Libraries Advisory Committee

Membership of Libraries Advisory Committee

  1. The Libraries Advisory Committee is directly responsible to the executive vice president and provost and is composed of the following members:

    One faculty member from each of the three divisions of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences appointed by the executive vice president and provost upon the recommendation of the Faculty Senate;

    One faculty member from each of the other degree-granting colleges of the university appointed by the executive vice president and provost upon the recommendation of the Faculty Senate;

    One member of the Graduate Council selected by the Graduate Council;

    One member of the library faculty nominated by the Library Council;

    One member of the supportive professional staff nominated by the Supportive Professional Staff Council and selected by the executive vice president and provost;

    One member of the operating staff nominated by the Operating Staff Council and selected by the executive vice president and provost;

    One undergraduate nominated by the Student Government Association (two nominees for each vacancy) and appointed by the executive vice president and provost;

    One graduate student nominated by the Graduate Council and appointed by the executive vice president and provost;

    The dean of the University Libraries.

    The terms of office shall be three years, staggered.

    The committee shall elect its chair, and the dean of University Libraries shall be secretary of the committee.

  2. The duties of the committee shall be to act as an advisory body to the provost in matters of library policy, needs, and services. Actions which involve a substantive change in policy are subject to University Council approval.

Libraries Advisory Committee

The LAC meets the third Friday of the month, 2-3 p.m.

Membership

2022-2023
2023-2024 
2024-2025
2025-2026
Dean, University Libraries
Fred Barnhart
Fred Barnhart
Business
Wenlian Gao Wenlian Gao
Education
Kelly Summers Kelly Summers Kelly Summers
Engineering & Engineering Tech.
Sachit Butail Sachit Butail
Health and Human Sciences
Arlene Keddie Arlene Keddie Arlene Keddie
Law
Matt Timko Matt Timko
Liberal Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences
Pallavi Singh
BIOS
Pallavi Singh
BIOS
Pallavi Singh
BIOS
Liberal Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences
Mitchell Pickerill Micah Morton
ANTH
Micah Morton
ANTH
Micah Morton
ANTH
Liberal Arts & Sciences - Humanities
Ibis Gomez-Vega
ENGL
Ibis Gomez-Vega
ENGL
University Libraries
Matthew Short Matthew Short Matthew Short
Visual & Performing Arts
Jeremy Floyd
Jeremy Floyd
Graduate Council Representative
Rebecca Hunt Rebecca Hunt Rebecca Hunt
Representative, SPS
Monique Bernoudy
Monique Bernoudy Monique Bernoudy
Representative, Operating Staff
Holly Nicholson Holly Nicholson Holly Nicholson
Graduate Student (from Graduate Council)
Vaibhav Balkrishna Yadav Bianca Berryhill
Undergraduate Student (From SGA)
Atlas Babcock

*    chair
**  vice chair 
^   secretary
@   ex offico

Contact Us

University Council
Altgeld Hall 103

Benjamin Creed
President, Faculty Senate
Chair, University Council
bcreed@niu.edu

Pat Erickson
Administrative Assistant
pje@niu.edu

Linda Saborío
Faculty Advisory Council to the IBHE
lsaborio@niu.edu

Carrie Kortegast
Faculty Personnel Advisor
ckortegast@niu.edu

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