The Library Advisory Committee provides advice to the Libraries concerning materials and services needed by faculty and students in their teaching and research endeavors.
Meeting Schedule
Meetings are schedule by the chair of the committee. No action can be taken at committee meetings unless a majority of the voting membership is present.
Committee Members
Amanda Walden, Chair
College of Community Innovation and Education
Health Management and Informatics
Email: Amanda.Walden@ucf.edu
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Amanda Walden
College of Community Innovation and Education- School of Global Health Management and Informatics; Faculty Representative
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Georg Koszulinski
College of Sciences- Nicholson School of Communication and Media; Senate Representative -
Grace Kaletski-Maisel
Division of Digital Learning- Center for Distributed Learning; Faculty Representative -
James Gallo
Barry S. Miller College of Business- Integrated Business; Senate Representative -
Katia Ferdowsi
College of Health Professions and Sciences- Health Sciences; Faculty Representative -
Lori Walters
Office of Research- Institute for Simulation and Training; Faculty Representative -
Michael Joseph Dino
College of Nursing- Nursing Systems; Faculty Representative -
Rachel Trnka
University Libraries- Academic Administration; Faculty Representative -
Suja Chaulagain
Rosen College of Hospitality Management- Foodservice and Lodge Management; Faculty Representative
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Thomas Kean
College of Medicine- Medicine; Senate Representative -
Xiaoming Yu
College of Optics and Photonics; Faculty Representative -
Yang Yang
College of Engineering and Computer Science-Nanoscience Technology Center; Faculty Representative -
Yovanna Pineda
College of Arts and Humanities- History; Senate Representative
Ex-officio members
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Beau Case
University Libraries-Committee Administrator
Membership
The committee shall consist of one faculty member from each academic unit, one college dean, and one department chair, all selected by the Committee on Committees (in consultation with the director of Libraries). Other members include an associate or senior instructional designer, one undergraduate student (appointed by the president of the Student Government Association) and one graduate student (appointed by the dean of the College of Graduate Studies based on the recommendation of the president of the Graduate Student Association). The director of the University Libraries shall serve as an ex officio member. The chair and vice chair of the committee shall be a faculty member of the committee elected at the first meeting at the beginning of each academic year. Terms of service shall be three years, staggered, with the exception of the student members, who shall serve for one year.
Duties and Responsibilities
- To facilitate communication between the Libraries and its academic clientele.
- To act as advocates of the Libraries in university-wide decision-making groups.
- To act as an advisory council to the Libraries administration.
Committee Reports
By the end of the Spring semester, the committee submits a brief annual report of the committees’ activities. Below are the annual reports for the committee.
