LFA Exec - Minutes - May 3, 2017

MINUTES: 2016-2017 Library Faculty Assembly Executive Committee

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017 1-2pm

Watson 440B

  1. Attendance:
    • Present – Chair: Sara Morris, Vice Chair/Chair Elect: Karna Younger, Secretary: Rebecca Orozco, Member 1: Ada Emmett, Member 2: Sherri Brown, Member 3: Josh Bolick
    • Absent - Member at Large: Andi Back
  2. Minutes approved with grammatical corrections.
  3. Research support, Lars and Sharon R. (5-10 minutes)
    • Lars Leon would like time on the LFA General Assembly meeting agenda to thank participants and promote future events and asking for ideas of future sessions.
    • Lars spoke about topics that came from the faculty and staff survey and will send the survey results out soon to LFA Executive Board when Greta Valentine, Research & Data Analyst for KU Libraries, is done with the analysis. We also discussed how Organizational Development (OD) and Committee on Research and Scholarly Activity (CRSA) could support faculty research development and time.
    • There will be a short survey after the final panel to assess programs from last year and ask for future session topics.
    • Spring Research Sharing 3rd and final panel will be on May 11th at 10-11am.
    • Send a small snapshot of individual current research program to Lars by May 4th at 5pm to be included in a Word document to share out with KU Libraries employees.
    • Josh Bolick suggested that the research, professional performance, and service statements writing day would be a good professional development day for tenure- track positions library faculty. Focus on components of each with advise from Library Committee on Promotion and Tenure (LCPT) current and past members.
  4. Unclassified Academic Staff (UAS) Working Group
    • Karna Younger gave an update for the UAS Working Group.
      1. The report raised more questions than it answered. The classification impacts faculty and unclassified professionals. The teams would like the report to be shared with Library Faculty and Staff Assembly (LFSA) and have them examine the use of UAS in the future. Also, as the University/Faculty Senate to reevaluate the use at KU and recommends the Libraries not use until UAS classification until that happens. Questions that came up were about the limitation on advancement. It seemed to work really well for some colleges, schools, or departments, but not others. School of Law or School of Business are considering to use the classification.
      2. The report will be presented at the LFA General Assembly meeting on May 8th at 2pm by Karna Younger. LFA General Assembly will decide to vote on formally endorse the documents. If the documents are formally endorsed by the LFA General Assembly, then a letter (email) will be sent to the Dean of KU Libraries, Kevin Smith.
      3. The UAS Working Group will be meeting with Kevin Smith on May 12, but Karna will be absent.
  5. Sara Morris gave an update on the status of the new criteria document. The document seems to be moving forward with approval within University Senate Standards and Procedures on Promotion and Tenure (SPPT).
  6. Agenda for LFA General Assembly Meeting
    • Minutes
    • New Members
    • KU Libraries Dean Update
      1. Focus Map
    • Update from LFA
    • Committee Report
      1. Library Committee on Promotion and Tenure (LCPT)
      2. Sabbatical Leave and Post-Tenure Review (SLPTR)
    • Unclassified Academic Staff Working Group
    • Nominating and Balloting Chair, Betsaida Reyes, open governance positions
  7. Sara Morris will start writing the annual report that is due in June.
  8. Adjournment