Libraries Committee FY2025


Committee Details:

Committee: Libraries Committee
Committee Category: Standing Committees of the University Senate
Fiscal Year: FY2025

Members

  • Chair: Casey Franklin, Architecture & Design, Faculty, Voting, 2026
  • Aaron Scurto, Engineering, Faculty, Voting, 2025
  • Jane Barnette, Arts, CLAS, Faculty, Voting, 2025
  • Michael Riquino, Social Welfare, Faculty, Voting, 2025
  • Robert Schwaller, History, CLAS, Faculty, Voting, 2026
  • Tom Tolbert, Pharmacy, Faculty, Voting, 2025
  • Yi-Yang Chen, Music, Faculty, Voting, 2026
  • Steve Bien-Aime, Journalism & Mass Communications, Faculty, Voting, 2027
  • Aimee Armande Wilson, Social & Behavioral Sciences, CLAS, Voting, 2027
  • V. Kelly, International & Interdisciplinary Studies, CLAS, Faculty, Voting, 2027
  • Min-young Kim, Education & Human Sciences, Faculty, Voting, 2027
  • Elyse Adame, Admissions, Staff, Voting, 2026
  • Marla Weaver, Dole Institute of Politics, Staff, Voting, 2027
  • TBD, Student, Voting
  • TBD, Student, Voting, 
  • TBD, Graduate Student, Voting, 
  • Chris Bohling, UPS Library Staff, Ex-officio, Non-voting, 
  • Debbra Peres, USS Library Staff, Ex-officio, Non-voting, 
  • Michael Peper, Library Faculty, Ex-officio, Non-voting, 
  • Pam Crawford, Law Librarian, Ex-officio, Non-voting, 
  • Carol Smith, Dean of Libraries, Ex-officio, Non-voting, 

Charges

Standing Charges

  1. Monitor and support the Libraries’ long-range planning and allocation of resources—staff, physical space, equipment, collections, digitally-based information, etc.—in light of the needs of different academic disciplines and the budget situation. Assist in communicating about planning resource allocations to support teaching (including both undergraduate and graduate) and research. Report issues and recommendations for action to SenEx. (ongoing)
  2. Assess and assist with the effectiveness of communication and space utilization between the Libraries and students, faculty, and staff, about topics including, but not limited to, library-based instruction in classes and academic programs in support of university-wide learner outcomes. Report issues and recommendations for action to SenEx. (ongoing)
  3. Obtain a report from the Open Access Advisory Board concerning activities, and long-range planning for Open Access at KU.
  4. FY2026: According to the Open Access Policy for University of Kansas Scholars, the policy should be reviewed every three years. The policy was last reviewed and updated in FY2023 (http://policy.ku.edu/governance/open-access-policy).

Specific Charges

  1. Work with the Strategic Action Team to help communicate to campus the difficulties of maintaining access to scholarship with a stagnant Collections budget.
  2. Evaluate the accessibility of and access to library resources.
  3. Continue monitoring the progress of the Watson Library renovation project, working with the new Dean of the Libraries.
  4. Consider expanding the Open Access Policy to include staff and students, not only faculty. Discuss the re-establishment of the Open Access Advisory Board (see FY2023 final report).

Libraries Committee FY2025