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Committees & Service Responsibilities

Academic Year 2007-2008

Admissions (M.S./C.A.S.)

Ann Bishop, Chair
David Dubin
Caroline Haythornthwaite
Kathryn La Barre
Library Representative, ex officio
Rae-Anne Montague, ex officio
John Unsworth, ex officio
Valerie Youngen, staff

ACRL

Advisor: Sue Searing
President: Josh Lupkin
Vice President Josh Becker
Treasurer: Melissa Nykanen
Secretary: Melissa Bowles-Terry
Information Officer: Mara Degnan
link to website

Affirmative Action Officer/Conflict of Interest Officer

Terry Weech

ALA Student Chapter

Advisor: Terry Weech
President: Jeanne May
Vice President: Tracy Hilgendorf
Treasurer: Katie Sumner
Secretary: Sherry Van Treuren
Print Publicity Officer: Ata Bird
Electronic Publicity Officer and Webmaster: Jenny Hodges
link to website

ASIS&T Student Chapter

Advisor: John MacMullen
President: Karen Wickett
Vice President:
Secretary:
Treasurer: Jennifer Miller
Communications Coordinator:
LEEP Liaison:
link to website

Beta Phi Mu Liaisons

Kathryn Luther Henderson
William T Henderson
link to website

Bioinformatics Coordinator

Bryan Heidorn

CAS in Digital Libraries

Jerry McDonough

CCFD Section Leader

Sharon Johnson

Center For Children's Books Advisory Committee

Christine Jenkins
Kate McDowell
Carol Tilley
Marlo Welshons

Community Informatics Program

Ann Bishop
Kate Williams

Curriculum

Fernando Elichirigoity, Chair
Stephen Downie
John MacMullen
Kate McDowell
Rae-Anne Montague, ex officio
Sue Searing, ex officio
Linda Smith, ex officio
John Unsworth, ex officio
Ph.D. student rep: Richard Urban
CAS student rep:
M.S. student rep: Rachel Shulman

Doctoral Studies

Dan Schiller, Chair
Les Gasser
Christine Jenkins
Lori Kendall
Rae-Anne Montague, ex officio
John Unsworth, ex officio
Valerie Youngen, staff
Ph.D. student reps: Ellen Rubenstein, Qin Wei
link to meeting minutes

Editor, Bulletin Of The Center For Children’s Books

Deborah Stevenson

Editor, Library Trends

Boyd Rayward
John Unsworth

Editor, Occasional Papers

Don Krummel

Executive Committee

John Unsworth, Chair
Mike Twidale, Vice Chair
Carole Palmer
Allen Renear
Linda Smith, ex officio, Secretary

Faculty Senate

Lori Kendall (term ends August 2008)
Terry Weech (term ends August 2009)

GSLIS Chinese Group

Advisor: John Unsworth
Lian Ruan, Mentor
President: Tianxin Guo
Vice President: Lixia Zhao
Treasurer: Suzhen Chen
Secretary: Yun Zhang
Publicity Officer and Webmaster: Wei Zhang
link to website

IT Advisory Committee

David Dubin, Chair
Jon Gant
Les Gasser (spring)
Jerry McDonough
Ken Spelke, ex officio

Lecture Committee

Terry Weech, Chair
Kathryn La Barre
Jerry McDonough
Ken Spelke
Student reps:

Library School Alumni Association Liaison

Diana Stroud
link to website

LIS Library Liaison

Ann Bishop

Mortenson Liaison

Rae-Anne Montague

Ph.D. Job Market Advisor

John Unsworth

PLG

Faculty advisor: Kathryn La Barre
President: Caroline Nappo
link to website

Prize Committee

Caroline Haythornthwaite, Chair
Fernando Elichirigoity
Diana Stroud, ex officio
Marlo Welshons, ex officio

Publications

John Unsworth, Chair
Boyd Rayward (fall)
Dan Schiller (spring)
Marlo Welshons

Research Writing Group

David Dubin

SAA

Faculty advisor: Ellen Swain
President: Emilia Garvey
Vice President: Paolo Gujilde
Treasurer: Kaitlin Costello
Secretary: Sherri Berger
Publicity: Sarah Hjeltness
link to website

School Media Committee

Rae-Anne Montague, Chair
Kim Anderson
Georgeann Burch
Christine Jenkins
Karla Moller
Carol Tilley
Student rep: Holly Pantle

SLA Student Group

Advisor: Linda Smith
President: Carly Thompson
Vice President: Emilyn Larsen-Ferree
Secretary: Megan Finn
Treasurer:Eve Gaus
Webmaster:
Chair, Spring Break Committee: Lena Singer
link to website

Student Representatives To Faculty Meetings

Master's: Robert C. Roarty
C.A.S.:
Doctoral: Claudia Rebaza

Teaching Alliance

Linda Smith

Undergraduate Minor

Lori Kendall, Chair
Jon Gant



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