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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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A R T I C L E V I . T H E CAMPUS LIBRARY a. The Campus Library if an academic unit serving the entire campus. Its collection includes all books, pamphlets, serials, maps, music scores, photographs, prints, manuscripts, micro-reproductions, and other materials purchased or acquired in any manner and preserved and used by it to [aid students and investigators] support instruction and research. Such materials may include sound, electronic and magnetic recordings, motion picture films, slides, film strips, [and] other appropriate audio-visual aids, and computer files. b. T h e Campus Library shall be in the charge of the [director of the library] University Librarian who, as the chief executive officer of the Library, is responsible to the Chancellor for its administration and service. c. [The director shall be responsible for the arrangement and care of the Campus Library and for the organization of its staff and shall make an annual report to the Chancellor on the condition and needs of the library and on the work of the staff.] As specified in Article II, Section 3, the Library shall be governed internally under the bylaws established by its faculty. Except as otherwise stated in this article, the Library shall be governed by the same provisions as govern a college. d. With the approval of the Chancellor, the [director] University Librarian may establish branches on the campus when [in his opinion] efficiency in reference work, circulation, cataloging, ordering, and other matters of library service and administration, and the general welfare of the campus, college, school, department or other unit will thereby be promoted[; and when such action has been taken, the director may delegate appropriate powers to the assistants in charge of such branches]. Appointments to the academic staff of branch libraries established under this subsection and the advancement of such staff will be recommended to the Chancellor with the advice of the executive officer(s) of the unit(j) served by such libraries. e. The [director] University Librarian shall be appointed annually by the Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the Chancellor with the concurrence of the President of the University. On the occasion of each such appointment, the Chancellor shall [have] seek the advice of the Library Committee of the campus Senate[.] and of the Library Executive Committee. The performance of the University Librarian shall be evaluated at least once every five years, in a manner to be determined by the faculty of the campus Library and the Library Committee of the Campus Senate. As part of the evaluation, views shall be solicited from the Library Committee of the campus Senate, from other concerned faculty, and from the entire faculty of the campus Library. [f. Members of Campus Library staff shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the director of the library, the Chancellor and the President and may be given appropriate academic rank.] [g.]/. T h e [standing] Library Committee(s) of the campus Senate shall advise the [director] University Librarian regarding the [apportionment] allocation of book funds and other [matters pertaining to] policies of the Campus Library.

O n motion of Mr. Wolff, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, M r . Howard, Mr. Logan, Miss Smith, Mr. Wolff; no, none; absent, Mr. H a h n , Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Evenson, Mr. Wylie; no, none.) Contract for Cleaning Services, Library Building, Chicago

(23) T h e president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate