ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIBRARIES COMMITTEE

I. DATE: July 29, 1983
103 Faculty Senate
FROM: Ray Martinez, Chairman

Membership of the Committee:

Charles Boklage, Medicine

Robert Bunger, Sociology

Donald Collins, Library Science

Frances Daugherty, Art

Henry Ferrell, History

Gerhard Kalmus, Biology

Ray Martinez, HPERS

Donald Neal, Geology

William Stephenson, English

Ex officio: Keats Sparrow
JoAnn Bell
Dean of the School of Medicine or an appointed rep.
James LeRoy Smith, Philosophy
Carolyn Lilly (student)

Committee meetings (dates and members absent)

September 1 Stephenson

October 6 Stephenson

November 10 Daugherty

December 1 Kalmus*, Smith*, Stephenson*
February 9 Stephenson

March 2 Martinez, Neal .

April 6 Boklage, Martinez

*excused absences
Date of reports to the Faculty Senate during the year.
March 15, 1983

Specific instructions given to the committee by the Faculty Senate,
other than those found in the committee's constitutional charge:

This committee was instructed to continue to observe the implementing
of the Materials Allocation Plan by Joyner Library.

A brief statement of committee organization, subcommittees, research
activities, etc.:

Ad hoc committees were used to gather data and then report back to
the committee.

 
List of committee accomplishments including recommendations made to
agencies other than the Faculty Senate:

None

Citation of the resolution numbers of Senate resolutions that
originated with the committee.

83-17
WHEREAS, library mateials are a vital and expensive resource used in
support of the University's programs, and

WHEREAS, a considerable number of these resources are borrowed by
faculty and other persons and neither returned nor renewed, and

WHEREAS, requests by the library that faculty and other persons return
certain long overdue materials have been unsuccessful, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate recommend that the University
administration assist the library in its efforts to obtain the return
of library materials when appropriate.

Proposals and/or business to be carried over to next year:
None

Evaluation of the committee:

A. Structure: appropriate

B. Duties: well defined

C. Functions: appropriate

D. Personnel: members wree interested, concerned, and willing to
work.

Suggestions for improving the effectiveness of the committee:
Continue the ad hoc committee procedures.