ROSTER:

Pauline Manaka (Chair), Irvine (2002)
pdmanaka@uci.edu

Lillian Castillo-Speed, Berkeley (2001)
csl@library.berkeley.edu

Buzz Haughton, Davis (2001)
bxhaughton@ucdavis.edu

Catherine Y. Lee, Los Angeles (2001)
clee@library.ucla.edu

Richard Chabran, Riverside (2001)
richard.chabran@ucr.edu

Anne Prussing, San Diego (2002)
aprussing@ucsd.edu

Peggy Tahir, San Francisco (2002)
tahir@library.ucsf.edu

Sal Guerena, Santa Barbara (2002)
guerena@library.ucsb.edu

Lai-Ying Hsiung, Santa Cruz (2002)
lhsiung@cats.ucsc.edu

RE: Charge to the Committee on Diversity

Thank you for agreeing to serve on the Committee on Diversity. This year, the overall goal for the committees is to complete work that is in progress and to determine the need for further action..

The LAUC Bylaws call for the members of each standing committee to be appointed by the LAUC President to serve two-year staggered terms, and for the divisions to be alphabetically divided into two groups, with divisions in one of the two groups having new members appointed each year.

To ensure continuity the committee will appoint a chair designate, who will serve as Chair in 2001/2000 by June 1, 2001.

According to the Bylaws (Article VIII, Section 1.J.5), the standing charge to the Committee on Diversity is to:

a) Advise the President and the Executive Board, and serve as a resource for other committees and LAUC Divisions on issues and initiatives concerning cultural diversity in University libraries.

b) Consider and develop recommendations and implementation strategies on matters and initiatives concerning cultural diversity in University libraries.

c) Address other subjects at the request of the President on matters and initiatives of cultural diversity in University libraries.

In addition to the standing charge, work with your committee members to update the LAUC Cultural Diversity Committee: Recommendations for Action 1999-00 document (attached) and mount it on your Committee's section of the LAUC web page by Nov. 17, 2000. The highest priority for the Committee on Diversity this year is to complete work in progress. The majority of the activities listed in the Recommendations for Action have the status of "ongoing," "pending," "hold," or "in progress." Please review and prioritize those activities and identify one or two which the committee will bring to completion during the 2000/2001 year. Consider ways in which your committee can use its space on the LAUC web page to disseminate information about Diversity activities. For example, consider how you might use links to information on campus or system-wide web pages to accomplish Recommendation 4 "Prepare as part of the Committee's Annual Report summaries of reports on initiatives on cultural diversity generated by LAUC, the LAUC Divisions, UCOP, and/or other acadmeic institutions as appropriate." The Committee will submit a final report of 2000/2001 activities at Fall Assembly, 2001.

Committee recommendations may be submitted to the LAUC Executive Board for review at any of the scheduled meetings on November 16, 2000, January TBA, or April 26, 2001. The 1999/2000 final report will be submitted at Fall Assembly, 2000.

Formal recommendations that need approval of the membership are presented in the form of motions. Please review appropriate sections of Sturgis for how to make motions.

Your contribution to the work of LAUC is very important. Thank you again for your willingness to serve on this LAUC Committee.