SUMMARY:
The Professional Development Travel Committee (PDTC) is charged to make recommendations on, define the distribution method for, and oversee allocation of funding for professional development travel.
MEMBERSHIP:
- The Dean of the Libraries appoints the chair and new members.
- Members serve in overlapping 3-year terms.
- If a member is elected Chair in his/her third year, his/her term will be extended to a fourth year so that an experienced Past Chair will be available to the Committee.
- Membership consists of both faculty and support staff.
MEMBERS 2009-2010
- Stacey Ewing, 2011, Chair
- Jane Anne Carey, 2012
- Tom Caswell, 2011
- John Freund, 2011
- Marilyn Ochoa (Fall 2009 only)
- Flo Turcotte, 2012
- Adrian Zeck, 2010
- Cindy McLean ex officio
TRAVEL APPLICATIONS:
- Applications for travel budget funds are to be evaluated by the PDTC.
- Allocation will be made according to the provisions of the employee development handbook.
- The PDTC is charged to communicate with library directors, department chairs and the library Business Office to assure proper administration of the travel budget. This includes monitoring the base budget and noting any funds not used on a timely basis.
- Returned funds may be reassigned at the discretion of the committee.
BUDGET 2009-2010
- The base professional development travel budget for the 2009-2010 academic year is $45,000.
FUNDING ALLOCATION CRITERIA (2008-2009)
*Please note that 2009-2010 committee is not bound by these criteria.
- National Organization Meetings/Conferences
- $500 for travelers with "program or service responsibilities," meaning presenting research or holding office.
- Tenure-track faculty, before their third-year review, is not expected to have those responsibilities to get this amount.
- $350 for travelers without program or service responsibilities.
- In State Organization Meetings/Conferences
- $250 for those with program or service responsibilities.
- $150 for those without.
- Expensive Registration Fees (fees greater than $300)
- Extra $100 awarded.
- International Travel
- Extra $100 awarded.
- Extra $100 awarded.
- Trip Funding Allocation
- Initially, two trips per person funded.
- After February 1, returned funds were reallocated to fund new requests.
