There are three “strategic committees,” that engage and advance CARL’s three current strategic directions (in public policy, scholarly communication and research libraries). Each CARL library director is normally a member of one or other of these committees, according to their own interests.
From time to time, the Board or the strategic committees will strike subcommittees or working groups to give greater focus to a given area of concern or to a project.
It should be noted that CARL committees, subcommittees and working groups are open to non-directors - most frequently Associate University Librarians or other topic experts - as contributing members, subject to the approval of the committee chair and the person’s own library director. Since much of the committee discussion will occur by teleconference and e-mail, the costs of participation will generally be low; the costs of participation in in-person meetings, however, when these take place during the spring and fall CARL meetings, will normally be borne by the member library.
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Board of Directors
Chair: CARL President Thomas Hickerson
Staff support: Brent Roe, Katherine McColgan
Finance and Audit Subcommittee
Chair: CARL Treasurer John Teskey
Staff Support: Brent Roe, Katherine McColgan
Public Policy Committee
Chair: Karen Adams
Staff support: Mat Jacques
Research Libraries Committee
Chair: Gwendolyn Ebbett
Staff support: Katherine McColgan
Scholarly Communication Committee
Chair: Margaret Grove
Staff support: Diego Argáez
Data Management Subcommittee
Chair: Martha Whitehead
Staff support: Kathleen Shearer
Joint CARL/CRKN Open Access Working Group
Chair: Brian Owen
Staff support: Diego Argáez