Faculty Senate Committee on the University Libraries 2011/2012

Charge to the Committee on University Libraries

From the By-Laws of the Faculty Senate, By-Law VII., Item i., Par. 2:

"1) The Committee on the University Libraries shall consist of the Vice President for Information Technology Services, the University Librarian, the Director of the Cleveland Health Sciences Library, the Director of the Library of the School of Law, and Director of the Library of the Mandel School for Applied Social Sciences, ex officiis; three members from the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences; one member each from the faculties of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, The Case School of Engineering, the School of Law, and the Weatherhead School of Management; one each from the faculties of the schools of Dental Medicine, Medicine, and Nursing; and one undergraduate student elected by the Undergraduate Student Government, one graduate student elected by the Graduate Student Senate, and one postdoctoral scholar/fellow elected by the Post Doctoral Researchers Association. The nine faculty members shall be elected by the Faculty Senate. The term of membership for faculty on the Committee on the University Libraries shall be three years; three members shall be elected each year. Each elected faculty member of the Committee shall be eligible for re-election only after the lapse of at least one year following the expiration of two consecutive three-year terms of membership. The term of membership for student and postdoctoral scholar/fellow members shall be one year, beginning immediately upon their election to the Committee at the first regular meeting of the Faculty Senate subsequent to Commencement each year. Student and postdoctoral scholar/fellow members shall be eligible for re-election annually. The Chair or the designee of the Committee on Information & Communication Technology shall sit ex officio on the Committee on University Libraries, and the Chair or the designee of the Committee on University Libraries shall sit ex officio on the Committee on Information & Communication Technology.

"2) The Committee on the University Libraries shall advise the Director and the University administration on policies and procedures relating to the operations, facilities and budget of the University Libraries. The Committee shall report regularly to the Senate, with recommendations as appropriate."

Members of the Committee:

Mary Quinn Griffin, Chair, School of Nursing

William Deal, CAS

Richard Buchanan, WSOM

Stanley Hirsch, SODM

Erik Jensen, Law

David Kaelber, SOM

Frank Merat, CSE

John Orlock, CAS

Rolfe Petschek, CAS

Amy Wilson, MSASS

ex officio

Raymond Muzic, Chair, FS Committee on Information & Communication Technology

Arnold Hirshon, Associate Provost & University Librarian

Kathleen Carrick, Law Librarian

Ginger Saha, Director, Cleveland Health Sciences Library

Samantha Skutnik, Director, Harris Library, MSASS

Lev Gonick, Vice President for Information Technology

Samir Shah, Undergraduate Student representative

Sara Kennedy, Graduate Student representative

Karen Gibson, Post-Doctoral Scholar representative