LIBRARY FACULTY HANDBOOK

2.c.1  LIBRARY COUNCIL (LC) description (This Section Under Revision)

 

PLEASE NOTE:  The LC description, LC's working agreement, and the

LC membership chart can be found on the Libraries homepage.

 

Role:

The Library Council is the primary administrative body for the WSU Libraries.  Its role is to provide leadership in directing the allocation of intellectual and financial resources in support of the Libraries’ values, mission, and vision.

 

Membership:

·         Director of Libraries

·         LAO Finance Administrative Officer (budget)

·         Assistant Director for Technical Services

·         Assistant Director for Collections and Systems Services

·         Assistant Director for Public and Research Services

·         Two library faculty members elected by the library faculty

·         One LFAC representative, selected by the Library Faculty Affairs Committee

·         Five classified/exempt staff members; four are selected by their respective bargaining units; one is elected from the staff members not represented by a bargaining unit by these staff members.

 

The Director, Assistant Directors, and LAO Finance Administrative Officer serve ex officio, i.e., by virtue of their titles.  The LFAC representative serves for 1 year.  All other members serve for 2 years, with staggered terms of office, to insure some continuity and some change each year.  

 

Governance:

The Chair will rotate monthly, starting alphabetically by last name, so that each LC member has the opportunity to chair the group at least once.  New members will chair as their last names occur alphabetically in the already established sequence.  Library Council will meet regularly as needed.  The LAO secretary will record minutes and distribute the minutes and agendas electronically to all library faculty and staff via the ‘Decision Digest/Minutes Archive’.

 

Specific charges:

·         Define library wide priorities and goals; oversee library strategic planning

·         Establish library policies and practices with broad, system-wide implications

·         Plan budgets, including allocation of operations/equipment budgets

·         Review vacant faculty and staff positions and determine how best to allocate them

·         Name search committees for library faculty positions

·         Establish Working Groups and appoint members

·         Refer issues to Working Groups

·         Solicit updates from the Working Groups

·         Establish ad hoc task forces, as appropriate

·         Make other appointments, such as the editors of Library Update and The Record

 

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Approved by Library Council: 12-10-97; Revised by LC: 10-7-98; Revised 5/99; Revised 6/7/00; member title change 3/26/01

 

Revised 3/26/01