FUNCTION: To be well informed concerning the functions of the University of Texas Libraries, including the branch libraries. To advise in development and implementation of policies and procedures; to advise the librarian, the Faculty Council, and the president concerning the future of the University of Texas Libraries; to advise the president in the event it becomes necessary to appoint a new librarian.
COMPOSITION: Eight (8) voting members of the General Faculty for three (3) year staggered terms, three (3) staff members for two (2) year staggered terms, and seven (7) students. Staff members shall be appointed by the president from a panel of names submitted by the Staff Council and shall include two (2) research staff representatives. Two (2) students shall be appointed by the president from a panel of four (4) names submitted by the Student Government, three (3) from a panel of six (6) names submitted by the Senate of College Councils, and two (2) from a panel of four (4) names submitted by the Graduate Student Assembly. In addition, every year the chair of the Faculty Council shall appoint two (2) voting faculty members of the Faculty Council for one (1) year terms. Each fall, the committee shall elect a chair elect who shall be a voting faculty member of the committee, though, if that proves impossible, it shall elect a vice chair as an interim measure, while continuing to seek a chair elect. Each committee shall make an annual report on its work, in writing, to the General Faculty and Faculty Council. The director of University Texas Libraries shall serve as administrative advisor without vote. Heads of other administrative units on campus that include library programs and services shall be invited to provide comment and information as the need arises.
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2019-2020 Membership
2019-2020 Committee Chair
Sara J. Sweitzer, Associate Professor of Instruction, Nutritional Sciences
Email: sjsweitz@austin.utexas.edu
Chair Elect
Maria D. Wade, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Email: m.wade@austin.utexas.edu
2017-2020
George D. Bittner, Professor, Neuroscience
Sara J. Sweitzer, Associate Professor of Instruction, Nutritional Sciences
Alisa H. Perren, Associate Professor, Radio-Television-Film (replacement for Michael B. Winship)
2018-2021
Jorge Canizares, Professor, History
Luisa Nardini, Associate Professor, Music
2019-2022
Miroslava M. Benes, Associate Professor, Architecture
Jennifer V. Ebbeler, Associate Professor, Classics
Hirofumi Tanaka, Professor, Kinesiology and Health Education
2019-2020 Faculty Council Representatives
Marc Bizer, Professor, French and Italian
Maria D. Wade, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Staff Members
2018-2020
James A. (Adam) Zeiner, Interaction Designer, The Design Institute for Health
2019-2021
Natalie C. Hill, Consuelo Artaza and Carlos Castaneda Resident Librarian
To be determined, Staff Council Representative; Research Staff Member
Student Members
2019-2020
Gary Leo Dunbar, Graduate Student Assembly Representative
Chad Gentry Garrett, Graduate Student Assembly Representative
Sarah Hayden, Senate of College Councils Representative
Ryan Jaffe, Senate of College Councils Representative
Vinit Shah, Senate of College Councils Representative
Jillian B. Smith, Student Government Representative
To be determined, Student Government Representative
Administrative Advisers without Vote
2019-2020
Lorraine J. Haricombe, Vice Provost and Director, UT Libraries