Senate Library Committee

Standing committee (Reporting Category "B")

Last Updated January 18, 2021

Members	Conditions	Term	Expiry Date	Name
Vice-President, Research	Chair, Ex-officio (voting)			Dugan O'Neil
Vice-President, Academic	Ex-officio (voting)			Elizabeth Elle
University Librarian	Secretary, Ex-officio (voting)			Gwen Bird
Associate Librarian	Ex-officio (non-voting)			Natalie Gick
Dean of Lifelong Learning (or designate)	Ex-officio (voting)			Judy Smith
Dean and Associate Provost, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies	Ex-officio (voting)			Jeff Derksen
Senator	Dual positions SLC/LPAC Elected by Senate	2 years	May 31, 2021	Dan Laitsch
Senator		2 years	May 31, 2021	Danny Leznoff
Undergraduate Student		2 years	May 31, 2021	Abhishek Parmar
Undergraduate Student (Alternate)		2 years	May 31, 2022	Pooria Arab
Graduate Student		2 years	May 31, 2021
Graduate Student (Alternate)		2 years	May 31, 2022
Faculty Member (Applied Sciences)	Elected by and from respective Faculties	2 years	May 31, 2021	Ljiljana Trajkovic
Faculty Member (Arts and Social Sciences)		2 years	May 31, 2022	Michael Everton
Faculty Member (Business Admin.)		2 years	May 31, 2022	Geoffrey Poitras
Faculty Member (Communication, Art & Technology)		2 years	May 31, 2021
Faculty Member (Education)		2 years	May 31, 2022	Ozlem Sensoy
Faculty Member (Environment)		2 years	May 31, 2021	David Burley
Faculty Member (Health Sciences)		2 years	May 31, 2021
Faculty Member (Science)		2 years	May 31, 2021	Vance Williams
Librarian	Elected by Librarian Employee Group	2 years	May 31, 2021	Jennifer Zerkee
Library Staff Member	Elected by Library Staff Employee Group	2 years	May 31, 2022	Reza Davallow Ghajar
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

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
Advises the Vice President, Research on matters relating to the size of the Library budget.
Approves guidelines for the allocation of the Library materials budget between various fields of instruction and research.
Recommends changes in rules and regulations for the operation of the Library, such as the Loan Policy.
Reports to Senate annually concerning its activities and the operation of the Library.