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Committees, Task Groups and Working Parties

Internal to the University of Waterloo Library

Inactive Committees

  1. Chat Reference Operational Group (CROG)
    Chair: Douglas Morton
    Members: Tim Ireland, Christine Jewell, Sandra Keys, Douglas Morton, Charles Woods, (Additional: Jennifer Haas)
    Mandate: Assess the need for and develop plans for the changes to virtual reference, coordinate the service, monitor the service, and make recommendations about ways in which the service might be evaluated and promoted.
    Administrative Contact: Annie Bélanger

  2. Electronic Data Service Group (EDS)
    Chair: Sandra Keys
    Members: Jennifer Keir (IST), Sandra Keys, Judy McTaggart, Kathy Szigeti, Agnes Zientarska-Kayko
    Mandate: Standing
    Plan, monitor and deliver services associated with electronic data. This activity includes preparing publicity, organising training sessions, acquiring data sets, and monitoring the quality of TRELLIS cataloguing records for locally held data sets.
    Administrative Contact: Pascal Calarco

  3. Email Reference Group
    Facilitator: Helena Calogeridis
    Members: Marian Davies, Martha Lauzon, Judy McTaggart, Jonathan Morgan, Sara Perkins, Carol Steele
    Mandate: The Email Reference Group responds to queries submitted through the Ask a Librarian Email Questions form.
    Administrative Contact: Annie Bélanger

  4. Information Resources Management Committee
    Chair: Susan Routliffe
    Members: Annie Bélanger, Jane Forgay, Betty Graf, Jennifer Haas, Rose Koebel, Wish Leonard, Susan Mavor, Leeanne Romane, Susan Routliffe, Jackie Stapleton, Jonathan Sutherland
    Mandate: Standing
    Provide the primary forum for discussion and decision-making regarding information resources development and management
    Administrative Contact: Mark Haslett

  5. Information Services Delivery Training Committee
    Chair: Kathy MacDonald
    Members: Connie Kovac, Zsuzsanna Lansack, Kathy MacDonald, Judy McTaggart, Carole Steele, Jonathan Sutherland
    Mandate: Coordinate training activity for staff within the department and for those from other departments who work the information desks.
    Administrative Contact: Annie Bélanger

  6. Library Executive Committee
    Chair: Mark Haslett
    Members    : Pascal Calarco, Mark Haslett, Sharon Lamont, Susan Routliffe
    Mandate: Standing
    Set the budgets and priorities for the Library and its collections, services and operations
    Administrative Contact: Sallie Keller, VP Academic and Provost

  7. Library Instruction Committee (LINC)
    Chair: Leeanne Romane
    Members: Laura Bredahl, Helena Calogeridis, Nancy Collins, Anne Fullerton, Jennifer Haas, Martha Lauzon, Leeanne Romane, Kathy Szigeti
    Mandate    : Standing
    Plan and implement programs and publications that assist library users in understanding and using the resources and services of the UW Library; design training programs for library staff participating in instructional programs; disseminate information about library instruction to departments
    Administrative Contact: Jennifer Haas

  8. Library Managers
    Chair: Mark Haslett
    Members: Annie Bélanger, Pascal Calarco, Nancy Collins, Betty Graf, Jennifer Haas, Mark Haslett, Michele Laing, Sharon Lamont, Wish Leonard, Susan Mavor, Alex McCulloch, Carl Nagel, Susan Routliffe
    Administrative Contact: Mark Haslett, University Librarian

  9. Library Outreach
    Chair:  Nancy Collins
    Members: Nancy Collins (chair), Marian Davies, Eva Dodsworth, Esther Millar, Sara Perkins, Laurie Strome
    Administrative Contact: Mark Haslett, University Librarian

  10. Statistics and Reports Support Group
    Chair: Gail Sperling
    Members: Ksenia Bronicki, Annette Dandyk, Linda Finn, Sam Gibbon, Nancy Heimpel, Connie Kovac, Susan Seabrook, Jonathan Sutherland, Lesley Wade
    Mandate: Responsible for support of statistics and report generation
    Administrative Contact: Pascal Calarco

