January 4, 2017 Meeting of Executive Committee

1.   Approve minutes from December 12
2.   Question Time
3.   Position Description 
4.   Call for positions
5.   Assess CAPT
6.   Agenda for AULs at 1/9 meeting
7.   Working Group on Teams to Support Research; Library Advanced Technology group
8.   Emeritus faculty benefits
9.   Digital Humanities Working group preliminary report and recommendations
10.  AP Promotion Implementation Team membership

12/15/16 – Approved a committee assignment.

12/19/16 – Approved position description and search committee membership review for Undergraduate Engagement and Outreach Librarian

John Wilkin, Nancy O’Brien, Kirstin Dougan, Lori Mestre, MJ Han, Bill Mischo, Mary Laskowski (recording)

1.   Approve minutes from December 12
Approved as amended with a motion by Nancy O’Brien, seconded by Kirstin Dougan.
 
2.   Question Time
There was discussion of the 2% salary program recently announced by the president, which limits campus flexibility to address other concerns. The Library is prepared to do the work necessary to implement this, based on merit as usual. There is no CMER (Compression, Merit, Equity, Retention) program supported by the campus at this time. CMER issues are currently being handled internally.

There is a possibility of an annual budget report required for campus review. More information from the campus will be forthcoming.

A personnel issue was discussed.

The host of the Council of Deans rotates among the deans, focusing on challenges faced by the various colleges. John plans to remark on recruitment/retention issues faced by the campus, but will focus on the following library challenges: library collections (budget and collection inflation), library buildings, and meeting evolving needs with static resources.

Position Description 
Approved with a motion by Lori Mestre, seconded by Bill Mischo.
 
4.   Call for positions
The call for positions was previously tied to the scheduled campus budget request process. As that process has changed there is no longer a clear schedule for position requests. A call will go out in March for position requests, following the residency program position approvals.
 
5.   Assess CAPT
EC thanks CAPT for their work and progress to date, and will invite Tom Teper and Tom Habing to quarterly meetings to update EC on CAPT issues and impacts with another planned assessment in a year.

6.   Agenda for AULs at 1/9 meeting
AULs will present a draft presentation for the Chancellor/Provost visit later this month and an update on the retreat. EC and the AULs will also discuss the proposed charge for a Working Group on Teams to Support Research.

7.   Working Group on Teams to Support Research; Library Advanced Technology group
EC discussed these proposals and will post the Advanced Technology Group charge for review soon. Further information for the Working Group on Teams to Support Research will be forthcoming.
 
8.   Emeritus faculty benefits
Final version incorporating feedback from faculty meeting was approved with a motion by Kirstin Dougan, seconded by MJ Han.
 
9.   Digital Humanities Working group preliminary report and recommendations
EC accepts the report and thanks the group for their work.
 
10.  AP Promotion Implementation Team membership

EC discussed team membership pending the upcoming deadline of January 6^th for self-nominations.

12/15/16 – Approved a committee assignment.

12/19/16 – Approved position description and search committee membership review for Undergraduate Engagement and Outreach Librarian

12/22/16 – Approved Residency Program position proposal