 2001/2002 Academic Librarianship Committee Charge


LAUC-I ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP COMMITTEE STANDING CHARGE


"Upon request of the LAUC-I Executive Board, review and update as needed existing documents concerning matters relating to the academic review process for Librarians. Formulate responses to such documents, or to issues and questions regarding the review process, given to the Committee. Develop, as assigned, documents or policies relating to the academic review process.
Other duties as assigned.
LAUC-I Bylaws
Article VII. Committees.
Section 4.
All committees shall meet at least quarterly, or more often as determined by the chair of the committee, or at the request of two members of the committee, or at the request of Executive Board.
Section 7.b.
The members of standing committees shall select their chairs no later than 31 October. The LAUC-I Secretary shall be promptly notified of their selection."
ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC CHARGES FOR SEPTEMBER 2001 - AUGUST 2002:
1. Elect a chair by December 14, 2001, and notify the LAUC-I Secretary (Larry Heiman).
2. Monitor and review, throughout the year, the Annual Plan procedures and policies. Bring issues to the Executive Board, if necessary. Facilitate discussion(s) at LAUC-I General Membership meeting(s), if necessary. Provide a written report, with any recommendations, on these issues to the Executive Board by July 1, 2002.
3. After the LAUC-I Program on Wednesday, December 12 (i.e. Stanley Wilder's video Generational Change in Librarianship), consider ideas that are raised regarding mentoring new librarians. With the growth in numbers of junior librarians, a strong mentoring program may be critical throughout the libraries. Design a program that LAUC-I can implement. Submit a draft proposal for such a program to the LAUC-I Executive Board by January 18, 2002.
4. Review the LAUC-I web pages that pertain to academic librarianship. Submit or revise information or links by giving the necessary information to the LAUC-I Secretary.
5. Submit an Annual Report to the 2001/2002 LAUC-I Chair by August 1, 2002,using the format below:LAUC-I COMMITTEE/REPRESENTATIVE REPORT FORMAT*

SUBJECT LINE: Committee Name
BODY OF MESSAGE:
DATE:
TO: LAUC-I Chair
FROM: Committee Name
RE: Year (e.g. 1998/99) Report Name (e.g. Annual Report)
Committee Charge:
Summary of Action Items:
Body of Report with Discussion and Recommendations: **
Names of Committee Members:
Attachments:

*Each section of report to be labeled in bold print
** If the report includes recommendations to be acted on by the LAUC-I General Membership, they need to be formatted as resolutions according to: Sturgis, Alice. The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 4th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill, c2001.
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[8/14/01, revised 10/01/01, revised 11/26/01, revised 12/2/01]