Minutes of February 20, 2001
UL 1116
Present: P. Boruff-Jones, F. Huehls, B. Burk, M. Stanley, D.
Hoyt, J. Baldwin, M. Wright, P. McWilliams, K. Petsche, M. McCormick, V.
Goodwin, R. Stocker.
Minutes of 01/25/01 meeting
were approved with the correction of the name of Shelley Phipps.
Presentation: “Ways to Meet the Mandate for Collaborative
Programming”
Marie Wright gave an
informative presentation on applying for arts and humanities grants, The
presentation included both the basics of seeking and applying for funding
opportunities as well as the need to find collaborative partners for major
projects.
Announcements:
Mary Stanley (for David
Lewis): Team assignments should be announced by the end of the week.
Vania Goodwin: Will present
a workshop on Unicorn in the near future.
Fran Huehls: Salary policy
was approved; vote was 16 in favor, 2 opposed.
Brenda Burk: Reminder of IUPUI Library Faculty Council meeting on February 28th in UL
2116; Vania Goodwin will make presentation on SIRSI at 9 am.
Committee reports:
Research leave (Brenda
Burk): Will email new guidelines to members.
By-laws (Kevin Petsche): No
report; suggestions for changes need to be submitted in writing or by email to
the committee.
Peer review/promotion/tenure
(Jim Baldwin): Have finished annual reviews; sign-off appointments are being
set up; thanked committee members for their service. There was a general discussion about procedures for
reporting. The committee will discuss
expectations about reporting time spent on service and professional
development. Basic questions about this
part of the review included the purpose of reporting time (i.e. as a basis for
initiating a dialog) and whether or not the statistics are actually used for
anything. Suggestions for procedural
changes will be brought to the members at a future meeting.
Electronic Resources
Database (Polly Boruff-Jones): Passed
out list of database resources. Mindy Cooper may be contacting people about
usage statistics. We do not get
statistics on many of the databases and may contact the vendors. Since having statistics will help with
subscription decisions, please contact Polly if you are getting stats but are
not listed on the worksheets. Jim Baldwin added that the Reference Resources
Group might recommend cancellation of paper indexes where UL also has
electronic access. Marie Wright
suggested that there was a need for a list of individuals who had research
expertise in specific areas. Reactions
to this idea should be directed to her.
Meeting adjourned at 3:30
pm.