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The next General Meeting will be held Friday, February 3, 2012, in room 306 of Burnside Hall.

Agenda

Draft minutes of the May 24th meeting

Association Background

Ancillary Documents

This set of ancillary documents represents past work of the Section and requires re-evaluation now that the revised regulations have been approved. They have not been approved by Library Administration:

  1. Annotated guide to Chapter 2 regulations: academic duties of librarian staff (May 2004)
  2. Criteria and Timetable for Reappointment of Assistant Librarians (June 2001)
  3. Expanded Explanation of "Academic Duties" (revision passed at the June 6, 2000 meeting)
  4. Study/Professional Development Leave for Full-time Tenured and Tenure-Track Librarians

Vacation Policy

The following ancillary document was prepared by the Professional Issues Committee:

CV Guidelines (Nov. 1997)

Professional Development Fund for academic staff

The following ancillary document was prepared by Janine Schmidt, Trenholme Director of Libraries; William Foster, Associate Provost, Policies and Procedures; Daniel Boyer; Jim Henderson; and Christine Oliver:

Guidelines on Criteria for Reappointment and Tenure for Tenure Track Librarian Staff (Nov. 20, 2007)

 

Applying for Sabbatic Leaves

Librarians who are preparing applications for a sabbatic leave may benefit by discussing their application and sabbatical plan with a colleague who has recently been granted a sabbatic leave. Several members of the MAUT Librarians' Section have volunteered to share their experiences and insights about the process of applying for sabbatic leaves:

Executive, Committees, Representatives

Executive for 2011-2012
Marc Richard (Chair)
Sharon Rankin (Chair-Elect)
Joan Hobbins (Past-Chair)
Genevieve Gore  (Secretary Treasurer)
Nomination Committee for 2011-2012
Macy Zheng (Chair)
Joan Hobbins
Susan Murray
Professional Issues Committee for 2011-2012
Sean Swanick (Chair)
Robin Canuel
Megan Chellew
Megan Fitzgibbons
Joan Hobbins
Julie Jones
Andrea Miller-Nesbitt
CASC - Committee on Academic Staff Compensation (formerly Committee on Academic Salary Policy) representative
currently no librarian representative
Staff Benefits Advisory Committee representative:
Jodie Parker-Hebert

Librarian Promotion Committees

Library Tenure Committee

The Library Tenure Committee considers all applications for promotion to Associate Librarian with tenure, grants of tenure to Associate or Full Librarians, and initial rankings at the level of Associate Librarian. This committee makes recommendations to the University Tenure Committee for the Libraries, or in the case of new appointments, to the University Tenure Committee for Recruitment.

The Committee consists of a Chair, four elected librarians with staggered, renewable terms of two years, and two alternates. The chair is selected according to the "Process for choosing a chair of the Library Tenure Committee."

Criteria for eligibility
All tenured librarians (excepting the Director of Libraries) who are not members of, or candidates for, the University Tenure Committee for the Libraries are eligible for election.

Library Tenure Committee Members
Joan Hobbins
Sharon Rankin
Lonnie Weatherby
Eleanor MacLean, Chair
Daniel Boyer (Alternate)
Jim Henderson (Alternate)
John Hobbins (Alternate)
Valerie Mayman (Alternate)

Promotion to Librarian Committee

The Promotion to Librarian Committee considers all applications for promotion to the rank of full librarian, and initial rankings at the level of full librarian. This committee makes recommendations to the Director of Libraries regarding the establishing of a Statutory Selection Committee.

The Committee consists of four elected librarians with staggered, renewable terms of two years, and one alternate. The committee selects its chair from among its members.

Criteria for eligibility All tenured full librarians (excepting the Director of Libraries) are eligible for election.

