Accessibility statement

Library Committee

Overview

Overview

The Library and Archives Committee meets twice a year and will be augmented with one or more town hall meeting(s) where academic and professional services staff can come along and have a thematic discussion on a topic of importance. Its purpose is to help develop Library and Archives policies and procedures, provide advice to University committees on issues that affect the Library and Archives, and monitor the delivery of the Library, Archives and Learning Services strategy.

If you have any questions, please contact the Library and Archives Committee Secretary, Rebecca Millan (rebecca.millan@york.ac.uk).

Terms of Reference

Library & Archives Committee Terms of Reference

  1. To offer advice and recommendations to the University Teaching Committee (UTC) and University Research Committee (URC) and other committees/groups as appropriate on current or emerging Library and Archives and information related issues that affect the University.
  2. To consider initiatives and innovations from across the wider HE sector and their potential for use within the University of York.
  3. To consider the implications for the Library, Archives and Learning Services strategy on strategic decisions made by other bodies at the University of York.
  4. To monitor the delivery of the Library, Archives and Learning Services strategy, reporting progress to University Teaching Committee, University Research Committee, Faculty Research Groups, Faculty Learning and Teaching Groups and the Open Research Strategy Group.
  5. To receive reports from the relevant bodies on the full portfolio of Library and Archives projects and ensure the portfolio remains aligned with the Library, Archives and Learning Services & Archives strategy and the University’s objectives.
  6. To provide a communication line to and from the Deans on Library and Archives matters.
  7. To consider the resources required to implement the agreed strategic objectives of the Library and Archives and where appropriate, make recommendations to the Planning Committee, through MTP, or to other relevant bodies about budgetary needs.
  8. To advise on the development and implementation of the Library and Archives policies and procedures relating to business continuity & operational resilience.
  9. To receive and, where necessary, act upon regular reports from relevant user groups.
  10. To share the minutes of Committee meetings with University Teaching Committee, University Research Committee, Faculty Research Groups, Faculty Learning and Teaching Groups and the Open Research Strategy Group.

Membership

Membership

The Library and Archives Committee is attended by up to three attendees per faculty, including the Associate Deans for Teaching, Learning and Students and representatives from YUSU and GSA.

Membership of the Library and Archives Committee

Chair

Jill Webb - Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning and Students, Faculty of Social Sciences

Academic Representatives

  • Steve King - Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning and Students, Faculty of Sciences
    Richard McClary - Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning and Students, Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Student Representatives

  • Ekansh Kapoor - Vice President Academic, GSA
  • Debayan Dey - Academic Officer, YUSU

Departmental Representatives (nominated by the Dean of each Faculty)

  • Bidyut Baruah - Electronic Engineering
  • George Younge - English and Related Literature
  • Jessica Roberts - Environment and Geography
  • Nicola Sinclair - History of Art
  • Thilo Huning - Economics

Library and Archives Representatives

  • Kirsty Lingstadt - Director of Library Archives and Learning Services
  • Sarah Thompson - Head of Content and Open Research
  • Gary Brannan - Keeper of the Archives and Special Collections