ACADEMIC, APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2009-2010 Academic Year
COMMITTEE: Libraries
1.
Membership (include ex-officio members).
Patrick Valentine, Chair; John Heilmann,
Vice-Chair; David Wilson-Okamura,
Secretary Margit Schmidt; Chris Riley-Tillman; Cheryl McFadden replaced Tami Tomasello (resigned); Larry Boyer; Dorothy
Spencer; Hunt McKinnon; Tarek Abdel-Salam
replaced Anoush Terjanian (resigned); Catherine Pittman replaced Natalie Amato (Student government)
2.
Meeting Dates (include members present*).
* and members who contributed to committee action, but
were not at the meeting.
16 September 2009: Present: Larry Boyer, John Heilmann,
Beth Ketterman (for
Dorothy Spencer), Mark Sprague (vice chair of the faculty senate), Anoush Terjanian, Tami Tomasello, Patrick Valentine, David Wilson-Okamura
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October 2009: Present: Larry Boyer, Jacquelyn Erdman (presenter),
John Heilmann, Hunt McKinnon, Dorothy Spencer, Anoush Terjanian, Tami
Tomasello, Patrick Valentine, David Wilson-Okamura, James Wirth
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November 2009: Present: Natalie Amato,
Beth Ketterman(for Dorothy Spencer), Jan Lewis (for Larry Boyer), Hunt McKinnon, Margit
Schmidt, Dorothy Spencer, Tami Tomasello, Patrick
Valentine, David Wilson-Okamura, James Wirth
20 January 2010: Present: John Heilmann,
Patrick Valentine, Larry Boyer, Tarek Abdel-Salam, Susan Simpson (for Dorothy.
Spencer), Hunt McKinnon, Margit Schmidt, Beth Ketterman(for Dorothy Spencer)
17 February 2010: Present: Tarek Abdel-Salam,
Larry Boyer, Jeff Coghill (for Dorothy Spencer), John Heilmann,
Cheryl McFadden, Chris Riley-Tillman, Margit Schmidt, Patrick Valentine, David
Wilson-Okamura
17 March 2010: Present: Larry Boyer, Cheryl McFadden,
Hunt McKinnon, Margit Schmidt, Marilyn Sheerer (provost, presenter), Dorothy Spencer, Chris Riley-Tillman, Patrick
Valentine, James Wirth, David Wilson-Okamura
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April 2010: Present: Beth Ketterman(for Dorothy Spencer), Jan Lewis (for Larry Boyer), Cheryl McFadden,
Chris Riley-Tillman, Margit Schmidt, Patrick Valentine, David Wilson-Okamura,
James Wirth
3.
Subcommittees established during the year (include progress and/or completion
of work). None
4.
Accomplishments during the year, especially as addressed through committee
goals. Please include recommendations made to any University agency other
than the Faculty Senate that will be noted under #5.
1.
Completed
carry-over business from last year
2.
Discussed past
Library budget-cuts
3.
Held Faculty
Forum on the role of the Libraries including budget, March 24, 2010
4.
No
library-related section of the faculty policy manuals needed revision
5.
Discussed
resources such as library study rooms for graduate students and faculty
6.
Passed motion in
favor of need for more information before Project STEPP should be moved into
Joyner Library
5. Reports
to the Faculty Senate (include dates and resolution numbers). None
6. Business
carried over to next year (list in priority order).
1.
Hold a public forum every year to address
library issues
2.
Need for further information about move of
Project STEPP to Joyner Library
7. Evaluation of
the committee (include anything that hindered or assisted the
committee's work during the year).
A. Charge: Read
and understood
B. Personnel: Good
participation, some change of membership due to faculty having other duties and
non-attendance on the part of student appointees
C. Attendance: Good,
quorum for 6 out of 7 meetings
D. Responsibilities: Understood
E. Activities: Faculty
Forum on the Role of the Libraries, March 24, 2010
8.
Suggestion(s) to the Chair of the Faculty and/or Faculty Senate for improving
the effectiveness of the committee.
Make
sure all appointees are appointed in timely fashion before first meeting and
are notified of first meeting
9.
Does the Committee’s organizational meeting next year need to be earlier than
the date set this year? No.
Signed: Chairperson, Patrick Valentine
Secretary, David Okamura