Senate Library Committee

Standing committee (Reporting Category "B")

Last Updated September 20, 2017

Members	Conditions	Term	Expiry Date	Name
Vice-President, Research	Chair, Ex-officio (voting)			Joy Johnson
Vice-President, Academic	Ex-officio (voting)			Gordon Myers
University Librarian	Secretary, Ex-officio (voting)			Gwen Bird
Associate Librarian	Ex-officio (non-voting)			Natalie Gick
Dean of Continuing Studies (or designate)	Ex-officio (voting)			Michael Filimowicz
Dean of Graduate Studies	Ex-officio (voting)
Senator	Dual positions SLC/LPAC Elected by Senate	2 years	May 31, 2019	Glenn Chapman
Senator		2 years	May 31, 2019	Daniel Laitsch
Undergraduate Student		2 years	May 31, 2019	Arr Farah
Undergraduate Student (Alternate)		2 years	May 31, 2018	Sina Khalili
Graduate Student		2 years	May 31, 2019	Junxian Peng
Graduate Student (Alternate)		2 years	May 31, 2018
Faculty Member (Applied Sciences)	Elected by and from respective Faculties	2 years	May 31, 2019	Ljiljana Trajkovic
Faculty Member (Arts and Social Sciences)		2 years	May 31, 2018	David Coley
Faculty Member (Business Admin.)		2 years	May 31, 2018	Jie Mein Goh
Faculty Member (Communication, Art & Technology)		2 years	May 31, 2019	John Maxwell
Faculty Member (Education)		2 years	May 31, 2018	Huamei Han
Faculty Member (Environment)		2 years	May 31, 2019
Faculty Member (Health Sciences)		2 years	May 31, 2019	Malcolm Steinberg
Faculty Member (Science)		2 years	May 31, 2019	Vance Williams
Librarian	Elected by Librarian Employee Group	2 years	May 31, 2019	Hazel Plante
Library Staff Member	Elected by Library Staff Employee Group	2 years	May 31, 2018	Daryl Clarke
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.