Libraries Committee FY2027

Committee Details:

Committee: Libraries Committee
Committee Category: Standing Committees of the University Senate
Fiscal Year: FY2027

Members—

  • Chair: Eric Weisbrod, School of Business, Faculty, Voting, 2027
  • Matt O'Reilly, School of Engineering, Faculty, Voting, 2029
  • Eun Ah Cho, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Faculty, Voting, 2028
  • Claire Willey-Sthapit , Social Welfare, Faculty, Voting, 2028
  • Hartwin Peelaers, Physics & Astronomy,CLAS, Faculty, Voting, 2028
  • Laird Forrest, Pharmacy, Faculty, Voting, 2028
  • Steve Bien-Aime, Journalism and Mass Communications, Faculty, Voting, 2027
  • Aimee Armande Wilson, Interdisciplinary Studies, CLAS, Faculty, Voting, 2027
  • Van Kelly, International & Interdisciplinary Studies, CLAS, Faculty, Voting, 2027
  • Min-young Kim, Education & Human Sciences, Faculty, Voting, 2027
  • Chris Anderson, Finance Shared Service Center, Staff, Voting, 2029
  • Emma Herrman, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Voting, 2029
  • Student, TBD, Voting 2027
  • Chris Bohling, UPS Library Staff, Ex-officio, Non-voting
  • Debbra Peres, USS Library Staff, Ex-officio, Non-voting
  • Elspeth Healey, Library Faculty Assembly Chair, Special Collections Curator, Ex-officio, Non-voting
  • Pam Crawford, Law Librarian, Ex-officio, Non-voting
  • Michael Peper, Associate 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. Report issues and recommendations for action to SenEx.
  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.
  3. Obtain a report from the Open Access Advisory Board concerning activities and long-range planning for Open Access at KU.

Specific Charges

  1. Communicate a recommendation to SenEx regarding expanding the Open Access Policy to include staff and students, rather than only faculty
  2. Encourage the progress of the Watson Library renovation project, as well as other KU Libraries capital projects.

Libraries Committee FY2027