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Committees & Service Responsibilities

Academic Year 2009-2010

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

Jon Gant, Chair
Abdul Alkalimat
Cathy Blake
David Dubin
Miles Efron
Carol Tilley
Library Representative, ex officio
Rae-Anne Montague, ex officio
John Unsworth, ex officio
Valerie Youngen, staff

Affirmative Action Officer/Conflict of Interest Officer

Terry Weech

ALA Student Chapter

Advisor: Terry Weech
President: Lizz Zitron
Vice President: Paul Butler
Treasurer: Sarah Fancher
Secretary: Silvia Lu
Print Publicity Officer: Tarida Anantachai
Electronic Publicity Officer and Webmaster: Harriett Green
link to website

ASIS&T Student Chapter

Advisor: Miles Efron and John MacMullen
President: Steven McCauley
Vice President: vacant
Secretary: vacant
Treasurer: Emily Shaw
Communications Coordinator: vacant
LEEP Liaison: vacant
link to website

Beta Phi Mu Liaisons

Kathryn Luther Henderson
William T. Henderson
link to website

Bioinformatics Coordinator

John MacMullen

CCFD Section Leader

John Unsworth

Cluster/Program Chairs

CAS-DL: Jerry McDonough
Data Curation: Carole Palmer
HEP: Dan Schiller
IOKR/IS: Kathryn LaBarre and Jerry McDonough
IRUU: Carole Palmer
MBMS: Bonnie Mak and Valerie Hotchkiss
ME: Terry Weech
SCOI: Kate Williams
YLS: Carol Tilley
UG Minor: Lori Kendall

Connections Student Group

Mentors: Amani Ayad, Meg Edwards, and Rae-Anne Montague
President: Damon McGhee
Treasurer: Katherine Erikson

Curriculum

Stephen Downie, Chair
Jerry McDonough
Kate McDowell
Vetle Torvik
Mike Twidale (fall)
Kate Williams
Rae-Anne Montague, ex officio
Sue Searing, ex officio
Linda Smith, ex officio
John Unsworth, ex officio
Ph.D. student rep: Ellen Rubenstein
C.A.S. student rep: Noah Lenstra
M.S. student rep: Ilona Matkovszki

Doctoral Studies

Carole Palmer, Chair
Christine Jenkins
John MacMullen
Bonnie Mak
Rae-Anne Montague, ex officio
Allen Renear, ex officio
John Unsworth, ex officio
Valerie Youngen, staff
Ph.D. student rep: Sujin Huggins
Ph.D. student rep (international): Wu Zheng
link to meeting minutes

Editor, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Deborah Stevenson

Co-Editors, Library Trends

Alistair Black
Boyd Rayward

Editor, Occasional Papers

Don Krummel

Executive Committee

John Unsworth, Chair
Les Gasser, Vice Chair
Chip Bruce (second year)
Lori Kendall
Dan Schiller (second year)
Allen Renear, ex officio
Linda Smith, Secretary, ex officio

Faculty Senate

Jon Gant (term ends August 2010)
Terry Weech (second term, ends August 2011)

GSLIS Chinese Group

Advisor: Linda Smith
Mentor: Lian Ruan
President: Yingbo Zhou
Vice Presidents: Fang Wen & Fei Xue
Treasurer: Xiying Mi
Secretary, Publicity Officer, & Webmaster: Yuting Li

Library School Alumni Association Liaison

Diana Stroud
link to website

LIS Library Liaison

Linda Smith

Mortenson Liaison

Rae-Anne Montague

Progressive Librarians Group

Advisor: Kathryn La Barre
President:
Vice President:
Treasurer:
Events Coordinator:
link to website

Prize Committee

Alistair Black, Chair
Susan Davis
Stephen Downie
Cindy Ashwill, ex officio
Diana Stroud, ex officio

Research Writing Group

David Dubin

School Media Committee

Rae-Anne Montague, Chair
Georgeann Burch
Christine Jenkins
Carol Tilley
COE rep: Karla Moller
School rep: Kimberly Anderson
Student rep(s): Kathleen Marrs

SAA Student Group

Advisor: Ellen Swain
President: Noah Lenstra
Vice President: Sharon Lausch
Secretary: Michael Greenlee
Treasurer: Megan Toups
Public Relations Officer: Laura Buchholz
LEEP/Chicago Liaison: Joan Koren
link to website

SLA Student Group

Advisor: Linda Smith
President: Nic Weber
Vice President: Liza Coburn
Secretary: Clare Willis
Treasurer: Drew Beharelle
link to website

Student Representatives To Faculty Meetings

Master's: Fredrick Lugya
C.A.S.: Emily Shaw
Doctoral: Richard Urban

Teaching Alliance

Chip Bruce



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