K.Vanden Heuvel sent out a memo to the all users reflector in favor of diversity. The two LAUC-B laptop personal computers are available for professional development and research purposes. Approval of Minutes. The meeting of the Library Council was cancelled and there are plans for it to meet once per year. This prompted concern of LAUC Executive Committee members, who thought that library issues were likely to receive less emphasis.
Libraries can expect to have no major increases in their budgets in the near future.
The Office of the President is aggressively funding information technology outside of the library budget and is trying to attract private sector funding. There are plans for the University Librarians to keep meeting as a group but without representatives from the Office of the President. The possibility of creating a central depository for LAUC archives was discussed. There is a need to develop standards for what is kept and how long materials are kept. LAUC statewide committees made modifications of their charges.