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From: Deborah Murphy, LAUC President
Re: Revised Charge to the LAUC Committee on Professional Governance
Date: October 28, 2001 (Rev. December 19. 2001)
ROSTER:
Thank you very much for agreeing to serve on the Committee on Professional Governance. LAUC committee work is key to our success in our role in advising the University on professional and governance matters of concern to all librarians. Your work is meaningful, valued and absolutely essential. The work of this committee has enabled LAUC to bring about major changes in support of our work as librarians. The Standing Charge for this committee appears below.
Two years ago this committee worked very hard and presented a landmark study of the restructuring of the librarian series. Last year, the committee discussed criteria for the Distinguished Librarian designation, specifically looking at issues related to support for librarian activities in Criteria 2-4. I will be using their suggestions in my discussions with the University Librarians Group.
I would like the committee to continue the work of last year's committee on developing and conducting a survey to the LAUC membership on what direction LAUC should take in addressing the distinguished step in the Librarian Series. There has been considerable discussion of issues related to this topic (e.g. should the distinguished designation occur at a particular step, what criteria are used to evaluate a career, etc.). Having the committee collect and summarize this type of information would be of great value to the LAUC Executive Board as we focus our energies in the coming years. In addition, the committee should continue the process started by last year's committee of revising LAUC Position Paer #1 in light of the recent changes to the librarian salary scale and in relation to the upcoming survey on the distinguished step. A proposed revision of Position Paper #1 could be sent as part of the survey or redrafted after the results of the survey have been compiled.
Please have the LAUC Web Manager (Andrea Duda) place this committee's final report as well as any other pertinent documents on the Professional Governance web page on the LAUC systemwide web site.
As the committee works to fulfill its charge, I ask committee members to consult broadly with the members of your division and to encourage and facilitate discussion of this issue by librarians at every rank and step, from entry level librarians to Assistant, Associate and University Librarians. I challenge you to think seriously, honestly and creatively as you consider your charge. Members of the LAUC Executive Board are available to meet with the Committee as you work to complete your charge.
The Committee's recommendations may be submitted to the LAUC Executive Board for review at any of the scheduled meetings. You will present a progress report at the Spring Assembly, May 3, 2002 with a final report presented at the Fall Assembly, 2002.
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.
Sincerely,
Deborah Murphy
LAUC Statewide President
McHenry Library
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: (831) 459-3253
Fax: (831)459-8206
Email:damurphy@cats.ucsc.edu
*The standing charge to the Professional Governance Committee in the revised amendment to LAUC Bylaws Article VIII, Section 1.J.2c is:
a) Advise the President and the Executive Board on issues concerning APM revisions that affect librarians, peer review, and other professional governance issues not covered by the other standing committees.
b) Serve as a review body for Divisions who may request evaluation of local peer review procedures.
c) Maintain access to campus Peer Review documents on the web or in electronic format and review those peer review materials on the web site biennially in order to ensure adequacy and currency of materials
d) Address other subjects at the request of the President and consider and develop recommendations on matters of librarian professional governance.
Note also that 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.