Library Committee
Annual Report 2002-2003
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During the 2002-03 academic year, the Faculty Senate Library Committee continued
to fulfill its responsibilities of advising the University Librarian in
the three areas outlined in its standing rules: 1) meeting the learning,
instruction, and research needs of students, faculty, and staff; 2) formulating
library policies in relation to circulation, budgets, services, and development
of resources for instruction and research; and 3) interpreting the needs
and policies of the library to the University.
Accomplishments:
In consultation with the University Librarian, the committee spent much of its time
strongly advocating for the Libraries during the 2007 redesign process, particularly
seeking to persuade administrators to re-designate the library as an academic and
not administrative unit on campus. While the implementation of the current plans
from the 2007 process remain unpredictable, the committee's advocacy appears to have
had some influence. We are pleased that the current plans do call for the library to
report to administrators on the academic side of the organizational structure.
The committee discussed with library staff the following issues:
* identifying core services of the library,
* identifying potential areas of budget cutting,
* methods for obtaining user information from students and faculty
* development of shared collections with University of Oregon.
The committee also used one meeting to provide feedback to the library
staff who are re-designing the library's web-page.
In response to a request from the President of the Faculty Senate, the committee
developed a statement expressing the faculty's understanding of the library's
centrality to the mission of the university:
The library gives meaning to the very word "university," connecting OSU to
the universe of learning, even as it supports and builds our very sense of an OSU
community. In so doing, the library enables the university to achieve its central
purpose: the discovery and dissemination of knowledge. The library is a profoundly
democratic space in the university where information is available to all, whether
users are students walking the stacks or researchers searching the catalogs online.
As the heart of the university, the library is both a central place on campus for
scholarly exchange and an engine that powers that exchange as the university pursues
its mission to serve the state of Oregon and beyond.
The committee worked hard to recruit student members to the committee, but the ASOSU
never designated any student members, although at least three qualified applicants
submitted the proper paperwork to ASOSU.
Respectfully submitted by:
Mark Edwards
June 14, 2002
2002-2003 Library Committee Membership
| Mark Edwards '04, Chair | Sociology |
| Heidi Brayman Hackel '03 | English |
| Lawrence Landis '03 | Archives |
| Ajoy Velayudhan '03 | Bioresource Engineering |
| Dianne Erickson '04 | Science & Mathematics Education |
| Bob Rost '04 | Extension & Exp. Station Communications |
| Ken Winograd '04 | School of Education |
| Barbara Gartner '05 | Forest Products |
| Mo Healey '05 | History |
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Ex-Officio: University Librarian
(Karyle Butcher); Associate University Librarian (Bonnie Allen)
Executive Committee Liaison - Dianne Erickson
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