Promotion to Librarian Committee Members
Marilyn Berger September 1, 2005 to April 30, 2008
Adam Gacek May 1, 2007 to April 30, 2008 (Replacing Pat Riva whose appointment lasts until April 30, 2009)
Eleanor MacLean May 1, 2007 to April 30, 2009
John Hobbins May 1, 2007 to April 30, 2009
Angella Lambrou (Alternate) May 1, 2007 to April 30, 2009

Librarian Representatives on the University Tenure Committee for the Libraries

The University Tenure Committee for the Libraries considers recommendations from the Library Tenure Committee for all promotions to Associate Librarian with tenure and grants of tenure to Associate or Full Librarians.

The Committee consists of: the Director of Libraries as chair, 2 tenured librarians (and one alternate) and 3 other tenured members of the academic teaching staff (and one alternate) nominated by Senate Nominating Committee.

Criteria for eligibility
All tenured librarians (excepting the Administrative Librarians, the Associate Director and the Director of Libraries) who are not members of, or candidates for, the Library Tenure Committee are eligible for election.

Librarian Representatives on the University Tenure Committee for the Libraries
Jane Aitkens September 1, 2005 - April 30, 2008
Kendall Wallis May 1, 2007 to April 30, 2008
Louisa Piatti (Alternate) September 1, 2006 to April 30, 2009

Membership Benefits & Privileges

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Merit and Status

Minutes of Meetings

2010
December 3, 2010
May 6, 2010
2009
Dec. 11, 2009
June 15, 2009
2008
December 12, 2008
June 6, 2008
2007
November 30, 2007
April 27, 2007
2006
December 12, 2006
April 11, 2006
2005
December 12, 2005
October 14, 2005 (Special Meeting on Merit)
May 2005
2004
December 2004
May 13, 2004
2003
December 18, 2003
April 24, 2003
2002
December 13, 2002
April 25, 2002
2001
December 6, 2001
April 17th, 2001
2000
December 5, 2000
June 6, 2000
1999
December 2, 1999
June 3, 1999
1998
December 4, 1998
June 2, 1998
1997
November 27, 1997

Reports

Annual Reports
MAUT Librarians' Section - Annual Report 2001/02 (Chris Oliver, April 2001)
Librarians' Section Annual Report to MAUT Council (Luisa Piatti, April 2001)
Librarians' Section Annual Report to MAUT Council 2000 (Pat Riva,May 2000)
Librarians' Section Annual Report to MAUT Council 1999 (Jane Aitkens, May 1999)
FQPPU Reports
FQPPU Report - June 2008 submitted by Marc Richard
FQPPU Report - April 2007 submitted by Marc Richard
FQPPU Report - December 2006 submitted by Marc Richard
FQPPU Report - April 2006 submitted by Marc Richard
FQPPU Update - May 2005 submitted by Marc Richard
FQPPU Activities Report - June 2000 submitted by Luisa Piatti
FQPPU Activities Report - Dec 1999 submitted by Luisa Piatti
FQPPU - Activities Report - June 1999 submitted by Luisa Piatti
FQPPU - Activities Report - Dec 1998 submitted by Luisa Piatti
Pay Equity and Salary
Salary Task Force Report Pat Riva (May 2005)
Pay Equity Report Luisa Piatti (December 1999)
Report on the Pay Equity presentation, prepared by Luisa Piatti (June 1999)
Salary Comparison for Academic Librarians prepared by Pat Riva (February 1999) Rank comparison chart
Professional Issues Committee (PIC)
PIC Report - April 2007 (Karen Jensesn)
PIC Report - December 2006 (Karen Jensen)
PIC Merit Report - April 2006 (The Merit Review Process for McGill Librarians: A Comparison of 2004 and 2005) and Appendix
PIC Report - April 2006 (Luisa Piatti)
PIC Report - December 2005 (Alexander Jerabek)
PIC Report - May 2005 (Sharon Rankin)
PIC Report - April 2003 (Joan Hobbins)
PIC Report - May 2000 (Chris Oliver)
Staff Benefits Advisory Committee
Staff Benefits Report - April 2007 submitted by Jodie Hebert
Various
Proposed revision of the Expanded Explanation of "Academic duties".
Report prepared for CAUT regarding the impact of budget cuts on the McGill University Libraries (Jane Aitkens, March 1999)

Links

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