LAUC-D General Membership Meeting
May 21, 1998

Present: Susan Casement, Jim Martin, Karl Kocher, Sandy Lamprecht, Carol LaRussa, Elaine Franco, Michael Colby, Buzz Haughton, Phyllis Wang, Rafaela Castro, Pat French, Sharon Baker, Marcia Meister, Rebecca Davis, Clint Howard, George Bynon, Patsy Inouye, Reve Rocke

1. There was no quorum so R. Davis began the meeting with announcements:
   • Ken Firestein will represent LAUC-D on the Statewide Cultural Diversity committee, He replaces Linda Yamamoto, who resigned, and he will also be a member of the local committee.

   • There were 5 LAUC statewide research grants and 2 of them were from LAUC-D:

     Rafaela Castro: A Chicano Folklore Dictionary

     Jean Stratford: The Impact of Protection Policies on Social Science Research

   • There will be a Distinguished Librarian award this year. The announcement will be made soon.

   • Rebecca Davis gave a report on the LAUC Spring Assembly:

   • Two resolutions from UCR, one from UCD and one from UCLA were presented at the Spring Assembly. The resolutions were discussed and considered in the order in which they were presented. UCR first presented a resolution which resolved to add steps and a second resolution which reserved the highest step in the librarian series for "those librarians whose career and continuing achievements shall be regarded as distinguished" and these two resolutions passed. It was apparent that these two concepts also included in UCDs proposed resolutions were supported by the Assembly. The UCD resolution was the next one to be presented. There was considerable "caucussing" to achieve concensus on the proposed UCD resolution which was referred to as the Davis "holistic" approach. Although there was generally a great deal of support for the Davis resolution as it addressed the entire salary structure, it was also obvious that a major point of opposition was the inclusion of the statement for retaining the present criterion of distinguished career for advancement to the top step of the Librarian series. Since a primary objective of the Davis resolution was to have a small group move ahead quickly on presenting a report and recommendation, it was agreed to leave out the contentious point in order for the resolution to pass.

     The resolutions in the order in which they were considered and the votes are as follows:

     • From UC Riverside:

       Resolution #1

       Whereas the results of the LAUC Professional Governance Committee survey indicate that 91% of the survey respondents favor more steps in the Librarian series,

       Be it resolved that LAUC shall officially request that the University administration add three more steps to the Librarian Rank (steps VI, VII, and VIII). Vote Unanimously Passed

       Resolution #2

       Whereas the results of the LAUC Professional Governance Committee survey indicate the if more steps are added to the Librarian series that 56% of the survey respondents favor retaining the top step of the Librarian series as a "distinguished librarian" step,

       Be it resolved that LAUC shall develop criteria for these additional steps such that the highest step of the Librarian series shall be reserved for those librarians whose career and continuing achievements shall be regarded as distinguished. Vote: 19 yes/8 no

     • From UC Davis

       Be it resolved that the LAUC President charge a committee to prepare a report that provides recommendations and justirications for restructuring the Library salary scale that addresses the following:

       1. Raising the salary level for the librarians series in order to increase our success in recruiting and retaining the best librarians for the UC system in the coming decade.

       The report shall take into account the librarian salary scales in the California State University system; an analysis of hiring patterns and salaries of new graduates of the nations leading programs in library and information sciences; and other pertinent factors.

       The committee shall present its report and recommendations by the 1998 LAUC Fall Assembly. Vote: 25 yea/ 2 no/ 1 abstain

     • From UCLA

       Whereas until steps are added to the Librarian rank, Librarian V remains the top step,

       Whereas the results of the LAUC Professional Governance Committee survey indicated a need to change Librarian V to a normal merit step,

       Therefore be it resolved that Librarian V be considered a normal merit step. Vote: 8 yes/ 19 no

   • Myron Okada reported that there will be a 2% range adjustment and the faculty will also receive a 2.5% increase effective in October.

   • The program portion of the LAUC Spring Assembly consisted of small group discussions of previously-identified program questions: What do we envision the UC libraries to look like in the next 5 years? In the context of that vision, what are the most significant changes in the roles and responsibilities of UC librarians? What influence can UC librarians ahve on those change? What are the top priorities for LAUC to address related to these changes?

2. A quorum was reached and the business portion of this meeting began.

3. The minutes were approved following corrections.

4. Jim Martin presented the election slate and asked for nominations from the floor. No additional nominations were made. S. Baker moved that the slate be accepted as presented, the motion was seconded by B. Haughton. The nomination slate was accepted.

5. Jim Martin presented the proposed Bylaws Change. He explained that the proposed change is a change in timing of elections to allow sending out the state and local ballots at the same time.

6. Other business: R. Castro asked about the status of the statewide Committee on Diversity report. R. Davis reported that the report was filed and distributed to members and an ad hoc committee is making changes to the subcommittees report.

   Reports resumed on the LAUC Assembly discussion questions with additional comments by P. Inouye and M. Meister. Discussion focussed on training, education issues.

   The meeting was adjourned.