  11. Web Operational Management Group
    Chair: Annie Bélanger
    Members: Nancy Collins, Marian Davies, Graham Faulkner, Chris Gray, Esther Millar, Doug Morton, Steve Weber, Charles Woods
    Mandate: Ensure the effective day-to-day operation of the UW Library web sites
    Administrative Contact: Pascal Calarco

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Inactive Committees

  1. Acquisitions Budget Review Planning Committee
    Chair: Susan Routliffe
    Members: Annie Belanger, Jane Forgay, Jennifer Haas, Christine Jewell, Michele Laing, Susan Routliffe
    Mandate: Develop a plan for conducting a review of the acquisitions budget.
    Administrative Contact: Mark Haslett

  2. Architecture Library Task Group
    Chair: Richard Pinnell
    Members: Margaret Aquan-Yuen, Betty Graf, Cheryl Kieswetter (recording secretary), Michele Laing, Sharon Lamont, Susan Mavor, Richard Pinnell
    Mandate: Determine minimum service standards, associated costs and prepare a set of recommendations for the school of architecture move to Cambridge
    Administrative Contact: Mark Haslett

  3. Community Needs Assessment Committee
    Chair: Annie Belanger
    Contact: any member
    Members: Tim Ireland, Wish Leonard, Alex McCulloch,
    Mandate: Standing
    Co-ordinate, encourage and facilitate library assessment activities focusing on client needs; serve as a resource for Library staff in their assessment work; analyse results, develop recommendations for action; monitor and ensure follow-up.
    Administrative Contact: Susan Routliffe

  4. Cultural Change in the Davis Center Library
    Facilitator: Jim Parrott
    Members: Dan Brown, Sam Gibbon, Abbas Rizvi, Dan Sich, Mary Stanley
    Mandate: Develop a plan to improve the environment in Davis by addressing problems related to noise, food, and the monopolization of study space.
    Administrative Contact: Susan Routliffe

  5. Digital Library Coordination Committee
    Chair: Mark Haslett
    Members: Betty Graf, Christine Jewell, Sharon Lamont, Alex McCulloch, Bill Oldfield, Jim Parrott, Susan Routliffe, Linda Teather, Charles Woods
    Mandate: Library-wide forum for:
    discussion and coordination of information systems and technology issues; initiatives in the University of Waterloo Library.
    Administrative Contact: Mark Haslett

  6. First Floor Reconfiguration Committee - Public Area
    Facilitator: Alex McCulloch
    Contact: any member
    Members: Marian Davies, Ian Donaghey, Sharon Lamont, Susan Mavor,  Alex McCulloch, Carl Nagel
    Mandate: Develop a proposal for the use of the public space on the 1st floor.
    Administrative Contact: Mark Haslett

  7. Information Commons Planning Teams
    1. Dana Porter Library (conceptual planning 2003)
      Chair: Sandra Keys
      Members: Eric Boyd, Marian Davis, Sandra Keys, Sharon Lamont, Carl Nagel, Mark Polger, Marina Wan
      Mandate: develop plans for an information commons in the Dana Porter Library
      Administrative Contact: Susan Routliffe

    2. Davis Centre Library (2004 renovation)
      Chair: Anne Fullerton
      Members: Eric Boyd, Anne Fullerton, Ted Harms, Sharon Lamont, Steve Lefneski (Walter Fedy Partnerships), Mark Murdoch (Food Services), Heather Murray (grad rep.), Carl Nagel, Linda Norton (Graphics), Dan Parent (UW Architect), Susan Schaefer (UW Graphics), and Shima Shahidy (undergrad rep.)
      Mandate: Develop plans for the Information Commons and take into account the broader Library goal of enhancing and modernizing the entire Davis Centre Library student learning environment.
      Administrative Contacts: Mark Haslett, Susan Routliffe

  8. Information Resource Process (IRP) Group
    Chair: Rotates
    Contact: Debbie Tytko
    Members: Susan Arruda, Betty Graf, Tim Ireland, Ingrid Pinos, Gail Sperling, Laurie Strome, Debbie Tytko
    Mandate: Standing
    Contributes to the achievement of the Library's goals by enabling our clients to use the library collections to find the information they need; receive, describe, organise and prepare information resources for use; create and maintain the databases and systems that provide access to them.
    Administrative Contact: Mark Haslett

