The meeting was called to order at 9:15 A.M. with Julie Fore presiding.
Attending: Baldwin, J.; Barclay, A.; Brahmi, F.; Crumrin, R.; Eckerman, N.; Fore, J.; Hay, S.; Harmon, J.; Hehman, J.; Hoyt, D.; Humphrey, R.; Johnting, W.; Kaneshiro, K.; Lewis, D.; London, S.; Long, C.; McDonald, D.; Morgan, J.; Moshfegh, M.; Ralston, R.; Richwine, P.; Shin, J.; Stanley, M.; Stocker, R.; Su, J.; Tompkins, P.; Wright, M.; Yegerlehner, S.
Minutes from the Sept. 18 meeting were approved as presented.
Dental Library: no report.
University Libraries: Philip reported that the new Vice-President of Computing Services will arrive in January. It is uncertain how he will relate to the libraries, but Philip is optimistic. The horizon project continues to move forward. UL is ready to bring on board its first Director of Development, Kenneth Ayres. A proposal for the development of a clearinghouse of information on older adults is currently being evaluated on this campus. This will be an exciting opportunity for the librarian/information officer who is selected to be in charge of it.
Law Library: An architect for the new law school has been selected.
Medical Library: Dana reported that the Medical Library has received a lot of support from head librarians, users, and the administration for its Strategic Directions Proposal. The emphasis now is on marketing the availability of the full-text databases on all campuses, including information on the content and how to link to them. The library would also appreciate any ideas or names of contact persons who teach through the Web.
Nominating Committee: Allan Barclay announced that Juanna Shin has been selected as an alternate representative to IULFC. Julie Fore added that 2 tenured librarians, Wendell Johnting and Julie Su, have been added to the IUPUI Library Faculty Standards Committee to give balance to the committee.
Bylaws Committee: Richard Humphrey presented the report of the meeting schedule survey. There seem to be no drastic complaints about our meeting schedule. 19 respondents, though, suggested that we alternate between morning and afternoon meeting times. The Bylaws Committee does not recommend that the bylaws be altered; instead, a concerted effort to increase meeting attendance should be made, and the issue should be re-evaluated at a later date. This recommendation was accepted.
IULFC: Nancy Eckerman reported that, lacking agenda items, the IULFC meeting scheduled for last week was canceled.
IULFC Faculty Standards: Randi Stocker reported that, as yet, no business has been forwarded to the committee.
Task Force on Service Document report: the group that has been looking at this document is comprised of members of the Special Study Group and some members of the IUPUI Faculty Standards Committee. The hope is that this collaboration will allow some of the corporate history to be passed along from the Special Study Group to the Faculty Standards Committee. This group has prepared a parallel document to the Report of the IUPUI Task Force on Service, with adaptations appropriate for librarians. The Report of the IUPUI Task Force on Service is now up for discussion by the Faculty Council and the Task Force has been dismissed. If our parallel document is approved, it can be presented to the Faculty Council Executive Committee. It was noted that Dean Plater has generally been receptive to our adaptations of previous documents. It was also noted that there should be some indication in the title of the parallel document that it is an IUPUI Library Faculty document.
Some discussion about the future of the Special Study Group followed. It was suggested that the SSG pass its responsibilities on to the Faculty Standards Committee. It was also pointed out, though, that some of the issues that were part of the SSG's original charge (e.g., post-tenure review) have not yet been addressed by Faculty Council. A stronger IUPUI Library Faculty Standards Committee may be the answer.
The parallel document should be placed in Dean Plater's hands ASAP, at least by the end of the year. David Lewis moved that the parallel document be endorsed as presented, subject to any editorial revision deemed necessary; Peggy Richwine seconded. A friendly amendment that this document be completed by the end of December 1996 was accepted. The motion passed by voice vote.
Bill Orme asked that the Executive Committee look at the composition of the Library Faculty's committees with regards to rank and tenure. Julie Fore indicated that this will be done.
The business portion of the meeting was adjourned.
Jay Fern, University Library's Consultant to the Library faculty, spoke about his role as liaison between librarians and teaching faculty in the instructional teams. His primary job is to help librarians integrate into the teams by serving as a resource person on curricular matters and on how to make their ideas happen. As part of the instructional teams, librarians ideally have a role in course design, the development of rational assignments, and library orientation. The process is necessarily different for every team, so a hard and fast model is not possible. Librarians can provide a baseline of services, though, and expand their input from there. This program is being evaluated to see how librarians can participate more effectively within these teams.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris Long, Acting Secretary
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