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Senate Library Committee

Last updated: November 25, 2024

Standing Committee (Reporting Category "B")

Members Conditions Term Expiry Date Name
Provost (or designate) Chair, Ex-officio (voting)     Jane Pulkingham
Associate Vice-President, Research and International  Ex-officio (voting)     Valorie Crooks 
University Librarian Secretary, Ex-officio (voting)     Gohar Ashoughian
Associate Dean of Libraries (on a rotating basis among ADLs) Ex-officio (non-voting) 2 years May 31, 2025 Mark Jordan
Dean of Lifelong Learning (or designate) Ex-officio (voting)     Judy Smith
Dean and Associate Provost, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Ex-officio (voting)     Mary O'Brien
Senator Dual positions SLC/LPAC
Elected by Senate
2 years May 31, 2025 Danny Leznoff
Senator 2 years May 31, 2025 Cristina Eftenaru
Undergraduate Student 2 years May 31, 2025 Harkirat Singh Walia
Undergraduate Student (Alternate) 2 years May 31, 2026 Aaron Fung
Graduate Student 2 years May 31, 2025 Kate Elliot
Graduate Student (Alternate) 2 years May 31, 2026 Pok Man Tong
Faculty Member (Applied Sciences) Elected by Senate 2 years May 31, 2025 Ljiljana Trajkovic
Faculty Member (Arts and Social Sciences) 2 years May 31, 2026 Michael Everton
Faculty Member (Business Admin.) 2 years May 31, 2026 Geoffrey Poitras 
Faculty Member (Communication, Art & Technology) 2 years May 31, 2025 Scott Steedman
Faculty Member (Education) 2 years May 31, 2026 Roger Frie
Faculty Member (Environment) 2 years May 31, 2025  
Faculty Member (Health Sciences) 2 years May 31, 2025 Stuart Peacock
Faculty Member (Science) 2 years May 31, 2025 Vance Williams
Librarian Elected by Librarian Employee Group 2 years May 31, 2025 Yolanda Koscielski
Library Staff Member Elected by Library Staff Employee Group 2 years May 31, 2026 Ward McLean
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 strategy and operations of the Library. The areas of advice include the following:
    • liaison between the library and academic programs
    • the library needs of students, faculty, staff, and the community
    • establishing collections priorities and the alllocation of the library collections budget
    • review of library performance data
    • review of major changes in library strategy, systems or operations
    • promotion to the campus community of the library's services, collections, and expertise
    • monitoring the continuing response to regular external reviews of the library, which are conducted every seven years
  2. Advises the Vice President, Research & International on matters relating to the size of the Library budget.
  3. Recommends substantive changes in library policies.
  4. Advises the University Librarian on SFU copyright policies and related education, technology and communication issues.
  5. Reports to Senate annually concerning its activities and the operation of the Library.

Meetings

The Senate Library Committee meets once per semester on a Wednesday from 2:30pm-4pm.  The dates are usually set by the beginning of the calendar year.

Quorum

A quorum shall be seven voting members.

Annual Reports

Meeting Minutes

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