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Committees & Service Responsibilities

Academic Year 2008-2009

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

Caroline Haythornthwaite, Chair
Alistair Black (spring semester)
Bonnie Mak
Carol Tilley
Mike Twidale
Terry Weech
Ellen Swain, Library Representative, ex officio
Rae-Anne Montague, ex officio
John Unsworth, ex officio
Valerie Youngen, staff

Affirmative Action Officer/Conflict of Interest Officer

Chip Bruce

ALA Student Chapter

Advisor: Terry Weech
President: Michelle Chronister
Vice President: Tracy Hilgendorf
Treasurer: Lisa Krekelberg
Secretary: Lizz Zitron
Print Publicity Officer: Silvia Lu
Electronic Publicity Officer and Webmaster: Jenny Hodges
link to website

ASIS&T Student Chapter

Advisor: John MacMullen
President: Steve McCauley
Vice President: Dale Josephs
Secretary: Jamie Naylor
Treasurer: Drew Beharelle
Webmaster: Brent Fegley
link to website

Beta Phi Mu Liaisons

Kathryn Luther Henderson
William T Henderson
link to website

Bioinformatics Coordinator

Carole Palmer

CCFD Section Leader

Ann Bishop

Cluster Chairs

History, Economics, Policy: Dan Schiller
Information Organization & Knowledge Representation/Information Systems: Jerry McDonough
Information Resources, Uses, & Users: Carole Palmer
Management & Evaluation: Terry Weech
Social, Community, & Organizational Informatics: Jon Gant
Youth Literature & Services: Kate McDowell

Curriculum

Stephen Downie, Chair
Kathryn LaBarre
Kate McDowell
Vetle Torvik
Kate Williams
Rae-Anne Montague, ex officio
Sue Searing, ex officio
Linda Smith, ex officio
John Unsworth, ex officio
Ph.D. student rep: Karen Wickett
CAS student rep: Tamela Chambers
M.S. student rep: Brian Conn

Doctoral Studies

Les Gasser, Chair
Christine Jenkins
Lori Kendall
John MacMullen
Rae-Anne Montague, ex officio
John Unsworth, ex officio
Valerie Youngen, staff
Ph.D. student rep: Richard Urban
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
Chip Bruce
Carole Palmer (second year)
Allen Renear, ex officio
Dan Schiller
Linda Smith, ex officio, Secretary

Faculty Senate

Terry Weech (term ends August 2009)
Jon Gant (August 2010)

GSLIS Chinese Group

Advisor: John Unsworth
Mentor: Lian Ruan
President and Webmaster: Zhimin Chen
Vice President: Jianying Shou & Lutao Zhou
Treasurer: Suzhen Chen
Secretary and Publicity Officer: Yingbo Zhou
link to website

Library School Alumni Association Liaison

Diana Stroud
link to website

LIS Library Liaison

Linda Smith

Mortenson Liaison

Rae-Anne Montague

Progressive Librarians Group

Faculty advisor: Kathryn La Barre
President: Angela Fortin
Vice President: Kristin Palmer
Treasurer: Alison Bolla
Events Coordinator: Jeanne Vega-Byrnes
link to website

Prize Committee

David Dubin, Chair
Ann Bishop
Allen Renear
Diana Stroud, ex officio
Cindy Ashwill, ex officio

Research Writing Group

David Dubin

School Media Committee

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

SAA Student Chapter

Advisor: Ellen Swain
President: Paolo Gujilde
Vice-President: Steven Assarian
Secretary: Sherri Berger
Treasurer: Noah Lenstra
Publicity Officer: Elizabeth Pope
link to website

SLA Student Group

Advisor: Linda Smith
President: Kaytey Korwitts
Vice President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:Joey Berger
Webmaster:
Chair, Spring Break Committee:
link to website

Student Representatives To Faculty Meetings

Master's: Lisa O'Keefe
C.A.S.:
Doctoral: Ellen Rubenstein

Teaching Alliance

Chip Bruce

Undergraduate Minor

Lori Kendall



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