Chief Librarians

The MASU Librarians Committee is comprised of the Library Deans or Directors (LDs) at the public universities. The LDs met separately from MASU under the name of the Council of Library Directors until becoming an MASU Committee in 2018. The LDs are unique in that they are the only MASU committee with affiliate members beyond the 15 state universities, including the State Librarian of Michigan and the Executive Director of the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services. Committee meetings of the LDs involve sharing best practices on operations, collection management, contracting, and serving as a key support in the varied academic missions of their universities. Members of the LD Committee are particularly interested in finding ways to share their collections among each other to create an efficient and comprehensive body of knowledge for students, faculty, and the community.

As with all MASU committees, during their convenings, members of the LD Committee provide insight on the implications of current state and federal policy issues and fiscal dynamics affecting Michigan’s public universities. Traditional and emerging higher education topics and trends are considered from the lens of librarians, such as open educational resources, digitalization, access and copyright, public service, and preserving our shared history