Committees and Task Forces

The Center for Research Libraries Budget & Finance Committee supports the CRL Member Community by reviewing the annual operating plan, including a budgetary total and membership fees, and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors to ensure continued financial and operational activities of CRL and therefore the survival and availability of primary source materials vital to academic research and learning.

Budget & Finance Committee Charge

• Roger Schonfeld, Chair
  Ithaka S+R Libraries
• Heather Briston
  University of California, San Diego
• Joel Thornton
  University of Utah
• Sophia Sotilleo
  Bowie State University
• Keith Webster
  Carnegie Mellon University
• Denise Stephens, ex officio
  University of Oklahoma
• Jacob Nadal, ex officio
  Center for Research Libraries
• Andrea Duntz, ex officio
  Center for Research Libraries

The Center for Research Libraries Collections and Services Policy Committee (CSPC) advises the Board on issues pertaining to the Center’s collections, management of content and related services, and develops policies relating to the same matters.

Collections and Services Policy Committee Charge

• Kristina Rose, Chair
  New York University
• Angi Faiks
  Macalester College
• Qiana Johnson
  Dartmouth College
• Jeanette Pierce, Vice Chair
  University of Missouri
• Gene Springs
  Ohio State University
• Scott Walter
  San Diego State University
• Jacob Nadal, ex officio
  Center for Research Libraries
• Amy Wood, Staff Liaison
  Center for Research Libraries

The International Collections and Content Group is a standing Working Group in the CRL governance structure, constituted by and reporting to the Collections and Services Policy Committee (CSPC). The Working Group is charged with advising, guiding and implementing CPSC strategies related to CRL’s international collections, services, programs and partnerships. The Working Group plays a substantive role in shaping, implementing, and maintaining CRL’s approaches to international collection management issues and technical services workflows across the research collection lifecycle.

International Collections and Content Group Charge

• Mary Rader (2020 - 2026), Chair 
  University of Texas, Austin
• Guy Burak (2023 - 2026)
  New York University
• Pamela Graham (2020 - 2025)
  Columbia University Libraries
• Esmeralda Kale (2020 - 2025)
  Northwestern University
• Ksenya Kiebuzinski (2020 - 2025)
• University of Toronto
• Emilie Songolo (2020 - 2025)
  MIT Libraries
• Laurie N. Taylor (2020 - 2025)
  University of Connectict Library
• Lidia Uziel (2020 - 2025)
  University of California, Santa Barbara
• Brian Vivier (2020 - 2026)
  University of Pennsylvania
• Xiuying Zou (2023 - 2026)
  The Claremont Colleges Library
• Amy Wood, Staff Liaison
  Center for Research Libraries
• Kevin Merriman, Staff Liaison
  Center for Research Libraries

Executive Committee Members

• Denise Stephens, Chair
  University of Oklahoma

• Larry Alford, Vice Chair
  University of Toronto

• Angi Faiks, Secretary
  Macalester College

• Roger Schonfeld, Treasurer
  Ithaka S+R

• Jacob Nadal, ex officio
  Center for Research Libraries

The Nominating Committee is responsible for nominating candidates to be elected by the Council to the Board of Directors and candidates for elective officer positions on the Board of Directors.

Nominating Committee Charge

• Shawn Calhoun
  University of San Francisco
• Talia Chung
  University of Ottawa
• Makiba Foster
  The College of Wooster
• Dean Hendrix
  University of Texas at San Antonio
• Jim O'Donnell
  Arizona State University
• Jacob Nadal, ex officio
  Center for Research Libraries
• Jennifer Jenkins, Staff Liaison
  Center for Research Libraries

The Governance Task Force is responsible for 1) assessing CRL’s overall governance structure to provide recommendations for new, best practices going forward, and 2) stewarding a thorough review and revision of the CRL bylaws.

Governance Task Force Charge

• John Culshaw, Chair
  University of Iowa
• Frederick Barnhart
  Northern Illinois University
• Paula Krebs
  Modern Language Association
• Matthew Sheehy
  Brandeis University
• Jennifer Jenkins, Staff Liaison
  Center for Research Libraries

The NERL Program Council (PC) is a representative forum foundational to the work of NERL, with PC members advising on and directly serving on negotiation teams. Working collaboratively, PC works with the NERL Steering Committee and staff to sustain NERL’s core shared purchasing decisions to develop new and innovative priorities to further support and advance NERL’s pursuit of transforming the scholarly landscape.   

• Virginia Martin, Chair
  Duke University
  Term: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
• Amauri Serrano, Vice Chair
  Yale University
  Term: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2026
• Maridath A. Wilson
  Boston College
• Michael Fernandez
  Boston University
• Niamh McGuigan
  Brown University
• Leah Dunn
  Columbia University
• Jesse Koennecke
  Cornell University
• Qiana Johnson
  Dartmouth College
• Ryan Johnson
  Georgetown University
• Cathy Zeljak
  George Washington University
• Ardys Kozbial
  Harvard University
• Adia Coleman
  Howard University
• Elizabeth Mengel
  Johns Hopkins University
• Kim Maxwell
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Bill Maltarich
  New York University
• Patty Gaspari-Bridges
  Princeton University
• Jeff Carroll
  Rutgers University
• Sarah Forzetting
  Stanford University
• Scott Warren
  Syracuse University
• J. Brian Schoolar
  Temple University
• Jane Strudwick
  University of Connecticut
• Erin Daix
  University of Delaware
• Maggie Saponaro
  University of Maryland
• Laura Soito
  University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Lisa Fish
  University of Miami
• Mark Robison
  University of Notre Dame
• Holly Zerbe
  University of Pennsylvania
• Tracey Olanyk
  University of Pittsburgh
• Kristin Moo
  University of Rochester
• Julie Glascock
  Vanderbilt University

The NERL Steering Committee (SC) is responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight for the NERL program. The NERL Steering Committee supports the overall negotiation process at an executive level, and periodically assists NERL negotiations directly on the advice/request of NERL negotiation teams.

NERL Steering Committee Charge

• Christian Dupont
  Boston College
  Term: July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025
• Ardys Kozbial, Vice Chair
  Harvard University
  Term: July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025
• Virginia Martin
  Duke University
  Term: July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025
• Jacob Nadal, ex officio
  Center for Research Libraries
• Lanette Garza, ex officio
  Center for Research Libraries