Passed: December 9, 2009

Sponsors: Bill Olbricht and University Faculty Committee

Senate Discussions: December 9, 2009

UFC RESOLUTION ON LIBRARY TASK FORCE REPORT
WHEREAS, the by-laws of Cornell University recognize that the faculty has the function “to consider questions of educational policy which concern more than one college” (Article XII, Section 3);
WHEREAS, the University Libraries are a major component of a Cornell education in terms of teaching and research;
WHEREAS, the five faculty members of the Library Task Force neither participated in the writing of the Task Force Report nor were their opinions about the report ever solicited by the members of the Task Force who wrote it;
The Faculty Senate recommends that the provost delay any implementation of the Report until the Senate has had time to deliberate its findings and the alternatives at the beginning of the spring semester, 2010.
Endorsed by
The University Faculty Committee