Committees

• Budgetary Advisory Committee
• Collection Development Committee
• Constitution and By-Laws Committee
• Continuing Education Committee
• Election Committee
• Faculty Standards Committee
• Salary Equity Review Committee
• Jenkins Award Committee
• Peer Committee for Annual Merit Review

Budgetary Advisory Committee
Liaison: Andrea Singer
CWA Representative:
PA Representative:
Ex-Officio: Kathy McCarnes, Library Fiscal Officer

2002-04

• Diane Dallis (Chair)
• Frank Quinn
• Wen-ling Liu

2003-05

• Andrea Singer
• Elizabeth Johnson
• Bob Goehlert

Charge (2003-04):

1. *Serve as an advisory body to the Ruth Lilly University Dean of University Libraries on budgetary matters.
2. *Review the annual budget for the IUB Libraries.
3. *Analyze cost factors related to areas of IUB Libraries activities, as needed.
4. *Recommend priorities of action in the event of mandated budget reversions or reductions, or significant increases of budget allocation.
5. *Serve as the consultative committee to the Ruth Lilly University Dean of University Libraries for annual library faculty salary budget allocation.
6. Continue to review the budget for ALF operations, including ALF staffing, noting how the positions have been funded (i.e. temporary positions funded, positions moved, lost, hourly funds reassigned, etc.).
7. Investigate campus guidelines and library policies and procedures on using library funds to support student participation in library activities and research, e.g., refreshments, incentives for participation in usability studies, etc.
8. Monitor university and campus guidelines that govern the use of funds within RCM units and communicate information about the guidelines to library staff.

Collection Development Committee
Liaison: Jian Liu

2002-04

• Roger Beckman (Chair)
• Monique Threatt
• Celestina Wroth

2003-05

• Linda Clendenning
• Mechael Charbonneau
• Carolyn Walters

Charge (2003-04):

1. *Serve as an advisory body to the administrator responsible for collection development in reviewing the libraries’ collections.
2. *Review and recommend to the Dean the allocation of the library materials budget according to the research, instructional, and service needs of the university.
3. *Manage the general fund. Note: The 2002-2003 Committee recommended a change for this charge, approved by BLFC and submitted to the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, as "Recommend ways to ensure collection managers' input into the use of funds designated for general or strategic needs." The proposal needs to be presented to the library faculty for a vote by mail. Approval of a majority of those members voting is required.
4. *Appoint liaisons to a) any endowment fund committee(s), b) Bloomington Electronic Resources and Services Committee (BERSERC), and c) any other committee formed for the purpose of dispersing special funds to the Libraries’ collections (the necessity for such a liaison being determined in each case by BLFC or the Committee itself).
5. *Review policies and procedures in the collection development process.
6. Plan and sponsor workshops relating to collection management during both the Fall and Spring semesters.
7. Review the roles and relationships of CDC relative to BERSERC in light of the review of BERSERC now taking place.

Constitution & By-laws Committee
Liaison: Nonie Watt
Ex-Officio, Library Human Resources Officer

2002-04

• Mark Day (Chair)
• Gwen Pershing
• Ann Haynes

2003-05

• Ralph Papakhian
• Gary Charbonneau
• Peter Hook

Charge (2003-04):

1. *Regularly review the Constitution and By-laws of the Library Faculty.
2. *Prepare drafts for the Library Faculty Council of amendments to the Constitution & By-laws.
3. Prepare draft of language to amend Constitution to mandate staggered terms for the appointment of BLFC members.
4. Eliminate language that conflicts with new peer review process in "Indiana University-Bloomington Libraries Salary Policy for Library Faculty". These are editorial changes only.

Continuing Education Committee
Liaison: Cecile Jagodzinski
Ex-Officio, Assistant Dean for Libraries Human Resources

2002-04

• Kathy Marlett
• Linda Zellmer
• Liana Zhou

2003-05

• Rita Barsun
• Linda Cantara (Chair)
• Angela Courtney

Charge (2003-04):

1. *Plan continuing education programs.
2. Review the Fall 2001 Continuing Education Survey results and use them to identify program topics and speakers.
3. Continue brown bag lunch discussion series.
4. Work more closely with InULA’s committees and other groups and committees to identify common programs and additional funding.
5. Present a program on the peer-review process and/or writing an annual report for the peer review process.

