SPH LIBRARY RESOURCES COMMITTEE

Purpose

The Arnold School of Public Health’s Library Resources Committee oversees the distribution and spending of funds allocated to the school by the Thomas-Cooper Library for appropriate library resources.  These funds are provided to support teaching, research and services needs of the faculty and students in the school.  The committee also reviews annually the current journal/periodical holdings of each department with the school.

The current goals of the SPH Library Resources Committee are to:

1. facilitate the acquisition of library resources through monitoring the spending of money allocated to the school;
2. request the purchasing of new journals/periodicals;
3. meet with the Thomas-Cooper Library representative for health to review the status of holdings and regulations for purchasing library resources.

Committee Members

The committee is composed of the library representative for health and one faculty member from each department, the associate dean for academic affairs serves as ex-officio and one student.  Faculty members are appointed by the Office of Academic Affairs upon recommendation by department chairs and typically serve a period up to three academic years.  The student representative serves for one academic year.

Committee Chair and Chair Responsibilities

The chair of the committee is appointed by the Office of Academic Affairs and typically serves in that capacity for 1-2 years.  The chair’s responsibilities include:

1. establishing regular monthly meeting dates/times and notifying the Office of Academic Affairs and all SPH faculty of those dates/times;
2. assuring that complete minutes are taken at each meeting and are included in the committee folder for the current academic year;
3. notifying the Office of Academic Affairs of pertinent outcomes of all committee meetings;
4. informing department representatives of the money allotted for new purchases and the regulations governing those purchases;
5. assuring that all requests are forwarded to the appropriate source.