The University Libraries achieves its goals through the work of individuals, units, and groups. The Libraries draws on expertise from multiple sectors of the organization in order to address complex problems and strategic directions. Committees afford a context in which to coalesce expertise, but also to develop an understanding of the breadth and depth of the Libraries enterprise. As such, group membership provides an opportunity to both utilize and develop staff talents and knowledge.
Because of the role groups play, we have defined standard roles and responsibilities for Libraries' groups and created definitions explaining each type of group. Additional group resources may be found in Drive at Committees Councils and Groups - Resources & Templates, including a template for a group charge.
Administrative groups
- Cabinet
- Labor Management Committee (ULLMC)
- Libraries Leadership Council (LLC)
- Libraries Peer Review Committee
Advisory councils
- Collections Council
- Communications Advisory Committee
- Interlibrary Loan Systems Advisory Committee (ILSAC)
- Student Advisory Board (SAB)
Alma/Systemwide groups
- Alma Acquisitions-Financial Operations Group (A-FIG)
- Alma Analytics Auxiliary Group (AAAG)
- Alma Electronic Resources Operations Group (ERG)
- Alma Fulfillment Operations Group
- Alma Leadership Team (Alma LT)
- Alma Leganto Operations Group (ALOG)
- Cataloging/Metadata Group (CMG)
Coordinating groups
- AIS Managers
- Citation Managers Group
- Furniture and Non-Computer Equipment Committee (FNCE)
- Innovation Support Working Group
- Libraries Equipment Committee (LEC)
- Student Outreach Coordinating Committee
Departmental or functional committees
- AIS Student Supervisors
- ASC Acquisition Committee
- DSpace Management Group
- Electronic Records Management Group (ERMG)
- First Fridays Planning Committee
- Fiscal Year Close Group
- Frontline Reference Coordinators
- Open Scholarship Committee (OSC)
- Research Data Services Team
- Research Information Management (RIM) Support Team
- Research Services Coordinators
- Reserves Horizontal
- Safety Committee (By Building)
- Safety and Security Advisory Group
- Strategic Digitization Review
- Systematic Reviews Service
- Teaching and Learning Leadership Committee (TLLC)
- Web Content Management Committee (WCMC)
Governance committees
- Committee on Nominations, Elections and Appointments (CNEA)
- Executive Committee
- Librarian Committee
- Library Assembly
- Library Enterprise Systems Governance Team (LESGov)
- P&A Senators
- Research and Publications Committee (RPC)
- University Libraries Academic Professional and Administrative Committee (ULAPAC)
- University Libraries Civil Service Committee (LCSC)
- University Senators
Projects/Task forces
- Branch Closing Project Task Force
- Collections Facility (CF) Planning
- Copy-Print-Scan Group (CPS)
- Facilities Policy Review Working Group
- Librarian Promotion Policies and Procedures Task Force
- Libraries Google Digitization Project
- Library Data & Student Success
Steering committees
- Collections Strategic Steering Committee (CSSC)
- Discovery to Access Steering Committee (D2A)
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Committee (DEI-LC)
- Libraries Accessibility Steering Committee (LASC)
- Libraries-Wide Space Planning
- UDC Steering Group
Events
Non-Libraries groups with Libraries representation
- BTAA Committees and Working Groups
- University of Minnesota Committees & Working Groups