MSOE Library Committee Charter

Approved by the Faculty Senate on October 29, 1996

Introduction

The Library Committee at MSOE serves several functions.

  1. It makes recommendations to the Director of the Library as to procedures that will enhance use of the facilities by faculty and students and to promote the use of the library as a resource tool.
  2. It makes recommendations to the Director of the Library in regard to the library collection.
  3. It makes recommendations to the Director of the Library in regard to utilization of the present facilities, resource media and equipment and about upgrading those facilities, resource media and equipment.
  4. It advises the Executive Educational Council in adopting library policies that cross departmental boundaries to provide increased efficiency in learning.

This committee will normally meet once a quarter.

Membership and Responsibilities

Chair

The Chair is to be elected (appointed) by the Faculty Senate and will be responsible for arranging committee meetings and for communicating all appropriate committee information, conclusions, and decisions to the Faculty Senate.

General Membership

One representative will be selected from each academic department (with the exception of the Chair's department) through an election process. These representative do not have to be faculty senators, but should be actively involved and interested in fulfilling the Library Committee functions as stated above. One student representative will be selected by the SGA.

Ex-Officio

The Director of the Library, Assistant Director and other library staff as appropriate, will be invited to all meetings and minutes shall be sent to the Director of the Library, Vice-president for Academics and to the Academic Department Chairs. These notices and minutes will be for informational purposes only and no voting rights will be granted to the Academic Department Chairs.