In the months ahead, the library staff will add significantly to library holdings. It is important that early additions to the collections include the most critical needs identified by faculty and students, particularly materials that may be needed for classes in fall 2000. In the years ahead, increases in the library's base budget as well as continued private fund-raising will keep collections current. The following agenda items may be of special interest. The Chancellor's Office will bring the pilot program to the Board for action next month.
Fellowship leave .
Currently, faculty members who accept such fellowships are granted leave without pay. As a result, they must pay the full cost of health insurance and other benefits. Under the proposed rule, presidents who believe that a faculty member's leave will benefit both the institution and the faculty member may grant fellowship leave and authorize payment of employer contributions for health care and other personnel expenses. As with the Board's sabbatical leave policy, faculty members who do not return to the university for at least one year after completion of the leave must repay the benefits paid during the leave. Performance funding policy .