Election Committee
Liaison: Becky Cape

2002-04

• Jennifer Bryan (Chair)
• Saundra Taylor

2003-05

• Dan Seldin
• Liz Larson
• Becky Cape

Charge (2003-04):

1. Continue to update and revise the Election Committee Manual.
2. *Conduct elections and perform other duties as specified in the By-laws.
3. Incorporate procedures for addressing/signing ballot envelopes into the Election Committee Manual.
4. Submit changes to the By-laws to the members for a vote by mail. (Awaiting action: change to Collection Development Committee standing charge #3 and addition of new standing charge to Faculty Standards Committee.)

Faculty Standards Committee
Liaison: Marion Frank-Wilson
Ex-Officio, Assistant Dean for Libraries Human Resources

2002-04

• Sylvia Turchyn
• Marion Frank-Wilson
• Taemin Park
• Julie Bobay

2003-05

• Andrea Morrison (Chair)
• Frank Quinn

Charge (2003-04):

1. *Review existing guidelines for work responsibilities, privileges and salaries and make recommendations where appropriate.
2. *Review existing appointment and promotion and tenure criteria and make recommendations where appropriate.
3. *Review existing methods for evaluating performance and make recommendations where appropriate.
4. Serve as an advisory committee for the Assistant Dean for Libraries Human Resources. [to be made a standing charge]
5. Monitor the impact of the new merit rating system for annual peer review and administrative review.
6. Review the use of position descriptions in annual reviews.
7. Advise the Assistant Dean for Libraries Human Resources on the proposed Evaluation Guidelines for Supervisors for the administrative review of librarians.
8. Review report of IULFC Promotion and Tenure Review Committee and its implications for Bloomington librarians.
9. Review IU Libraries policies on non-reappointment of librarians in light of BFC Circular B24-2003, "Non-Reappointment Procedures After the Third Probationary Year".
10. Review and make recommendations on the role of FSC in the orientation of new librarians.
11. Recommend a review process for the review of library administrators, including which positions would be subject to such a review.

Salary Equity Review Committee
Liaison: Diane Dallis
Ex-Officio, Library Fiscal Officer & Assistant Dean for Libraries Human Resources

2001-04

• Jackie Byrd (Chair)
• Emma Dederick-Colon
• Liana Zhou

2002-05

• Monique Threatt
• Jo McClamroch
• Lois Sewell

Charge (2003-04):

1. *Monitor the accuracy and scope of the salary database, maintained by the libraries Human Resources Office, of all Bloomington library faculty members, including extra-system library faculty.
2. *Conduct a salary equity review every third year, identifying salary inequities and making recommendations for salary equity adjustments. The committee’s report to the BLFC should exclude any confidential salary equity information, which should besubmitted only to the Libraries Human Resources Officer and the Ruth Lilly University Dean of University Libraries. Note that 2003/04 is the third year.
3. Inform librarians participating in the salary equity review of the results of the review with a written notification stating whether or not his/her salary fell below the expected salary, based on the review criteria.
4. Research and identify any cases of repeat inequity. Attempt to identify the factors that contribute to repetitive inequity and recommend ways to address this problem.
5. Organize an education program for IUB librarians on the salary equity process.

Jenkins Award Committe
Ex-Officio, Assistant Dean for Libraries Human Resources
Award Guidelines [PDF document]
Nomination Form [Word document]

2002-04

• Jo Burgess
• Andrea Morrison
• Mary Popp (Chair)

2003-05

• Bob Goehlert
• Gwen Pershing

Charge (2003-04):

1. Select the recipient of the William Evans Jenkins Librarian Award.
2. Arrange the forum for the presentation of the award, announcing the winner at the retirement reception, but presenting the award at the closest Bloomington Library Faculty meeting.
3. Write the award presentation/announcement and arrange appropriate publicity.
4. Encourage the submission of nominations.

Peer Committee for Annual Merit Review
Liaison: Erika Dowell

This committee will be selected by lottery in September.

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