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)
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Annual Reports of the General Faculty Standing Committees
Meetings
Sept. 29, 3PM (via Zoom)
Oct. 27, 3pm (via Zoom)
Dec. 1, 3pm (via Zoom)
Annual Report
2023-2024 Membership
Chair
Elon M. Lang, Associate Professor of Instruction, Humanities Program
Chair Elect
David Lankes, Professor, School of Information
2021-2024
Elon M. Lang, Associate Professor of Instruction, Humanities Honors Program
Feng Zhang, Associate Professor, Pharmacy
2022-2025
Deanna Buckley, Associate Professor of Practice, UTeach-Natural Sciences
Elizabeth Ilardi, Assistant Professor of Practice, College of Natural Sciences
Keiko Torii, Professor, Molecular Biosciences
2023-2026
David Lankes, Professor, School of Information
Shannon O'Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, Government
John Osborn, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Mathematics
2023-2024 Faculty Council Representatives
Deborah Beck, Associate Professor, Classics
Julia Mickenberg, Professor, American Studies
Staff Members
2023-2025
Annah Hackett, Information Literacy Librarian, UT Libraries
Michelle Osuna, Senior Research Program Coordinator, Department of Medicine
2022-2024
Michelle Monk, Senior Academic Program Coordinator, Medical Education
Student Members
2023-2024
TBD, Senate of College Councils Representative
TBD, Senate of College Councils Representative
TBD, Senate of College Councils Representative
Zainab Siddiqui, Student Government Representative
Olivia Green, Student Government Representative
TBD, Graduate Student Assembly Representative
TBD, Graduate Student Assembly Representative
Administrative Advisers without Vote
2023-2024
Lorraine J. Haricombe, Vice Provost and Director, UT Libraries