Library
Council
Chair:
Drew Smith 4-6849
Members
Roster
Library
Council Web Site
COMMITTEE
CHARGE
AUSPICES:
The Library Council is a standing council of
the USF Faculty Senate and receives authority for its actions
through that body.
CHARGE:
The Library Council is responsible for
advising the Library System Dean, Provost and the President on
matters pertaining to the University Libraries.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The council shall develop its own operating
procedures, subject to approval by the Provost. Functions of the
council include:
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Review of implementation of
the University Libraries allocation system.
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Liaison with appropriate
university councils or standing committees whose function may
relate to the effective development of the University
Libraries.
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Regular review and
recommendation of revisions to the written system-wide
policies.
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Participation in the
process of periodic evaluation of the libraries.
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Advocate for the libraries
in university-wide planning, decision-making and processes.
MEMBERSHIP:
- One faculty member representative from
each college, campus, and unit with voting representation in
the Faculty Senate plus an additional representative from any
college having more than 250 full-time faculty members plus a
third representative from any college having more than 400
full-time faculty members, will be appointed for staggered
three-year terms, with one-third retiring each year. The
retiring members may not be reappointed during the year following
the last year of their terms unless appointed to a
vacancy on the committee (voting).
- Two students, one a graduate student and
one an undergraduate student, appointed for one-year terms,
may be reappointed (voting).
- Two staff members (one University Support
Personnel System and one Administrative and Professional) to
be appointed for one-year terms, may be reappointed (voting).
Ex officio and nonvoting members include:
- Dean of the USB Library System
- Directors or Deans of the USF Tampa and
regional campus libraries
- Director of the Library of the Health
Sciences Center
- Director of the Louis de la Parte Florida
Mental Health Institute Library
- Provost or designee
- Director, School of Library and
Information Science or designee
- Immediate past chair of the council
APPOINTMENT:
The voting members of this council will be
appointed by the Provost upon the recommendation of the Faculty
Senate
CHAIR:
The chair shall be a voting faculty member
elected by the council.
Date of
adoption: 03/20/89
Revised:
04/24/95; 11/2003
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