APPENDIX Va

The LAUC Committee on Professional Governance would greatly appreciate your help in filling out this questionnaire. We need your input in order to update the information previously gathered for the period July 1, 1990 through June 30,1994. Please return the completed questionnaire to ___________________________, your local member of the Professional Governance Committee, by Wednesday, October 28, 1998.

Campus: _________________________

1. How many librarian positions have been filled by new-hires (permanent only) at your campus between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 1998? _____
       a. How many were filled by intercampus transfers? _____

2. At your campus between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 1998, how many (permanent only) librarians were hired as:

Assistant Librarian _____

Associate Librarian _____

Librarian _____

3. At your campus between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 1998, how many librarians were hired outside the Librarian Series or reclassified to non-librarian series? _____

a. List the job titles

_________________________________________________________

b. In how many of those cases was this done to offer a higher salary range to the candidate?

____________

4. How many first choice librarian candidates have turned down an offer made by your campus during this period? _____

5.Please indicate how many times each of the following reasons was given for turning down an offer by the librarians reported in question number 4. (More than one reason can be marked for an individual.)

Salary _____

Benefits _____

Housing cost or other housing problems _____

Cost of living other than housing _____

Career status not offered _____

Problems with spouse's employment _____

Accepted other position _____

Diversity issue _____

Commute _____

Position not challenging enough _____

Family/personal reasons _____

Unknown _____

6. At the end of the recruitment process, we often have more than one candidate we would hire with great enthusiasm. (Circle one)

7. We have had recruitments resulting in hiring librarian candidates whose qualifications did not substantially match those in the position description as posted. (Circle one)

8. How many recruitments have you reopened during this period? ______

9. How many librarians resigned (not retired) between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 1998?

a. How many transferred to another UC campus? _____

10. Please indicate how many times each of the following reasons was given for leaving by the librarians reported in question number 9. (More than 1 reason can be marked for an individual.)

Better salary offer or current salary too low _____

Better benefits _____

Better professional support _____

Housing cost or other housing problems _____

Cost of living, other than housing _____

Problems with spouse's employment opportunities _____

Environmental concerns (air quality, traffic, safety, etc.) _____

Campus life _____

Upward professional move _____

Attend school _____

Family/personal _____

Health _____

Change careers _____

Relocate _____

Unknown _____

Other _____

11. How many librarians have left your campus to go to libraries in the following institutions:

CSU _____

Community College in California _____

Private college or university in California _____

College or university in other states _____

Public libraries in California _____

Public libraries in other states _____

Private sector in California _____

Private sector in other states _____

Other _____

12. Any other information or comment you would like to add about recruitment or retention of librarians at your campus? (e.g., anecdotal impressions about recruitment/retention problems, very recent situations since June 30, 1994, campus atmosphere, reasons outside library administration's control, withdrawn during or prior to interview process, etc.) Feel free to attach additional pages.