2008/2009

Gen Ed Reform  Appointed a Gen Ed Reform Working Group to respond to Provost’s white paper  Organized two faculty meeting discussions led by Gen Ed Steering Committee leaders  Library faculty members were appointed to all 11 curricular teams

Evidences for promotion and tenure  Addressed the Provost’s charge to colleges to develop evidences for promotion and tenure  Appointed an Evidences Working Group to compile examples of evidences  Group gathered information and led first faculty discussion. Work is ongoing.

Faculty Mentoring  Formed a Mentoring Working Group and a permanent Mentoring Committee  Committee held various mentoring events and is planning a mentor match system.

Rethinking Research Libraries  Developed theme for yearlong faculty discussion  Launched with overview and discussion at 2008 fall Faculty retreat  Members of EC made presentations at faculty meetings

Revised Library Faculty Procedures  Drafted revised procedures  Held faculty discussion on proposed revisions  Revised Procedures adopted by faculty in May 2009  New procedures approved by Provost July 2009

Additional activities  Planned fall faculty retreat  Held faculty elections  Responded to proposed AR and GR changes related to tenure process on behalf of the faculty  Co-sponsored, with Collections Advisory Committee, open forum on institutional repositories  Conducted survey on Council effectiveness

Council effectiveness survey 2008 and 2009  2008 overall effectiveness: 78% rated “effective to very effective”  2009 overall effectiveness: 3.80 on scale 1-5.  Most important issues 2008: evidences, review of faculty performance evaluation process, gen ed reform, mentoring  Most important issues 2009: ditto

Thanks to outgoing Council members...  Mary Molinaro, past chair  Karen Nuckolls, member-at-large  Stephanie Aken, library faculty representative to the University Senate  Carla Cantagallo, library faculty representative

Council members for 2009/10  Stacey Greenwell, chair  Beth Kraemer, vice chair/chair elect  Susan Foster-Harper, secretary  Jen Bartlett, member-at-large  Peter Hesseldenz, member-at-large  Gail Kennedy, past chair  Reinette Jones, University Senate rep  Bev Hilton, University Senate rep  Carol Diedrichs, Dean of Libraries