Draft—IUPUI Library
Faculty Meeting Minutes
Attending: Jim Baldwin, Emily Dill, Nancy Eckerman, Edward González,
Randall Halverson, Kathleen Hanna, Amy Hatfield, Mary Hudson, Fran Huehls, Richard Humphrey, Karen Janke, Wendell Johnting, David Lewis, Sue London, Chris Long, Martha
McCormick, Miriam Murphy, Sally Neal, Ann O’Bryan, Kiyoshi Otsu,
Kevin Petsche, Rick Ralston, Steve Towne
Presiding:
Martha McCormick
Recording:
Edward González and Sally Neal
Call to Order & Presentation of
Election Slate
The meeting
was called to order by Martha McCormick, IUPUI Library Faculty Chair. Ms. McCormick presented the slate of
candidates for IUPUI Library Faculty positions.
She asked for any additional nominations from the floor and there were
none.
The
Martha
McCormick announced that Jennifer Hehman was elected to the IUPUI FC Board of
Review Pool for 2003-05.
The Herron
Chronicle, a history of the IUPUI
Herron School of Art, is now available for purchase through the
Ms.
McCormick expressed her sincere gratitude to the entire group for their
contribution and support during her tenure as IUPUI Library Faculty President.
Kevin
Petsche, IU Librarian’s Day Committee member, encouraged librarians to
participate in IU Librarian’s Day on
Sue London
reported that the front entrance of the Medical Library is now open.
Wendell Johnting announced the upcoming InULA
annual business meeting from
Ann O’Bryan
informed the library faculty that University Library has hired Ms. Kristi
Palmer, former
Kathleen
Hanna, Chair of the IUPUI Book Sale Committee, stated that the first IUPUI InULA book sale earned $2,300. The remaining monographs will be sent to a
university in
University Library – David Lewis
Budgetary
issues continue to be discussed. One
million dollars generated by increased student fees will be allocated to the
library over three years. The University
Library and Medical Library repository initiative is expected to go live during
the summer of 2003. The common pool of
electronic resources project is ongoing.
IULFC – Jim Baldwin and Kevin
Petsche
Upon
reissuing a call for applicants (no one applied for the award during the first
call for applications), the White Award was resurrected. Eight applications were received and an
announcement of an award recipient will be forthcoming.
IULFC – Promotion and Tenure
Committee – Richard Humphrey
Richard Humphrey
announced that the IULFC Promotion and Tenure Committee would be hosting two
programs at Librarian’s Day, one on mid-tenure review and the other on
promotion to full librarian.
Chris Long,
member of the IULFC Promotion and Tenure Review
Committee, reported that this group had a meeting the day before which he had
not attended. The group will be issuing
a report soon.
As a member
of the IUPUI Library Faculty Promotion
and Tenure Review Committee, Chris Long announced that the committee had
finished its work and submitted its report to Chancellor Plater. The IUPUI Library Faculty may want to
consider some of the suggestions presented in the report.
Break
The group
then took a break in preparation for the upcoming election.
There was no old business to report.
New Business
In order
for elections to be held, a quorum was needed. The IUPUI Library Faculty Bylaws
state that fifty percent of the membership shall constitute a quorum. There are 57 IUPUI Library Faculty members
and 23 were in attendance at today’s meeting.
Those in attendance voted by paper ballot and additional ballots were
submitted prior to the meeting and delivered via e-mail while the meeting was
in session. In total, 32 ballots were
received thus allowing the election to proceed.
It was
agreed upon that election results would be tabulated after adjournment and the
elected officers would be announced via e-mail.
The meeting
adjourned.
The results
of the election are as follows:
IUPUI
Library Faculty Secretary, 2003/04: Amy
Hatfield
IULFC
Representatives, 2003/05: Polly
Boruff-Jones and Sue London
IULFC
Alternates, 2003/05: Mary Hudson and
Miriam Murphy
There were
two ties – one for Chair-Elect and for IULFC Faculty Review Board
Representative. A run-off ballot was
conducted by e-mail. The results are:
Ann O’Bryan
Chair Elect
Mary Beth Minick IULFC Faculty Review Board rep, Randi Stocker
alternate.
Respectively
submitted,
Sally Neal,
secretary