  9. Information Services Management Committee
    Chair: Susan Routliffe
    Members: Christy Branston, Helena Calogeridis, Judy McTaggart, Jim Parrott, Richard Pinnell, Mary Stanley, Jackie Stapleton, Melanie Watkins
    Mandate: Standing
    Provide the primary forum for discussion and decision making on substantive matters associated with information services.
    Administrative Contact: Mark Haslett

  10. Infrastructure Committee
    Facilitator: rotates
    Contact: any member
    Members: Ben Colussi, Michael Holmes, Nancy Schaffer, Mandy Wetherup
    Mandate: Standing
    Enhance the Library's working and learning environment by helping to provide an appropriate physical setting, essential support resources and services, and a healthy organisational culture.
    Administrative Contact: Sharon Lamont

  11. Inventory and Security Implementation Group
    Chair    : Wish Leonard
    Members: Eric Boyd, Ian Donaghey, Betty Graf, Sharon Lamont, Wish Leonard, Alex McCulloch, Ann Naese, Carl Nagel, Linda Teather, Melanie Watkins,  Charles Woods
    Administrative Contact: Sharon Lamont

  12. Library Web Review Group
    Chair: Bill Oldfield
    Members: Christy Branston, Rachel Caldwell, Helena Calogeridis, Marian Davies, Sandra Keys, Esther Millar, Dan Sich, Bill Oldfield
    Mandate:  charged with the design and layout of the Library Web and Staff Web sites.  The Group advises on content of the web sites.
    Administrative Contact: Allan Bell

  13. Porter Public Environment Assessment Group
    Chair: Susan Arruda
    Members: Susan Arruda, Judy McTaggart, Jae Min Jin (ISR Waterloo co-op student, 30% time commitment), Annie Belanger (resource), Alex McCulloch (resource)
    Mandate: Investigate concerns about the environmental quality of the public areas of the Dana Porter Library, specifically regarding: 1. noise levels, 2. saving seats and 3. hot/aromatic food.
    Administrative Contact: Sharon Lamont

  14. Renovation Planning Teams

    1. Davis Library
      Chair: Anne Fullerton
      Members: Eric Boyd, Anne Fullerton, Samantha Gibbon, Carl Nagel, Melanie Watkins
      Mandate: to consider options for making the best use of the current library space in Davis and to identify options for expanding space.
    2. Porter Library
      Chair:  Alex McCulloch
      Members: Eric Boyd, Marian Davies, Jane Forgay, Alex McCulloch, Anne Naese, Carl Nagel, Janet Wason
      Mandate: responsible for overseeing the development of renovation plans for the revitalization of the Dana Porter Library's main floor.
      Administrative Contact:  Sharon Lamont

  15. Signage Committee
    Chair: Sharon Lamont
    Members: Sharon Bissonnette, Michele Laing, Sharon Lamont, Keith Peck, Mary Stanley
    Mandate: Review and make recommendations for improvement to the signage in the Dana Porter Library
    Administrative Contact: Mark Haslett

  16. UW TRELLIS Pilots
    Chair: Charles Woods
    Members: Lois Clifford (Renison), Carolyn Dirks (St. Jerome's), Betty Graf, Jayne Hayden (Career Resources), Darlene Radicioni (TRACE), Alex McCulloch, Carl Nagel, Dan Sich, Gail Sperling, Debbie Tytko, Charles Woods
    Mandate: Standing
    Monitor and co-ordinate TRELLIS upgrades and functional operations on the UW campus [i.e. all TRELLIS users at UW, including the federated and affiliated colleges, Optometry, Career Resources, TRACE]; ensure that UW TRELLIS-related plans are compatible with TUG-wide plans and adhere to TUG standards; communicate with UW Library Staff and other UW units using TRELLIS on issues related to TRELLIS
    Administrative Contact: Allan Bell

 

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, Administrative Secretary
November 27, 2012