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PUBLIC SERVICES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (PSEC)

Charge

The Public Services Executive Committee (PSEC) represents the needs of the library user communities to the Library Administration. It is responsible for coordinating public services activities within CUL; recommending policy; defining goals and objectives related to public services activities; and fostering responsive and innovative services which may be delivered in person or virtually over the web.

PSEC coordinates activities and collaborates with staff in areas such as Collection Building, Information Technology, Library Operations, and Research and Assessment.

Membership

The Public Services Executive Committee is comprised of a Steering Committee, Standing Committees, and representatives from functional areas. The Steering Group is composed of public service representatives from the following CUL clusters:

  • Olin/Uris
  • Rare and Manuscripts
  • Kroch Asia
  • Life Sciences
  • Engineering/ Math/Physical Sciences
  • Hotel/ILR/JGSM
  • Law
  • Africana/Fine Arts/Music

Representative for each cluster will be appointed by the Director of each cluster. The Steering Committee is led by a chair and an incoming chair who serves as co-chair. Membership is on a three-year term basis with the option of renewing for a second three-year term.

The Public Services mandate includes areas such as reference services; instruction; research consultations; circulation; outreach; and public computing.  As such, the Steering Committee oversees the work of the following PSEC standing committees:

  • Reference and Outreach Committee
  • Instruction Committee
  • Access Services Committee
  • Public Computing Advisory Committee
  • Web Advisory Committee

This oversight includes working with the standing committees to coordinate the call for PSEC standing committee volunteers and choses membership for these committees. The standing committees work closely with the steering committee, discussing committee goals, progress toward those goals, and outcomes with the steering committee.

Functional representation comes from the  following library areas:

  • Collection Development
  • Library Information Technology
  • Library Technical Services

PSEC Sub-Committees

 

PSEC Agendas and Minutes

 

Back to Teaching, Research, Outreach,
and Learning Services

 

 

PSEC Membership - By Representation

 

Steering Committee:
   
Co-Chair of PSEC, and Kroch Asia Representative Dan McKee djm53@cornell.edu
Co-Chair of PSEC, and representative for Specialized Humanities and Social Sciences, and Liaison to Access Services Committee Bonna Boettcher bjb57@cornell.edu
Olin/Uris Libraries Representative Susette Newberry sn18@cornell.edu
Representative for Law Library and Liaison to Instruction Committee Amy Emerson aae25@cornell.edu
Representative for Specialized Business and Labor and Liaison to Reference and Outreach Committee Suzanne Cohen
 sac29@cornell.edu
Representative for RMC and Liaison to Reference and Outreach Committee Brenda Marston bjm4@cornell.edu
Representative of Life Sciences and Liaison to Public Computing Advisory Committee Gail Steinhart
 gss1@cornell.edu
Physical Sciences Representative Jill Wilson jew248@cornell.edu
Standing Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs:    
Co-Chair of Access Services Committee Michael Cook mnc2@cornell.edu
Co-Chair of Access Services Committee Deb Lamb-Deans dsl6@cornell.edu
Co-Chair of Instruction Committee Kaila Bussert
 kjb82@cornell.edu
Co-Chair of Instruction Committee Thomas Mills twm26@cornell.edu
Co-Chair of Reference and Outreach Committee Jim Del Rosso jdd10@cornell.edu
Co-Chair of Reference and Outreach Committee Hilary Wong
 hd28@cornell.edu
Co-Chair of Public Computing Advisory Committee Dan Blackaby
 drb327@cornell.edu
Co-Chair of Public Computing Advisory Committee Gabriel Plaine grp44@cornell.edu
Functional Representatives:    
Representative for Web Development Group Ken Bolton ktb4@cornell.edu
DLIT Management Representative Adam Smith ajs17@cornell.edu
Collection Development and CD Exec Representative Kizer Walker kw33@cornell.edu
Library Operations Representative Adam Chandler
 alc28@cornell.edu

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