The Informer Page 2

September 28, 1988

Head Librarian Chosen

The Media Centre is going to have a new leader.
Frieda Wiebe, head librarian at Vancouver Community
College for the past four years, will be assuming that
post at Cap’s library beginning October 17. In addition
to her work at the Vocational Institute's campus, where
she managed circulation, reference, instructional, media
and computer services, budgets, staffing, and the
planning and implementing of a campus copyright policy
and procedure, Frieda was a consultant to the Can Tho
University in Vietnam.

Frieda has an M.B.A. from UBC — her studies
focussed on labour relations, organization behaviour and
development, and marketing — a Master’s Degree in

Library Science, also from UBC, a B.A. (Hons.) from the
University of Saskatchewan, and a Diploma from the
University of Tubingen, West Germany where she
specialized in German language and literature. She
speaks English, German and some French and Spanish.

“We were looking for an excellent administrator
with competency in library skills and communication,”
says Rob Turner, Dean of Student and Instructional
Services. “Everyone on the interviewing team concurred,
Frieda has superlative human relations skills.”

The decision to hire a head librarian was based on
separate faculty and staff reports which suggested that
an administrator would be useful to revitalize the
library.

College Hires Negotiator

Geoff Holter will be the College’s negotiator, working
full time on the planning, organizing and coordination of
the negotiation of both College collective agreements. He
begins at Cap September 27.

Executive Director of the Professional Employees
Association since 1975, Geoff has led negotiations for
collective agreements between the Professional
Employees Association and various employers including:
the Government of B.C., Greater Vancouver Mental
Health Services, the Legal Services Society, the Prince
George School District and the Health Labour Relations
Association. As chief negotiator for the Professional
Association of Residents and Internes for the past
decade, he represented the medical housestaff of major
B.C. hospitals in negotiations with the Health Labour
Relations Association. He holds a Master’s Degree in
English from Simon Fraser University and is an opera
lover, tennis and softball player, weightlifter, reader and
writer.

The negotiator’s duties will be to:

* serve as chief spokesperson for all College
negotiating committees, presenting the College’s view
within definable limits and assisting in determining
strategies

¢ interpret union contracts and college policies to
members of the Board, College Executive, supervisors
and employees, and advise them in dealing with
grievances and other matters relating to faculty union
affairs and staff negotiation matters (as required)

¢ liaise with, or represent the College in grievances
and arbitrations, and before the Labour Relations Board

* act in an advisory capacity on labour relations
matters to groups or committees consisting of members
of the Board and/or Management Group

¢ keep informed of developments in personnel
administration and labour relations/negotiations and
periodically review and prepare reports on the College’s
negotiation process

¢ be responsible for the maintenance of faculty
records and processing of personnel records relating to
workload, appointments and assignments

¢ represent the College on Workload Equivalency
Taskforce and other similar contractual committees (as
assigned)

* may be assigned non-personnel related faculty-
oriented tasks consistent with tasks within the
responsibility of other Associate Deans

Geoff will report directly to Rob Turner, and is
responsible to the entire Committee of Deans.

Questions about your health?

Drop by the Health Services office on the North
campus, in M103. Receptionist Brenda Jarvis
will welcome you, and nurse Donna Savage
and Doctors J.W. Mackie and T. Hall will assist
you. We offer physical health care, assessment
and treatment, health and lifestyle counselling,
first aid services, pamphlets and other
educational material. Open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. on alternate Fridays. Call 2964
for an appointment.

CAPILANO COLLEGE HEALTH SERVICES