BLF Committees: Charges & Rosters

Budgetary Advisory Committee

Charges

The Budgetary Advisory Committee advises the Dean and the Budget Officer about matters relating to the Libraries' budget, salary-setting and related issues.

1. Serve as an advisory body to the Ruth Lilly University Dean of University Libraries on budgetary matters.
2. Review the annual budget for the IUB Libraries.
3. Analyze cost factors related to areas of IUB Libraries activities, as needed.
4. Recommend priorities of action in the event of mandated budget reversions or reductions, or significant increases of budget allocation.
5. Serve as the consultative committee to the Ruth Lilly University Dean of University Libraries for annual library faculty salary budget allocation.
6. Monitor campus budgetary developments, anticipating items of interest to library faculty.

2024-2025 Committee Members

• BLFC Liaison: Ashley Ahlbrand
• Chair: Jen Simms
• Ex-officio: John Tweedie, Libraries Fiscal Officer
• Elise Calvi, 2023-2025
• Michelle Dalmau, 2023-2025
• Jennifer Simms, 2023-2025
• Laikin Dantchenko, 2024-2026
• Wen-Ling Liu, 2024-2026
• Heather Sloan, 2024-2026

Collection Development Committee

Charges

1. Serve as an advisory body to the administrator responsible for collection development with regards to policies and priorities relating to the Libraries' collections.
2. Review and recommend to the Dean and the administrator responsible for collection development the allocation of the library materials budget according to the research, instructional, and service needs of the university.
3. Advise as to the management of centrally administered funds.
4. Review policies and procedures in the collection development and management processes.
5. Appoint CDC liaisons to the following committees:
   • Any committees formed for the purpose of dispersing endowment funds and/or other special funds to the Libraries' collections; 
   • Any other committee charged to address policies, priorities, or processes relating to the development or management of the Libraries' collections.

2024-2025 Committee Members

• BLFC Liaison: Sara Stefani
• Chair: Christina Jones
• Ex-officio: Marion Frank-Wilson, Associate Dean for Collection Development, Archival Collections, and Technical Services, or their designee
• Ex-officio: Lori Duggan, Director of Technical Services
• Ex-officio: Sherri Michaels, Director for Collection Strategies and Management
• Ex-officio: Karen Farrell, Director of Scholarly Communication and Open Publishing
• Ex-officio: Misty Walter, Collection Development Analyst

AD appointments:

• Leanne Nay: 2025, Non-subject fund Rep
• DeLoice Holliday: 2022-2025, Arts and Humanities Rep
• Gwen Kirk: 2023-2026, Area Studies Rep
• Thea Atwood: 2024-2026, Sciences Rep
• Gary Arave: 2024-2027, Social Sciences Rep

BLFC appointments:

• Christina Jones: 2022-2025, Fund Manager
• Matt Vaughn: 2023-2025, Non-Fund Manager
• Jen Simms: 2024-2027, Fund Manager
• Sara Stefani: 2024-2027, Non-Fund Manager
• Maureen Maryanski: 2024-2027, Non-Fund Manager

Communication and Topics Committee

Charges

Assist the BLFC in ensuring a strong faculty voice on important topics and current trends affecting the profession, our campus, and higher education in general by:

1. Communicating with a wide range of constituents in the library and on campus (including library faculty, library staff, members of Library Administration, the Dean, et al.) to identify topics and current trends affecting the profession; bringing those topics to the attention of the BLFC (by maintaining regular communication with members of the Agenda Committee and the Council) for further discussion and consideration for discussion with the broader library faculty at BLF meetings.
2. Promoting and communicating the activities of the BLFC with the goal of encouraging broad participation and action.
3. Investigating improved models of communication and developing ways to maintain a constant flow of communication between the BLFC and the library faculty.

2024-2025 Committee Members

• BLFC Liaison: Karen Stoll Farrell
• Chair: Jen Simms
• Karen Stoll Farrell, BLF President
• Jen Simms, BLF President-Elect
• Nada Abdelrahim, 2024-2025
• Ted Polley, 2024-2025

Constitution & By-Laws Committee

Charges

1. Regularly review the Constitution and By-Laws of the library faculty.
2. Prepare drafts for the BLFC of amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws.

2024-2025 Committee Members

• BLFC Liaison: Thomas Whittaker
• Chair: Thomas Whittaker
• Thomas Whittaker, 2023-2025
• Brian Winterman, 2023-2025
• Alyssa Denneler, 2024-2025
• Andrew Asher, 2024-2026
• Jeremy Floyd, 2024-2026
• Danielle Taylor, 2024-2026

Continuing Education Committee

Charges

1. Plan continuing education programs.

2024-2025 Committee Members

• BLFC Liaison: Ted Polley
• Chair: James Henry Smith
• Ex-officio: Jennifer Chaffin, Libraries Human Resources Officer
• Emily Alford, 2023-2025
• Cindy Dabney, 2023-2025
• James Henry Smith, 2023-2025
• Meg Galasso, 2024-2026
• Yi Jiang, 2024-2026
• Meredith Knoff, 2024-2026

Elections Committee

Charges

1. Conduct elections and perform other duties as specified in the By-laws.

2024-2025 Committee Members

• BLFC Liaison: Maureen Maryanski
• Chair: Alyssa Denneler
• Alyssa Denneler, 2023-2025
• Kumiko Reichert, 2023-2025
• Monique Threatt, 2023-2025
• Garrett Griffith, 2024-2026
• Yi Jiang, 2024-2026

Faculty Standards Committee

Charges

1. Review existing guidelines for work responsibilities, privileges and salaries, and make recommendations where appropriate. Maintain the Bloomington Libraries Salary Policy for Library Faculty.
2. Review existing appointment and promotion and tenure criteria, and make recommendations where appropriate.
3. Review existing methods for evaluating performance, and make recommendations where appropriate.
4. Serve as an advisory committee for the administrator responsible for Libraries Human Resources.

2024-2025 Committee Members

• BLFC Liaison: Naz Pantaloni
• Chair: Ashley Ahlbrand
• Ex-officio: Jennifer Chaffin, Libraries Human Resources Officer
• Ex-officio: Sherri Michaels, IU Libraries Promotion and Tenure Designated Adminitration/Liaison to the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs
• nicholae cline, 2023-2025
• Amy Minix, 2023-2025
• Naz Pantaloni, 2024-2025
• Ashley Ahlbrand, 2024-2026
• Lori Dekydtspotter, 2024-2026
• Willa Tavernier, 2024-2026

Grants & Leaves Committee

Charges

1. Reviewing applications for research leaves and support grants.
2. Making recommendations to the Dean for recipients of research leaves and support grants.
3. At the discretion of a Director or Associate Dean, serve in an advisory capacity in the evaluation of applications for sabbatical leaves.
4. Collecting brief reports from librarians describing the progress of their research upon completion of their research leave, and distributing them as outlined in the Committee's Guidelines.

2024-2025 Committee Members

• BLFC Liaison: Theresa Quill
• Chair: Thea Atwood
• Thea Atwood, 2023-2025
• Adam Mazel, 2023-2025
• Jennifer Liss, 2024-2025
• Sudha Anand, 2024-2026
• Danielle Taylor, 2024-2026
• Leanne Nay, 2024-2026