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ADMINISTRATIVE REALIGNMENT, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY SCIENCE, URBANA (3) T h e Dean of Library Administration at Urbana-Champaign has recommended that, effective September 1, 1971, the Graduate School of Library Science, which is now administratively responsible to the Dean of Library Administration, report directly to the Chancellor. This change in administrative organization will not involve any revision of the academic programs of the Library School and the School will remain under the directorship of Professor Herbert Goldhor. The separation of the administrative responsibilities of the Library and the Graduate School of Library Science leads to a clear delineation of the instructional programs from the administrative-service aspects of the Library. The Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the UrbanaChampaign campus, and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in this recommendation. T h e Senate Committee on Educational Policy has indicated that Senate action is not necessary. I concur in this recommendation.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OPTIONAL DESIGNATION. " U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R I A N . " FOR EACH CAMPUS; APPOINTMENT, UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN FOR THE URBANA CAMPUS (4) The designation "University Librarian" has been proposed for the administrative officer in charge of the library at each campus of the University. The recommendation is based upon the fact that the library holds a unique position in higher education in that it encompasses and serves all of the scholarly disciplines constituting the traditional university structure; and the expectation that opportunities for intercampus library cooperation will lead to a Universitywide orientation in library management and service. Accordingly, I recommend that the position be established as an optional designation for the administrative head of the library at each campus. T h e recommendation coincides with discussions at the Urbana campus leading to the appointment of a successor to Dean Robert B. Downs, presently Dean of Library Administration, who will retire at the end of the current year. T h e Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has recommended the appointment of Dr. Lucien W. White, presently Associate Dean of Library Administration and Professor of Library Administration, as University Librarian at the UrbanaChampaign campus effective September 1, 1971, on a twelve-month service basis, at an annual salary of $31,000. Professor White will continue to hold the rank of Professor of Library Administration, and his appointment will fill the vacancy which will be created by Dean Downs' retirement. The nomination of Dr. White was made on recommendation of a search committee 1 and the Dean of the Graduate College. The Executive Vice President and Provost concurs. I recommend the establishment of the position of University Librarian as an optional designation at each of the campuses; and I concur in the recommendation for the appointment of Dr. White as University Librarian at the Urbana-Champaign campus. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s p o s i t i o n w a s a u t h o r i z e d a n d t h e appointment was approved. ACTING DEANSHIP OF T H E COLLEGE OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS. URBANA (5) The Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended that 1 Ralph T. Fisher Jr., Professor of History and Director of Russian and East European Center, Chairman; John W. Drake, Professor of Microbiology; Daniel C. Drucker, Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean of the College of Engineering; George Hendrick, Professor of English and Associate Dean of the Graduate College; Alan K. Laing, Professor of Architecture; Jan E. Scifert, Assistant Professor of Library Administration and Undergraduate Librarian; Rolland E. Stevens, Professor of Library Science.