Faculty Senate & Governance

University libraries

Faculty councils serve as deliberative and advisory bodies for all matters of University policy, and are primary forums for faculty-administrative interaction in determining that policy. Faculty Code, Sec 42-33.

FCUL shall be responsible for all matters of policy relating to libraries such as, but not limited to, collection development; services to students, faculty, and others; the system of libraries, including branch libraries; space needs; and budgetary requirements. Faculty Code, Sec 42-41.

Chair: Helene Williams, information school

Faculty Code Section 21-61 A:

  • Sudhir Mahadevan, cinema & media studies
  • Cynthia Sprenger, medicine
  • Niranjan Balu, medicine
  • Randolph Otto, radiology
  • Sundar Balakrishnan, business – uw bothell
  • David Beck, chemical engineering
  • Julie Nicoletta, sias – uw tacoma
  • Bill O’Connell, psychiatry
  • Margaret Redsteer, sias – uw bothell

Faculty Code Section 21-61 B*:

  • Liz Bedord, ALUW
  • ASUW
  • GPSS
  • Sean Thomas, PSO
  • Kate O’Neill, UWRA

* eligible to vote

Faculty Code Section 21-61 C (President’s designee): Simon Neame, Dean of UW Libraries

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