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From: Diane Bisom, Chair, Strategic Action Group 3: Collection Building & Management (SAG 3)
Date: 17 November 2014

UC Libraries Colleagues,

In August the UC Libraries Advisory Structure's Strategic Action Group 3: Collection Building & Management (SAG 3) shared a "concept proposal" for a new vision of the UC bibliographer groups, requesting comments during September 2014. We received 19 responses from individuals, as well as groups that include Bibliographer Groups, divisional LAUC groups, and CDL.

Many responses acknowledged that the description of the current campus environments and evolution of responsibilities of UC librarians is accurate. There was support for improving elements of the current system, though equal concern that the proposed changes might dismantle relationships and processes that are perceived to be working well at least for some groups. Questions were raised about roles and reporting lines, scope of activities and authority, organizational alignments, size and nature of the groups, leadership responsibilities and prospects, and communication effectiveness. The points raised by respondents resonated with SAG 3, leading us to a major revision of the proposed next steps.

In place of the organizational plans suggested in the 'concept proposal,' over the next several months SAG 3 will:

1. Update the Guidelines for UC Bibliographer Groups, outlining expectations for roles, responsibilities, activities, and participation to ensure they remain vital and effective.
2. Work with current UC Bibliographer Groups to self-identify appropriate groupings such as mergers, separation, dissolutions or creations aligned with the academic needs and staffing across the UC Libraries.
3. Recommend support from CoUL to provide a common suite of resources and tools for use by all UC Bibliographer Group members as a building block to encouraging deeper collaboration between campuses (e.g. central hosting of wikis, web sites, rosters, listservs; collaboration tools for calls, collaborative documents and project sites).
4. Develop a toolkit to aid UC Bibliographer Groups' function and communication with other UC collection-related groups.
5. Encourage continued clarification and communication about the roles, responsibilities, and activities of UC collection-related groups to determine where modifications and new approaches are beneficial.

Thank you for your dedication to the UC Libraries and the feedback that helped determine what we believe are positive next steps. Further information will be provided by SAG 3 as progress is made.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,
Diane
Chair, SAG 3

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From: Coordinating Committee, UC Libraries Advisory Structure
Date: 31 October 2014

This memo serves as call for members interested in two newly established Common Knowledge Groups (CKGs), the Digital Humanities CKG and the Digitization CKG.

Digital Humanities CKG membership is open to all levels of staff interested in and responsible for scholarly work that combines the methodologies and concerns of the humanities with those of computing (e.g. data mining, data visualization, GIS, statistics, text mining, digital publishing).

Digitization CKG membership is open to all levels of staff interested in and responsible for technologies, equipment, workflows and digitization standards for materials of all formats held by the UC Libraries.

To participate in the Digital Humanities CKG, please contact its chair, Barbara Hui, CDL, Barbara.Hui@ucop.edu

To participate in the Digitization CKG, please contact its chair, Susan Chesley Perry, UCSC, chesley@ucsc.edu

Both Common Knowledge Group Charters containing more detail, and general information about CKGs, is available online: http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/ckg

As with all CKGs, membership is limited to staff who are directly engaged in and/or responsible for work that is under the purview of the CKG. Please obtain your supervisor's approval prior to participation.

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From: Rosalie Lack, Chair, Coordinating Committee, UCLAS
Date: 22 October 2014

Colleagues,

A reminder that the UC Libraries Advisory Structure's UCLAS Webinar Series kicks-off on October 30th with its first webinar, UC Libraries Systemwide Plan & Priorities, featuring two University Librarians, Lorelei Tanji and Ginny Steel. Register in advance and tune into a live discussion and overview of the updated Systemwide Plan & Priorities.

UC Libraries Systemwide Plan & Priorities

Register: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/b306u7qwg3rr&eom

When: October 30, 2-3 pm

Presenters:
Lorelei Tanji, CoUL Chair and UCI University Librarian
Ginny Steel, UCLA University Librarian

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Cc: CoUL
From: Lorelei Tanji, Chair, CoUL
Date: 14 October 2014

UC Libraries Colleagues,
The updated University of California Libraries, Systemwide Plan and Priorities, FY 2014-2018 is now available from the Council of University Librarians (CoUL) at: http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/groups/files/coul/docs/SPP_2...
The UC Libraries Systemwide Plan and Priorities details CoUL's goal areas, corresponding priorities for fiscal year 2014-2015 and on-going priorities for 2014-2018. Each goal also designates the UC Libraries Advisory Structure group(s) that will be working on it.
On October 30th, I, along with Ginny Steel, UCLA University Librarian, will host a webinar to provide an overview of the Systemwide Plan and Priorities that is open to all interested UC libraries employees. Additional details are forthcoming this week from the UC Libraries Advisory Structure's Coordinating Committee with registration information.
Best,
Lorelei Tanji