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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 14

Appointments to the staff of special units of the Graduate College currently are made on the recommendation of the Executive Committee, the dean, the chancellor, and the president. The proposed amendment to Section 3.b. would substitute the "unit concerned" for the "Executive Committee" in order to expedite the appointment process and to bring Graduate College procedures into closer alignment with procedures in the disciplinary colleges. T h e second set of amendments, relating to Article V I (The Campus Library), would constitute the campus library as an academic unit serving the entire campus. A university librarian (formerly the director of the library) would be the chief executive officer of the campus library, which would be governed internally by its faculty under essentially the same provisions as govern a college. T h e chancellor would be required to seek the advice of the Library Committee of the campus senate and of the library Executive Committee on each annual appointment of the university librarian, whose performance would be evaluated at least once every five years. In addition, the proposal would make clear that the campus library is an academic unit with a faculty and with an organizational structure parallel to a college. T h e current language refers to library "staff" but does not mention library "faculty." T h e director of the library is currently responsible for the organization of the library staff and this responsibility would be altered so that the library will be governed internally under bylaws established by the faculty. T h e acting vice president for academic affairs has recommended adoption of the following amendments. I concur. Proposed Amendments to the University of Illinois Statutes In the amendments below, text to be deleted is in brackets, and text to be added is in italics. A R T I C L E V. G R A D U A T E C O L L E G E S Section 1. T H E C A M P U S G R A D U A T E C O L L E G E d. An Executive Committee shall be the primary advisory committee to the Dean of the Graduate College. It shall advise the Dean on the formulation and execution of policies and on other activities of the Graduate College. The Executive Committee consists of fifteen members: (1) eight elected members, four of whom shall be elected annually for two-year terms by the faculty of the Graduate College; (2) six members, three of whom shall be appointed each year for twoyear terms by the Chancellor on the recommendation of the Dean of the Graduate College in consultation with the members elected that year; and (3) the Dean of the Graduate College, who is ex officio a member and chairs the Committee. Members elected or appointed shall hold office for two-year terms except that, for initial appointments or elections hereunder, one-half of the members of each group shall be designated to serve for one year and one-half for two years. When meeting to give advice on the appointment of the Dean, the senior faculty member (in terms of service at the University) on the Executive Committee shall be chair [person] and the Dean shall not be a member of the Committee. Section 3. SPECIAL U N I T S O F T H E G R A D U A T E C O L L E G E b. Persons shall be appointed to the staff of such special units by the Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the [Executive Committee] unit concerned, the Dean of the Graduate College, the Chancellor, and the President. Appointments of persons who already have academic rank and title indicative of departmental association shall be made only after consultation with the department concerned. Appointments which carry academic rank and title indicative of departmental association of persons who do not already have departmental association shall be made only after concurrence of the department concerned.