CRL 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

• Donald Gilstrap, Chair
  The University of Alabama
• Heather Briston
  University of California, San Diego
• Sophie Blessitt-Sotilleo
  University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Denise Stephens, ex officio
  University of Oklahoma
• Jacob Nadal, ex officio
  President
  Center for Research Libraries
• Andrea Duntz, ex officio
  Chief Operating Officer
  Center for Research Libraries

The Center for Research Libraries Collections and Services Committee (CSC) 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 Committee Charge

• Devin Savage, Chair
  Illinois Institute of Technology
• Dale Askey, Vice Chair
  University of Alberta Edmonton
• Jax Cato
  Western University
• Leah Dunn
  Columbia University
• Dracine Hodges
  Duke University
• Jennifer Nutefall
  Saint Louis University
• Laurie Taylor
  University of Connecticut
• Lidia Uziel
  University of California, Santa Barbara
• Berenika Webster
  University of Pittsburgh
• Jacob Nadal, ex officio
  President
  Center for Research Libraries
• Lanette Garza, ex officio
  Director for Collections Acquisitions & Licensing
  Center for Research Libraries
• Amy Wood, ex officio
  Director for Collections Access & Technology
  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
• Donald Gilstrap, Treasurer
  University of Alabama
• Jacob Nadal, ex officio
  President
  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

• Christina Bleyer
  Trinity College
• Sian Brannon
  University of North Texas
• John Dorr
  Northwestern University
• Holly Mercer
  University of Maryland, College Park
• Laurie Taylor
  University of Connecticut
• Jacob Nadal, ex officio
  President
  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

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.

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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

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