Senate Library Committee

Standing (Reporting Category "B")

Updated 25 October 2012

Members	Conditions	Term	Expiry Date	Name
Vice-President, Research	Chair, Ex-officio (voting)			Mario Pinto
Vice-President, Academic	Ex-officio (voting)			Gordon Myers
University Librarian	Secretary, Ex-officio (voting)			Charles Eckman
Associate Librarian	Ex-officio (non-voting)			Natalie Gick
Dean of Continuing Studies (or designate)	Ex-officio (voting)			Yvonne Tabin
Dean of Graduate Studies	Ex-officio (voting)			Wade Parkhouse
Senator	Dual positions SLC/LPAC Elected by Senate	2 years	May 31, 2013	Glenn Chapman
Senator		2 years	May 31, 2013	Daniel Leznoff
Undergraduate Student		2 years	May 31, 2013	Marisol Cruz
Undergraduate Student (Alternate)		2 years	May 31, 2014	Andreas Pilarinos
Graduate Student		2 years	May 31, 2013
Graduate Student (Alternate)		2 years	May 31, 2014
Faculty Member (Applied Sciences)	Elected by and from respective Faculties	2 years	May 31, 2013	John Edgar
Faculty Member (Arts and Social Sciences)		2 years	May 31, 2014	Michael Everton
Faculty Member (Business Admin.)		2 years	May 31, 2014	Byungchae Jin
Faculty Member (Communication, Art & Technology)		2 years	May 31, 2013	Laura Marks
Faculty Member (Education)		2 years	May 31, 2014	Suzanne Smythe
Faculty Member (Environment)		2 years	May 31, 2013	David Burley
Faculty Member (Health Sciences)		2 years	May 31, 2013	Jeremy Snyder
Faculty Member (Science)		2 years	May 31, 2013	Igor Herbut
Librarian	Elected by Librarian Employee Group	2 years	May 31, 2013	Penny Swanson
Library Staff Member	Elected by Library Staff Employee Group	2 years	May 31, 2014	Thomas Peacock
Recording Secretary	Ex-officio (non-voting)			Susie Smith

NOTE: In general an "alternate" member is invited to attend meetings when a regular member is not available. Please confirm the role of the alternate member on this committee with the committee secretary.

Terms of Reference

1. Advises the University Librarian on matters relating to the operation of the Library and the liaison between the Library and academic departments and programs. The areas of advice include the following:

monitoring the continuing response to the Library Review Report recommendations and organizing subsequent reviews every five years
liaison between the Library and academic programs
establishing collections priorities
review of Library performance data
review of major changes in Library systems or operations

2. Advises the Vice President, Research on matters relating to the size of the Library budget.

3. Approves guidelines for the allocation of the Library materials budget between various fields of instruction and research.

4. Recommends changes in rules and regulations for the operation of the Library, such as the Loan Policy.

5. Reports to Senate annually concerning its activities and the operation of the Library.

The Senate Library Committee meets 1-2 times per semester on a Monday from 2:30pm - 4pm. The dates are usually set at the beginning of the semester.