November 3, 2003

TO: Terence Huwe, Chair, LAUC Research and Professional Development Committee
FR: Linda Kennedy, LAUC President
RE: 2003/2004 Charge, LAUC Research and Professional Development Committee

I am delighted to appoint you to serve as Chair of the LAUC Research and Professional Development Committee for 2003/2004. This committee has a key function in LAUC.

General Charge
The standing charge of the committee, as stated in the LAUC Bylaws, Article VIII. Section 1.j.3:

1. Serve as the review body for research proposals submitted to the Universitywide Research Grants for Librarians Program by LAUC members and recommend funding of proposals to the Office of the President.
2. Develop, monitor, and revise, as needed, procedures for carrying out the review of research proposals.
3. Develop guidelines for application to the Universitywide Research Grants for Librarians Program and recommend revisions as needed.
4. Advise the President and the Executive Board on issues related to research and professional development for librarians and address other subjects at the request of the President.

1. Work with the LAUC Web Manager to redesign or supplement existing LAUC R&PD web pages, including, for example, the LAUC Research Proposal Guidelines and Research Resources for Librarians to increase usability and add information.
2. Continue to mount copies of original grant proposals, along with copies of the letters from the R&PD Committee Chair, describing the funding actually awarded. Continue to update the status of grants. Review and revise as necessary the Committees guidance documents on the award process,
3. Investigate opportunities for making LAUC research results available via the University of California e-Scholarship Repository http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/.

Timeline
The awards process is governed by the Committee Call and Calendar. With respect to the other charges, the Committee is requested to make a brief progress report to the LAUC President by February 15, 2004. A report to the President for the Spring Assembly is due by April 15, 2004 to allow sufficient time for campus discussion. The report will be presented at the LAUC Spring Assembly at UC Riverside on Thursday, May 13, 2004. The committee will also need to submit a final report by September 1, 2004 and present its final report at the Fall 2004 LAUC Assembly.

Committee Work and Meetings
In order to work within the LAUC budget for the coming year, please plan on holding only one in-person meeting. Other committee business will need to be conducted via conference call(s), or through the use of other sorts of technology, such as chat.

Committee Expenses
I will send you a document on LAUC reimbursement procedures; please forward it to your committee members. Different Divisions may handle transactions differently, so they will need to check with their local accounting officers to find out how their Division handles charges to the LAUC account.

Reporting Guidelines
Important: Please note that you will need to send any draft surveys of the LAUC membership to the Executive Board for approval prior to posting.

Your investigations may result in recommendations for LAUC action of some sort. The Committee may submit recommendations to the LAUC Executive Board for review at any of the scheduled Executive Board meetings.

LAUC Committee and LAUC Representative Interim and Final Reports should be submitted using the following format, with each section labeled:

	SUBJECT LINE: [Committee Name] Report
	BODY OF MESSAGE: 

	TO: LAUC President
	FR:  [Committee Name]
	RE:  [Year (e.g., 2003/2004)] [Report Name (e.g., Final Report)]

	Committee Charge:
	Summary of Action Items:
	Body of Report with Discussion and Recommendations [formatted as
	motions, in keeping with Sturgis]

	Names of Committee Members
	Attachments (if any)

Thank you for your service to LAUC and your colleagues. We all very much appreciate your efforts on our behalf. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or concerns about this message.