Association of Research Libraries

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Governance & Leadership

Committees, Task Forces & Working Groups

ARL Officers and Board
(Terms begin and end in October)
Tom Leonard, ARL President (California, Berkeley)   2004-2010
Brinley Franklin, ARL Vice President/President–Elect (Connecticut)   2005-2011
Marianne Gaunt, ARL Past President (Rutgers)    
2003-2009
Charles B. Lowry, ex officio (ARL Executive Director)    
2008-
Colleen Cook (Texas A&M)  
2008-2011
Barbara Dewey (Tennessee)    
2006-2009
Carol A. Mandel (New York)   2006-2009
Sarah Michalak, ex officio (North Carolina at Chapel Hill)  
2008-2010
James Mullins (Purdue)  
2008-2011
James G. Neal, ex officio (Columbia)  
2007-2009
Dana C. Rooks (Houston)  
2006-2009
Winston Tabb (Johns Hopkins)  
2007-2010
Karin A. Trainer (Princeton)  
2007-2010
Paul Wiens (Queen’s)  
2007-2010
Sandra G. Yee (Wayne State)  
2008-2011
     

ARL Board Committees and Task Forces

Coalition for Networked Information Steering Committee
ARL Representatives
(See below for complete committee roster.)
Richard E. Luce (Emory)     July 2007–June 2010
Deanna Marcum (Library of Congress)     July 2008–June 2011
Sherrie Schmidt (Arizona State)   July 2009-June 2012
Brian E. C. Schottlaender (California, San Diego)     July 2006–June 2009

Financial Strategies Task Force, 2009
Brian E. C. Schottlaender, Chair (California, San Deigo)
Brinley Franklin, ex officio (Connecticut)
Joyce Garnett (Western Ontario)
Cliff Haka (Michigan State)
Charles B. Lowry, ex officio (ARL Executive Director)
Olivia Madison (Iowa State)
Carton Rogers (Pennsylvania)

Membership Committee
Paula Kaufman, Chair (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)    
2007-2009
Nancy Cline (Harvard)    
2009-2011
Joyce Garnett (Western Ontario)    
2008-2010
Rush Miller (Pittsburgh)    
2009-2011
Dana C. Rooks (Houston)   2008-2009
Jay Schafer (Massachusetts Amherst)    
2009-2011
Sandra Yee (Wayne State)    
2008-2010
Jennifer Younger (Notre Dame)   2009-2011
Staff Liaison:
   Julia Blixrud (ARL)

Nominating Committee, 2009
Marianne Gaunt, ex officio Chair (Rutgers)
   Members to be named Summer 2009

Statistics and Assessment Committee
Colleen Cook, Chair (Texas A&M)     2006-2009
Larry Alford (Temple)   2009-2011
Chris Filstrup (Stony Brook, SUNY)     2007-2009
Eileen Hitchingham (Virginia Tech)     2008-2010
Ernie Ingles (Alberta)     2008-2010
Ruth Jackson (California, Riverside)     2007-2009
Judith Nadler (Chicago)     2008-2010
Randy Olsen (Brigham Young)     2008-2010
Louis A. Pitschmann (Alabama)     2007-2009
Scott Seaman (Ohio)   2009-2011
Tom Wall (Boston College)   2009-2011
Staff Liaison:
   Martha Kyrillidou (ARL)

Strategic Plan Review Task Force
Marianne Gaunt, Chair (Rutgers)
Joyce Garnett (Western Ontario)
Brenda Johnson (California, Santa Barbara)
Charles B. Lowry, ex officio (ARL)
Olivia Madison (Iowa State)
James G. Neal (Columbia)
Dana C. Rooks (Houston)
Staff Liaison:
   Jaia Barrett (ARL)

Strategic Direction Steering Committees

Strategic Direction I:
Scholarly Communication
James G. Neal, Chair (Columbia)     2007-2009
Cynthia Archer (York)     2008-2010
Martha Bedard (New Mexico)     2008-2010
Fred Heath (Texas)   2009-2011
Deborah Jakubs (Duke)     2007-2009
James Mullins (Purdue)     2008-2010
Joyce Ogburn (Utah)     2008-2010
Bernie Reilly (CRL)     2007-2009
Jay Starratt (Washington State)   2009-2011
Staff Liaison:
   Julia Blixrud (ARL)

Strategic Direction II:
Public Policies Affecting Research Libraries
Sarah Michalak, Chair (North Carolina at Chapel Hill)    
2008-2010
Karen Adams (Manitoba)   2009-2011
Paul Courant (Michigan)    
2008-2010
Sara Lowman (Rice)    
2008-2010
Olivia Madison (Iowa State)    
2008-2010
Suzanne Thorin (Syracuse)    
2008-2010
Jim Williams (Colorado at Boulder)    
2009-2011
Betsy Wilson (Washington)    
2008-2010
Staff Liaison:
   Prue Adler (ARL)

Strategic Direction III:
Research, Teaching & Learning
Barbara Dewey, Chair (Tennessee)    
2008-2010
Joe Branin (Ohio State)    
2008-2010
Deb Carver (Oregon)   2009-2011
Susan Gibbons (Rochester)   2009-2011
Harriette Hemmasi (Brown)    
2007-2009
Bonnie MacEwan (Auburn)   2009-2011
Catherine Murray-Rust (Georgia Tech)   2009-2011
Hannelore Rader (Louisville)    
2007-2009
Janine Schmidt (McGill)   2009-2011
Gary Strong (California, Los Angeles)    
2008-2010
William Walker (Miami)    
2007-2009
Julia Zimmerman (Florida State)    
2008-2010
Staff Liaison:
   Karla Hahn (ARL)

Advisory Committees, Working Groups, and Task Forces

These “action groups” work on specific projects and programs of the Association. They are ongoing or temporary as appropriate.

