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Charge: Advise the librarian of the college on issues pertinent to the entire library.
Mark Edington
Bryn Geffert, chair
Mike Kelly
Susan Kimball
Este Pope
Missy Roser
Susan Sheridan
Group meeting notes on the library staff intranet 
From the group's charge: The Library’s Assessment Group will strengthen our ability to make data-driven, evidence-based decisions and serve as a resource to all library departments. It will advise and assist individual departments, librarians, and staff in their planning, design, implementation, and interpretation of assessment projects.
Membership as of 06/01/16
Kelly Dagan
Kristen Greenland
Susan Kimball, chair
Paul Trumble
Group meeting notes on the library staff intranet
The Collection Development Group is a standing committee of librarians to:
- coordinate and refine the Library/academic department liaison program;
- actively participate in materials selection for the Library, and work closely with faculty and administrators to shape the collection;
- gather and standardize collection development information and serve as a forum for its exchange among liaisons;
- provide information to and advise the Librarian and the Library Committee on allocations and collection development policy.
Membership as of 07/01/17
From the group's charge: The Digital Programs Working Group provides input on the strategic direction and development of the library’s digital program.
Membership as of 03/17/17:
Chris Barber
Kate Gerrity
Johanna Radding
Mike Kelly
Este Pope, chair
Bethany Seeger
Sara Smith
Sarah Walden
Group meeting notes on the library staff intranet
The Amherst College Library is committed to diversity and inclusion, which we see as central to fostering a work environment where everyone feels valued, and to providing the best possible services to our community. To this end, the Library Diversity and Inclusion Committee provides leadership and guidance on diversity and inclusion efforts in the library, working with partners on campus and in the Five Colleges as appropriate.
Membership as of 05/01/16
Jane Beebe
Mark Edington
Mariah Leavitt, co-chair
Cynthia LePage
Dunstan McNutt
Bilal Muhammad
Bethany Seeger
Sara Smith, co-chair
The full charge for the committee and meeting minutes on the library staff intranet
The Program Committee coordinates the Library's non-instructional programming, including speakers, gallery exhibits, and social events.
Contact the chair for further information.
Membership as of 01/04/17:
Group meeting notes on the library staff intranet
From the group's charge: The Space Committee evaluates the Library’s immediate space needs and recommends strategies to address them, with a goal of creating a more welcoming, comfortable and effective physical environment for Library users and staff. The Space Enhancement and Design Group coordinates the process of setting priorities and developing projects that meet this goal.
Membership as of 03/17/17:
Group meeting notes on the library staff intranet
The Scholarly Communication Committee meets regularly to keep abreast of the issues shaping the communication of ideas in the world of scholarship, and who take responsibility for providing information on these issues to the broader Amherst College community. Its focus is on understanding the environment shaping scholarly communications and translating its implications helpfully and effectively to the community.
The Committee will serve a number of interrelated purposes:
- Stay current with changes in legal and technological issues shaping the flow of scholarly ideas, and provide information to the entire Amherst community on these matters (e.g., fair use; open access; metrics and altmetrics; the use and implications of Creative Commons licensing; etc.).
- Develop policy for, and advocate the development of, the Amherst College Institutional Repository (“Octagon”).
- Act as a source of informed guidance for both faculty and students on the use, development, and dissemination of scholarly work.
- Develop relationships on behalf of Amherst College with the scholarly communications community in the Five Colleges area and beyond.
Membership
Mark Edington
Este Pope
Kristen Greenland
Other members of the Amherst College community may be asked to take part in the work of the committee as need and interest suggest.
From the group's charge: The Web Group provides overall leadership for the development and maintenance of the Amherst College Library’s Web presence.
Membership as of 03/17/17:
Christina Barber
Kelly Dagan, chair
Kristen Greenland
Paul Trumble
Committee meeting notes on the library staff intranet
Faculty Library Committee meeting minutes
Membership as of 09/01/16
Professor Frank Couvares
Bryn Geffert, Librarian of the College, ex officio
Professor Caroline Goutte
Professor Andreas Zanker
Links to committee content (for Five College library and Five Colleges, Incorporated staff only). 
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Five Colleges website registration infoCommittees/groups/task forces as of 07/01/15:
Librarians' Council
Access
Archives & Special Collections
Discovery
Innovative Learning
Professional Development
Resource Management
User Experience
Aleph Advisory Group
Digital Library Future Task Force
Digital Preservation Task Force
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