Monday, October 8, 2002
Charles E. Young Research Library, Administrative Conference Room 

Present: Michael Oppenheim (chair), Ellen Broidy, David Cappoli, Beth Feinberg (recorder), Ruby Gutierrez, David Gilbert, Ken Wade, Chuck Wilson.
Absent: Maureen Russell.

1. CALL TO ORDER

     Michael Oppenheim called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.

2. SECRETARY’S REPORT

     The minutes for the meeting of August 26, 2002 were approved.

3. CHAIR’S REPORT

     Senate Committee on the Library Meeting, 10/01/02

          Michael Oppenheim and Cindy Shelton attended; Allison Bunting was unable to attend. The Committee welcomed guests to speak on their areas of expertise; there was an open feeling to the group, and Michael Oppenheim had many opportunities to contribute his ideas. The Committee has nine members; Abdelmonem Afifi, Dean Emeritus of the School of Public Health, is the Chair. The Committee meets twice each quarter; the next meeting is November 26.

          The Committee ranked library issues they plan to address this year in their order of importance: University Librarian search; library funding; role of the library in terms of the balance between print and electronic resources; collection management and development; Orion2 and its successor.

           The group discussed the latest ARL rankings; UCLA moved up to 7^th place, based on variables of staff and funding. In relation to this topic, Ellen Broidy brought up David Gilbert’s earlier discussion of the Music Library facility, and asked if the Committee members intend to advocate for funding not just for collections but also for facilities. Michael responded that the Committee does intend to advocate for these funds. Library facilities figure prominently in UCLA’s current capital campaign.

4.  VICE-CHAIR’S REPORT

      The Committee on Peer Review will meet October 30 for orientation. There are forty-two members this year. It may be an issue that some members are signing up for the Committee but are not participating enough. Michael Oppenheim will query previous Peer Review Coordinators for their input.     

5. COMMITTEE REPORTS

     Library Plans and Policies – David Cappoli: No report

     Professional Governance – David Gilbert: No report

     Research and Professional Development – Chuck Wilson

          1. Minigrants: The Committee needs more applications to disburse all the funds; the deadline is the end of October. A second call will be sent. Recipients have the entire fiscal year to use the grant.           

          2. Professional development funds: Allocation has increased from $625 to $640 per year.

6.  NEW BUSINESS

      a. Campus reports assignments: Assignments were distributed as follows:

      Irvine—Ellen Broidy; Santa Cruz and San Francisco – Ken Wade; Berkeley – David    Gilbert; San Diego – Ruby Gutierrez; Davis – David Cappoli; Santa Barbara – Chuck Wilson; Riverside – Beth Feinberg; Merced – Maureen Russell.

 b. Plans for LAUC-LA Fall Membership Meeting, 11/14/02

        1. Michael Oppenheim will request 2001/2 Committee reports.

        2. Potential speakers:

            a. Esther Grassian: to speak on her direction for LAUC this next year; her agenda as President; the relationship between LAUC to the larger administrative structure; plans for the Fall and Spring assemblies.

            b.  Eleanor Mitchell: to speak on the University Librarian search.

            c.  Janice Koyama and Alison Bunting: to speak on their experiences, achievements, challenges here at UCLA.

        3. Ask for input for Fall Assembly.

7. ADJOURNMENT

     The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Beth Feinberg

LAUC-LA Secretary