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.
Member E-mail Address Book (comma delimited)
Member E-mail Address Book (semi-colon delimited)
Annual Report
2021-2022 Membership
Chair
Luisa Nardini, Associate Professor, Music
Email: nardini@utexas.edu
Chair Elect/Vice Chair
Alisa H. Perren, Associate Professor, Radio-Television-Flim
2019-2022
Miroslava M. Benes, Associate Professor, Architecture
Jennifer V. Ebbeler, Associate Professor, Classics
Hirofumi Tanaka, Professor, Kinesiology and Health Education
2020-2023
Lisa L. Moore, Professor, English
Alisa H. Perren, Associate Professor, Radio-Television-Flim
Mary M. (Maggie) Rivas-Rodriguez, Professor, Journalism
2021-2024
Elon M. Lang, Associate Professor of Instruction, Humanities Honors Program
Feng Zhang, Associate Professor, Pharmacy
2021-2022 Faculty Council Representatives
Stephanie Mulder, Associate Professor, Art and Art History
Martha Newman, Associate Professor, History
Staff Members
2020-2022
Mary C. Capps, Cross Unit Liaison, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
2021-2023
TBD
Student Members
2021-2022
Allie Murphy, Senate of College Councils Representative
Raymundo Rodriguez, Senate of College Councils Representative
Alex Shah, Senate of College Councils Representative
TBD, Student Government Representative
TBD, Student Government Representative
TBD, Graduate Student Assembly Representative
TBD, Graduate Student Assembly Representative
Administrative Advisers without Vote
2021-2022
Lorraine J. Haricombe, Vice Provost and Director, UT Libraries