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Faculty Senate Publications Council
2005-2006

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Barbara Monz

Publications Council

Co-Chairs:  Janna Merrick 4-6231

                      Muhammad Rahman 4-5625

Members Roster

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COMMITTEE CHARGE

AUSPICES:

The Publications Council is a standing council of the USF Faculty Senate and receives authority for its actions through that body.

CHARGE:

The Publications Council will recruit suitable scholarly and creative works for publication and decide which works are to be supported with subvention. to the extent that subvented manuscripts are published by the University Press of Florida, the council will serve as an advisory board to the UPF.

OPERATING PROCEDURES:

For purposes of processing applications, the council will divide into a Print Media Subcommittee and a Nonprint Media Subcommittee. To implement its business, the council shall establish its own operating procedures, subject to the approval of the Provost. In all decisions of the council, a quorum must be present, and a simple majority vote will rule. The council shall report to the Provost.

MEMBERSHIP:

The membership of the Publications Council shall be constituted as follows:

Voting Members

1. One faculty member from each college, with one additional member from any college having more than 250 full-time faculty members. A third member will be selected from any college having more than 400 full-time faculty members.
2. A representative of the Research Council's Subvention Subcommittee
3. A faculty member from the USF Library

Ex Officio Members

1.  Provost of his designee
2. Dean of the Graduate School
3. Dean of Undergraduate Studies
4. Director of the Publications Council Office

APPOINTMENT:

Tenured and tenure-earning faculty members will be considered for appointment. Special consideration shall be given to the nominees' expertise in print and/or nonprint media forms of publication. The method of selecting college nominees shall be as follows:

1. Nominees shall submit vitae with their nominatioin forms to the Chair of the Committee on Committees of the Faculty Senate who, with the approval of the Faculty Senate, will select candidates to forward to the Provost for appointment.
2. The Research Council shall elect its representative annually and forward his/her name to the Faculty Senate.

Members shall be appointed for staggered three-year terms Retiring members may not be reappointed during the year following the last year of their terms unless appointed to a vacancy on the council.

CHAIR:

The chair of the council shall be elected by the members of the council and shall be a faculty member.

Date of adoption: 09/29/93

Revised: 01/22/03

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