The University of California Libraries: A Plan for Development (1977)

190 The University of California Libraries
Steering Committee.
• An advisory committee composed of administrators, faculty, a
student representative, and a representative of the Librarians Association
of the University of California (LAUC).
• A director or coordinator of the regional facility, who would
supervise the staff of each facility and report, for administrative purposes,
to the Executive Director.
It should be emphasized that the regional centers are intended to be
Systemwide facilities, and will not be under the control of a single campus
library.
To the extent that CSUC and other institutions participate in the use
of the regional facility, representatives from those institutions should
also be invited to serve on the advisory committee, and the librarians of
those institutions should meet with the Board in a liaison capacity.
Operating control of the facility, however, should remain under the jurisdiction
of the University.
Systemwide. All concerned and affected sectors of the University
should participate, directly or indirectly, in the governance of its library
system. At present, there are several consultative and advisory
channels which the plan assumes will continue:
• The Systemwide Academic Senate Library Committee advises the University
on matters of library policy through two of its members who serve
ex officio on the Library Policy Steering Committee, and report its deliberations
back to the Senate.
• The Library Council, composed of the University Librarians from
each campus, the Deans of the two library schools, and several other
officers, meets twice yearly to provide a channel of communication on
systemwide library operating matters, and to make policy recommendations
to the Steering Committee and the President. The chair of the Council
serves ex officio on the Systemwide Library Policy Steering Committee,
reporting the recommendations of the Library Council, and reporting back
to the Library Council on actions by the Steering Committee.
• The Librarians Association of the University of California (LAUC)
provides recommendations on library matters through its President, who
serves ex officio as a member of the Library Council.