What's New?

Our server. We may still experience broken links caused by a transition to a new server, which has the ability to discern between upper-and lower-case letters in document titles. If you click a link and can't find something, try changing the case of the first letter of the document.

Please - let me know if you find dead links!

~ Elaine

Annual updates usually include:

• L&S Calendar Removed from Handbook; replaced by lists of regular meetings and warning that users should attend to deadlines noted in emails.
• L&S Snapshot (still to be updated with official data from 2007-2008; should be available in September 2009)
• Organizational Chart for L&S Administration (updated August 2008 to reflect personnel changes and changes to L&S Administrative organizational units)
• Paper and Request Flowchart , also known as the "what goes where and whom do I call about it?" reference for all L&S departments and programs (updated August 2008)
• MANY small updates not listed below have also been made.

Other Revisions:

Most revisions made for the 2009-2010 edition of the Handbook were minor, since we anticipate a major overhaul to take place next year. A few of the more substantial changes, made to clarify policy, are listed below.

• Section 1.3 has had a additional pages connected to it, to reflect L&S Curriculum Committee recommendations related to departments/programs' creation of directed study and topic courses to increase department-level flexibility in the curriculum.
• Section I.19 is currently being revised to reflect more current modes of electronic communication; this should be ready in September.
  
• Section II.5 has been revised to reflect processes for seeking approval for out-of-state travel funded by GPR funding.
  
• Various areas in Section III note that hiring restrictions are in place.
  
• Section VIII.6, on planning for the possibility of a Flu Pandemic.
• Section VIII.7. Information about how UW-Madison faculty and staff who are eligible to do so may gain access to the campus data systems they require for their work.
• Section VIII.8 Information for departments about participating in the L&S Departments' furniture/computer "Swap List"

What's not here?:

• Information on furloughs. This situation is continually changing, so the best source of information for departments will be the e-mail messages L&S Admin will periodically send to L&S units. We suggest that employees consult the UW-Madison Budget Office website on this topic: http://budget.wisc.edu/
  
• Information on Collective Bargaining for UW Faculty and Academic Staff. Again, this situation is evolving, and the best source of information may be the UW System Human Resources website (http://www.uwsa.edu/hr/barglegis.html) and/or memoranda sent from the Office of Human Resources to employees who may be affected by this legislation.

Updated: August 21, 2009 by Elaine M. Klein