Thursday, November 8, 2001
Sequoia Room
UCLA Faculty Center

1. CALL TO ORDER
   The meeting was called to order at 2:12 p.m.
    
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM SPRING MEMBERSHIP MEETING, Apr. 18, 2001
   The minutes were approved.
    
3. INTRODUCTION OF 2001/2002 LAUC-LA EXECUTIVE BOARD AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS
   
Maureen Russell, LAUC-LA Chair for 2001/2002, introduced the Board and Committee chairs:
• Vice Chair/Chair Elect: Michael Oppenheim
• Past Chair: Lise Snyder
• Secretary: Valerie Bross
• Representatives at Large: Ellen Broidy & Debe Costa
• Committee on Library Plans & Policies, Chair: Elaine Adams
• Committee on Professional Governance, Chair: Ruby Gutierrez
• Committee on Research & Professional Development, Chair: Adrienne Adan
   
4. PRESENTATION BY LAUC PRESIDENT
   Debbie Murphy described current LAUC activities and shared her aspirations for the year. Notable among the LAUC activities for the coming year:
    
   • UL meeting: Murphy recently attended a meeting of the University of California University Librarians, as LAUC liaison. She hopes to continue the discussion with ULs begun at that meeting.
   • CDL involvement: Murphy has been involved in the interviews for CDL director. Once a position has been filled, she will invite the new CDL director to come to the LAUC assembly.
   • By-law revision: The LAUC By-laws have been revised and are posted to the LAUC web site
   • Reports of interest to LAUC members: Andrea Duda is revising the LAUC web site to include links to reports from HOTS, SOPAG, and other UC committees. 
   • Transition to new Librarian Series: The barrier steps will be under discussion this year
   • LAUC budget: LAUC has guaranteed funds for Research and Development.

   Following her presentation, Murphy took questions from the audience. Maureen Russell thanked Murphy for the presentation.
    

5. ANNOUNCEMENTS
    
   • Committee on Research and Professional Development:
     Adrienne Adan reminded the membership of an upcoming Sept. 7 deadline for applications for local mini-grants. She expressed concern about the calendar for submission of statewide grant and local mini-grant proposals. This spring, Adan hopes to organize a grants workshop for LAUC members.
      
   • Peer Review Documentation Workshop Committee:
     Keri Botello announced two workshops. The first,  a Peer Review Workshop, will be held Dec. 11, 1-4 at GSEIS. The second, a Review Initiators' Workshop, will be held Dec. 18 in the YRL ACR.

    

6. LAUC-LA COMMITTEE 2000/2001 FINAL REPORTS AND DISCUSSION
   The full text of the reports are available.
    
   • Chair's Report: Lise Snyder
   • Committee on Library Plans and Policies: Barbara Schaeder
   • Committee on Professional Governance: Ken Wade
   • Committee on Research and Professional Development: Janice Matthiesen
   • Committee on Programs: Cathy Brown
   • Committee on LAUC-LA Distinguished Librarian Award: Anita Colby
   • Peer Review Documentation Workshop Committee: Esther Grassian
   • Nominating Committee: Renee McBride
   • Election Committee: Stephen Davison
   • Peer Review Committee: Maureen Russell
    
7. STATEWIDE REPORTS
   The full text of the reports are available.

• Research and Professional Development Committee: Michael Oppenheim
• Committee on Cultural Diversity: Catherine Lee
• Committee on Committees, Rules, and Jurisdiction: Keri Botello
• Committee on Professional Governance: Rhonda Lawrence

7. NEW BUSINESS
    

   • LAUC-LA letter on ERDb/LAUC-LA's Advisory Role:
     Elaine Adams described how the letter to Gloria Werner was developed and how it led to a LAUC Executive Board meeting with Gloria Werner on October 29^th. Maureen Russell read a prepared statement from Gloria Werner; then she opened the floor to discussion. Members of the audience commented on the process followed for ERDb, reacted to the prepared statement, and offered suggestions for improvement.
      

   • LAUC Statewide Spring Assembly:
     The LAUC Statewide Spring Assembly for 2002 will be held at UCLA
      

8. INTRODUCTION OF NEW LIBRARIANS
   Gloria Werner opened this segment of the LAUC fall meeting. Then unit heads introduced new and visiting librarians in their departments.
    
9. ADJOURNMENT
   The meeting adjourned at 3:40 p.m.; a reception for new librarians followed.

Respectfully submitted,
Valerie Bross
LAUC-LA Secretary 2001/2002