Diversity Working Group

Karin Trainer, Chair (Princeton)     2006-2009
Nancy Baker (Iowa)     2008-2010
Carol Pitts Diedrichs (Kentucky)   2009-2011
Connie Vinita Dowell (Vanderbilt)   2009-2011
Cliff Haka (Michigan State)     2008-2010
Lorraine Haricombe (Kansas)     2007-2009
Sheila Johnson (Oklahoma State)     2007-2009
Artemis Kirk (Georgetown)   2009-2011
Jim Williams (Colorado at Boulder)     2008-2010
Staff Liaison:
  Mark Puente (ARL)

E-Science Working Group (2008-2009)

Wendy Pradt Lougee, Chair (Minnesota)
Pam Bjornson (CISTI)
Clifford Lynch (CNI)
Becky Lyon (National Library of Medicine)
Carol Mandel (New York)
James Mullins (Purdue)
Gary Strong (California, Los Angeles)
Betsy Wilson (Washington)
Staff Liaisons:
   Karla Hahn (ARL)
   Julia Blixrud (ARL)

Fair Use and Related Exemptions Working Group

Mary Case, Chair (Illinois at Chicago)     2008-2010
Julie Conner (California, San Diego)     2007-2009
Mark Haslett (Waterloo)     2009-2011
Mod Mekkawi (Howard)     2007-2009
Patricia Renfro (Columbia)     2007-2009
Judith Russell (Florida)     2008-2010
Jack Siggins (George Washington)   2009-2011
Carla Stoffle (Arizona)     2008-2010
Ed Van Gemert (Wisconsin)     2007-2009
Madelyn Wessel (Virginia)     2008-2010
Staff Liaison:
    Prue Adler (ARL)

Regional Federal Depository Libraries Working Group

Joan Giesecke, Chair (Nebraska)   2008-2010
Brent Allison (Minnesota)   2008-2010
Jim Cogswell (Missouri)   2009-2011
Don Dyal (Texas Tech)   2009-2011
Sarah Michalak (North Carolina at Chapel Hill)   2008-2010
Judith Russell (Florida)   2008-2010
Ed Van Gemert (Wisconsin)   2008-2010
Staff Liaison:
   Prue Adler (ARL)

Research Library Leadership Fellows (RLLF) Program Sponsors Advisory Committee (2009-2010)

Paul Courant (Michigan)
Joyce Garnett (Western Ontario)
Catherine Murray-Rust (Georgia Tech)
Joyce Ogburn (Utah)
Randy Olsen (Brigham Young)
Dana C. Rooks (Houston)
Judith Russell (Florida)
Staff Liaison:
   Charles B. Lowry (ARL)

Special Collections Working Group

Alice Prochaska, Chair (Yale) 2007-2009
Larry Alford (Temple) 2008-2010
Susan Brynteson (Delaware) 2008-2010
Mark Dimunation (Library of Congress) 2009-2011
Jackie Dooley (RLG Programs/OCLC) 2007-2009
Nancy Eaton (Pennsylvania State) 2007-2010
Joan Giesecke (Nebraska) 2007-2009
Nancy Gwinn (Smithsonian) 2008-2010
Anne Kenney (Cornell) 2008-2010
James Michalko (RLG Programs/OCLC) Liaison
Susan Nutter (North Carolina State) 2009-2011
Sarah Pritchard (Northwestern) 2009-2011
Bernard Reilly (Center for Research Libraries) 2009-2011
Mike Ridley (Guelph) 2009-2011
Rich Szary (North Carolina at Chapel Hill) 2009-2011
Ian Wilson (Library and Archives Canada) 2009-2011
Corresponding members:
   Graham Jefcoate (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
   Clifford Lynch (CNI)
   Richard Ovenden (Oxford, Bodleian Library)
   Alice Schreyer (Chicago)
Staff Liaisons:
   Julia Blixrud (ARL)
   Lisa Carter (ARL Visiting Program Officer/North Carolina State
   Karla Hahn (ARL)

CNI, LibQUAL+®, and SPARC Steering Committees

Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Steering Committee (2008-2009)

Richard Paul West, Chair (California State)
Daniel Cohen (George Mason) 
Timothy Lance (NYSERNet, Inc.)
Charles B. Lowry, ex officio (ARL)
Richard E. Luce (Emory)
Deanna B. Marcum (Library of Congress)
Diana G. Oblinger, ex officio (EDUCAUSE)
Brian E. C. Schottlaender (California, San Diego)
George O. Strawn (National Science Foundation)
Donald J. Waters (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
Staff Liaison:
   Clifford A. Lynch (CNI)

LibQUAL+® Steering Committee

Colleen Cook (Texas A&M)
Fred Heath (Texas)
Bruce Thompson (Texas A&M/Baylor College of Medicine)
Stephen Town (University of York [UK])
Staff Liaisons:
   Martha Kyrillidou (ARL)
   Charles B. Lowry (ARL)

Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Steering Committee

Ray English, Chair (Oberlin)
Larry Alford (Temple)
Sherrie Bergman (Bowdoin)
David Carlson (Southern Illinois Carbondale)
Faye Chadwell (Oregon State)
Diane Graves (Trinity)
Thomas Hickerson (Calgary)
Paula Kaufman (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
John Ober (California Digital Library)
Sarah Pritchard (Northwestern)
J. S. M. (Bas) Savenije (Utrecht)
Vicki Williamson (Saskatchewan)
Staff Liaison:
   Heather Joseph (SPARC)