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Library Council
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:
- Review of implementation of the University Libraries allocation system.
- Liaison with appropriate university councils or standing committees whose function may relate to the effective development of the University Libraries.
- Regular review and recommendation of revisions to the written system-wide collection policies.
- Participation in the process of periodic evaluation of the
libraries, the role of libraries in supporting the university
mission, including an annual report to the Provost and President.
- Advocate for the libraries
in university-wide planning, decision-making and processes.
Membership:
Members are appointed by the Provost on the advice of the Committee on
Committees of the Faculty Senate.
- One faculty 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
council (voting).
- Two students, one a graduate student and one an undergraduate student, appointed for one-year terms, may be reappointed (voting).
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Two staff members (one University Support Personnel System and one Administrative and Professional) to be appointed for one-year terms, may be reappointed (voting).
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Ex officio and nonvoting members include:
Dean of the USF 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 de la Parte Institute
Library; Provost or designee; Director, School of Library and
Information Science or designee; Immediate past chair of the council.
Schedule of
Meetings:
Meetings are called as needed by the Council Chair.
Library
Council Minutes:
Minutes of meetings are publicly available.
Announcements:
Check here for announcements about Library issues, focus groups, and the
like.
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