{"id":240,"date":"2005-04-12T11:41:24","date_gmt":"2005-04-12T15:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/academicassembly\/?p=240"},"modified":"2016-07-19T11:41:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T15:41:46","slug":"april-12-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/academicassembly\/2005\/04\/12\/april-12-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"April 12, 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Academic Assembly of Librarians<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>General Assembly Meeting<br \/>\nPaley Library Lecture Hall<br \/>\nSpecial Meeting \u2013 April 12, 2005<br \/>\n2:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Present<\/strong>: C. Brigham, C. Davis Cunningham, M. Darby, A. Harlow, M. Jerrido, L. Lane, C. Lang, M. Larkin, P. Myers, D. Murray, F. Rowland, B. Schoolar, K. Szigeti, A. Vara, B. Wright<\/p>\n<p>Vice-Chairperson Anne Harlow called the meeting to order at 2:05 pm.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vote on Changes to the AAL Bylaws<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 40px\"><strong>Proposed Changes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 160px\">Throughout the Bylaws:\u00a0 change \u201cUniversity Librarian\u201d to \u201cVice Provost for Libraries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 160px\">Section IIIB5:\u00a0 change to allow PARA Committee to be elected in May due to new timeframe imposed by the TAUP contract.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 160px\">Section IIIB9:\u00a0 stated change for PARA election in May rather than September; change to allow members serving on PARA to recuse themselves should they be under consideration for promotion.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 40px\">\n<li style=\"margin-left: 40px\"><strong>Questions\/Comments<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 160px\">There was a question about PARA members and promotion.\u00a0 Since PARA members serve for two years, the current bylaws force PARA Committee members either not to apply for promotion or to resign from the Committee in order to be considered for promotion.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 80px\">\n<li><strong>Vote<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 160px\">The members present voted unanimously to approve the changes to the Bylaws.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PARA Procedures &amp; Guidelines<\/strong> must be rewritten to reflect the changes to the timeline.\u00a0 The Steering Committee is recruiting volunteers to work on this project.\u00a0 Mark Darby volunteered and noted that extensive changes probably would not be necessary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Merit Process<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 80px\">Laura Lane reported that the Merit Committee had completed its evaluations and submitted its recommendations to Larry Alford on February 15th in accordance with the procedures in place.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 80px\">The ratification of the TAUP contract resulted in changes to this process.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 80px\">The new process calls for the Merit Committee to consist of no more than six members: three to be appointed by AAL and three to be appointed by the VPL.\u00a0 Larry recommended that the contract be followed while agreeing to keep the existing members of the Committee.\u00a0 Thus Mary Edsall, Laura Lane, and Brian Schoolar were designated the AAL appointees while Carla Davis Cunningham and David Murray were designated the VPL appointees.\u00a0 Molly Larkin became the final VPL appointee.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 80px\">Merit policies will need to be revised to match contractual stipulations.\u00a0 The Merit Committee has completed drafts of forms which will be distributed to the AAL once Larry has approved them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 40px\"><strong>Questions\/Comments<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 120px\">Fred Rowland commented that he had heard that there were possible problems with the merit process.\u00a0 There were none with librarians; he may have heard that faculty had not done anything with regard to merit.\u00a0 Mark Darby reported that the Deans were told specifically not to initiate the merit process for faculty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 120px\">Penelope Myers asked whether any department heads would need to resubmit evaluations.\u00a0 Laura reported that Larry would notify department heads in the event that new or enhanced evaluations are needed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 120px\">Carla Davis Cunningham noted that the merit guidelines are issued by the VPL, not AAL.\u00a0 AAL is submitting recommendations to him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 120px\">Mark noted that the contract rearranges the criteria for merit.\u00a0 Our guidelines do suggest that we look at an individual\u2019s entire career when evaluating for merit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 120px\">Laura noted that the Merit Committee\u2019s recommendations on the merit process are intended to deal with the current merit cycle.\u00a0 Procedures and processes may need to be refined for future merit considerations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 120px\">Mark noted that there are probably one or two more merit units available this year as merit units are a percentage of the total librarian salary pool.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 120px\">Anne encouraged librarians to read the contract on the TAUP website.\u00a0 Laura noted that pages 47 and 48 cover merit.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was adjourned at 2:22 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Submitted by<br \/>\nCarol Brigham<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Assembly of Librarians General Assembly Meeting Paley Library Lecture Hall Special Meeting \u2013 April 12, 2005 2:00 PM Present: C. 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