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Collection Management Team Description
Mission of the Team
The group provides leadership in the development and management of the general collections of the University Libraries.
Description of Work
Led by the Collection Management Team Leader, the team undertakes activities to develop policy and institutional processes, develop and manage special projects, share and disseminate information, and coordinate work of the subject team members to support collection management and collection resource allocation.
The group works closely with various library units to carry out these activities including functional and program teams.
The group also works closely with the subject teams to enhance coordination of collection management in the broad disciplinary areas and facilitate collection management at the level of the broad disciplines.
Major budgetary decisions and recommendations of the team are subject to review by the Director of Collection Management and Special Collections and the Dean of Libraries as appropriate.
Currently all members of CMT also serve on the Electronic Resource Committee (lead by Betty Day). That Committee can and may choose to review and modify its membership independently of CMT.
Membership
The team has committed to review this membership annually to further refine the member rotation schedules as needed to stagger rotation and to examine the role of the at-large members.
Total team size: 9
Team Leader: Collection Management Team Leader (ex-officio)
Other team members
Head, Acquisitions (ex-officio)
Manager for Electronic Resources (ex-officio)
Leader of the the Arts and Humanities Collaborative
Second member of the the Arts and Humanities Collaborative
Leader of the Social Sciences and Allied Professions Collaborative
Second member of the Social Sciences and Allied Professions Collaborative
Leader of the Science and Technology Collaborative
Second member of the Science and Technology Collaborative
The team invites the regular participation of guests and, if appropriate, temporary members to support special projects.
Meeting Cycle
Weekly or biweekly as workload demands. Traditionally the group schedules weekly meetings and cancels meetings if both members from a subject team cannot attend or if there is a lack of agenda items.
Term of Service
Team members who join by an expression of interest process should plan to serve a three year term.
Statement of Shared Values
Collection Management Team
Statement of Shared Values
Revised July 2001
We value the ability to see and value a "big picture view" and expect all team members to demonstrate a sensitivity to the needs of diverse interest groups within and outside the University Libraries. We expect a continuing commitment to the Libraries' vision of team-based organization.
We appreciate the significance of the work we are charged to accomplish and expect all team members to contribute to the group work and demonstrate a commitment to group effectiveness. All team members are expected to exercise integrity, creativity, collegiality, discretion, good humor, and good judgement during the group's work.
We believe that the group process is important to the effectiveness of the team. Therefore we work to develop our sensitivity to group process and seek a commitment to collaborative problem-solving in the context of consensus-based decision-making. The team is committed to improving its group process by taking the time for reflection on past practices to identify areas of needed development.
Because of the collaborative nature of the Team's work, members are expected to exercise leadership in carrying out the work of the team, to work to build trust among team members, and to seek to build trust within in the organization in support of the team's work. Recognizing the broad context in which the Team's work occurs, the team affirms its respect for the work of other groups and strives to coordinate the work of the team with other groups as appropriate.
