Health Sciences Users Committee

Terms of Reference

The Health Sciences Library Users Committee is one of three such committees on campus, the others being the Arts Library User Committee and the Science & Engineering Library User Committee. The Chair, one other member and the Health Sciences Library Director will serve as representatives to the University Libraries Committee, which is chaired by the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), or the Dean of Graduate Studies as the Provost's delegate.

Archived meeting minutes (February 2001 - November 2007)

Members (2008-2009)

Functions:

To provide a link with the users of the Library; to act in an advisory capacity to the Health Sciences Library Director in matters pertaining to collections, budget development, policies and priorities, and rules and regulations.

Composition:

Chair	Appointed by committee consensus from the elected membership of the committee for a term of three years, once renewable.
Ex officio	Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Dean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) Associate Dean, Health Sciences (Academic) Associate Dean, Health Sciences (Research) Dean, School of Graduate Studies Director, Health Sciences Library University Librarian Administrator, Education Services, Faculty of Health Sciences Hamilton Health Sciences, Administration Representative of the McMaster Division Representative, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Representative, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science Representative, Arts Library User Committee Representative, Science & Engineering Library User Committee
Elected Members	The Striking Committee to nominate seven full time faculty members, of whom one will be the Chair. Members are to be elected by the faculty members at large of the Faculty of Health Sciences. One member will be from Nursing, one will be from Rehabilitation Science, and one will be located at an affiliated hospital. Faculty members of the Committee should serve a term of three years, once renewable.
Students	One student representative shall be nominated annually from each of the following educational programs: Bachelor of Health Sciences, Health Sciences Graduate, Midwifery, Postgraduate Medicine, Rehabilitation Science, Undergraduate Biochemistry, Undergraduate M.D., Undergraduate Nursing.

Approved by the Council of the Faculty of Health Sciences September, 1985 (updated October, 2002)

Members 2008-2009

Chair	Dr. Anne Niec, Department of Pediatrics	Term to: June 30, 2011*
Ex Officio	Dean & Vice-President, Health Sciences	Dr. John Kelton
	Associate V-P, Academic & Associate Dean, Education (FHS)	Dr. Susan Denburg
	Associate Dean, Health Sciences (Research)	Dr. Stephen Collins
	Provost & Vice-President, Academic	Dr. Ilene Busch-Vishniac
	Acting Dean, School of Graduate Studies	Dr. David Capson
Members	Director, Health Sciences Library	Ms. Liz Bayley
	University Librarian	Mr. Jeff Trzeciak
	Administrator, Education Services, Faculty of Health Sciences	Ms. Susan Birnie
	Hamilton Health Sciences Administration Representative of the McMaster Division	Ms Debra Wingfield
	Representative Department of Biology	Dr. Richard Morton