Library Advisory Committee
The Library Advisory Committee serves as the primary faculty, student, and staff advisory body to the Dean of the Library. The primary roles for LAC members representing campus faculty, students and staff are as follows
- Funding advice: Guide decisions on funding to ensure high-quality services for the university research community.
- Policy guidance: Shape policies on collections, services, instruction, infrastructure, initiatives, and assessments.
- Strategic visioning: Engage in strategic planning with benchmarking criteria.
- Scholarly communication: Address national issues on scholarly communication and open access, sharing perspectives internally and externally.
- Community engagement: Facilitate communication and gather feedback from the university community on library collections, programs, services, infrastructure, and communication channels.
For more information contact the Library Dean’s Office at 515-294-1443 or library@iastate.edu.
Current members
| Name | Role | Representation |
|---|
| Lee Burras | Chair | College – Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Andreas Schwab | Member | College – Business |
| Heidi Hohmann | Member | College – Design |
| Ming-Chen Hsu | Member | College – Engineering |
| Yi Jin | Member | College – Health and Human Sciences |
| Julie Seier | Member | College – Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Ravindra Singh | Member | College – Veterinary Medicine |
| Saray Kyle | Member | Director of Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities |
| Brenda Allen | Member | Extension andOutreach |
| Michael Olsen | Member | Faculty Senate President or Appointee |
| Heidi Nye | Member | Professional and Scientific Council |
| Surya Mallapragada | Member | Vice President for Research |
| Hannah Scates Kettler | Member | Associate University Librarian – Academic Services |
| Robin Sinn | Member | Interim Associate University Librarian – Collections Strategy and Access |
| Melea Licht | Member | Library Communications |
| Hilary Seo | Ex-officio | Library Dean |
Library Liaisons
The work of the Library Liaisons directly impacts the ability of the Library to effectively support faculty and students and advance the university's strategic mission. The primary roles for Library Liaisons representing their departments are as follows:
- Primary representatives: Serve as the primary representatives between the colleges/departments/programs, and the library.
- Information conduit: Relay critical updates and relevant library information to their colleagues.
- Curricular and collection influence: Inform their subject librarians about curricular changes and research needs that may affect library collection building priorities.
- Research and evolution advocates: Influence and participate in the evolution of research at the university.
- Collaborative engagement: Offer regular opportunities for exchanging ideas, advocating and sharing research and teaching needs from their college/department/program.
The subject librarians in turn provide library updates to the colleges through the faculty liaisons and advocate for the development or refinement of library services based on communicated needs.
Current members by college
Agriculture and Life Sciences
| Department | Liaison |
|---|
| Agricultural Education and Studies (AGEDS) | Kristine Tidgren |
| Agronomy | C. Lee Burras |
| Animal Science | Josh Selsby |
| Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology (EEOB) | Robert Wallace |
| Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) | Erica Unger-Wallace |
| Horticulture | Rajeev Arora |
| Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM) | Kevin Roe |
| Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology (PPEM) | Matthew O'Neal |
| Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology (PPEM) | Nicholas Peters |
Business
| Department | Liaison |
|---|
| Accounting | Dirk Black |
| Finance | Hua Sun |
| Information Systems and Business Analytics | Tony Townsend |
| Management and Entrepreneurship | Andreas Schwab |
| Marketing | Priyanka Jayashankar |
| Supply Chain Management | Sukrit Pal |
Design
| Department | Liaison |
|---|
| Architecture | Andrew Gleeson |
| Art and Visual Culture | Mike Jackson |
| Graphic Design | Tina Rice |
| Community and Regional Planning | Carlton Basmajian |
| Landscape Architecture | Heidi Hohmann |
Engineering
| Department | Liaison |
|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | Stephen Holland |
| Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) | Steven Mickelson |
| Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) | Kurt Hebert |
| Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering | Jiehua Shen |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) | Alexander Stoytchev |
| Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) | Sigurdur Olafsson |
| Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) | Steve Martin |
| Mechanical Engineering | Pranav Shrotriya |
Health and Human Sciences
| Department | Liaison |
|---|
| Apparel, Events and Hospitality Management | Tianshu Zheng |
| Education - School of Education | Douglas Wieczorek |
| Food Science and Human Nutrition | Smaranda (Sandy) Andrews |
| Human Development and Family Studies | Cassandra Dorius |
| Kinesiology | Li-Shan Chou |
Liberal Arts and Sciences
| Department | Liaison |
|---|
| African and African American Studies | Larissa Begley |
| American Indian Studies | Sebastian Braun |
| Anthropology - World Languages and Cultures | Rachel Haywood |
| Chemistry | Yulia Zaikina |
| Classical Studies - World Languages and Cultures | Rachel Meyers |
| Computer Science | Xiaoqiu Huang |
| Earth, Atmosphere, and Climate | Igor Beresnev |
| Economics | Joydeep Bhattacharya |
| English | Justin Remes |
| History | Julie Courtwright |
| Journalism and Communication - Greenlee School of Journalism/Communication | Michael Dahlstrom |
| Mathematics | Jonas Hartwig |
| Music and Theatre | Christina Svec |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies | Christopher Chase |
| Physics and Astronomy | Frank Krennrich |
| Physics and Astronomy | Paul Canfield |
| Political Science | Kelly Shaw |
| Psychology | John Grundy |
| Sociology and Criminal Justice (SOC) | Shawn Fletcher Dorius |
| Statistics | Philip Dixon |
| U.S. Latino/a Studies - World Languages and Cultures | Lucia Suarez |
| Veterinary Biomedical Sciences | Casey Smith |
| Women's and Gender Studies - Greenlee School of Journalism/Communication | Kelly Winfrey |
| World Languages and Cultures - World Languages and Cultures | Rachel Haywood |
Veterinary Medicine
| Department | Liaison |
|---|
| Veterinary Clinical Sciences | Tamara Swor |
| Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine | Giovani Trevisan |
| Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine | Radford David |
| Veterinary Pathology | Mark Morton |
