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Library Student Committee Meeting

What is the Library Student Committee Meeting?

The committee has a purely communicational and advisory function, providing an official forum for students to discuss current issues relating to the Library polices and services at XJTLU. The Committee Meeting often discuss affairs such as using regulations about library facilities, provision of adequate resources,  etc., and shall advice all the library departments concerned on all those matters relating to the welfare and needs of students. It is responsible for keeping the students informed of major issues and for creating opportunities for the students to discuss priorities.

Purpose

The Library Student Committee Meeting is designed to support expanding Library services to its student members and support the teaching, learning and research needs of school members. The goals of the committee meeting include to: 

  • Enhance formal communication between the Library and students
  • Increase awareness and use of Library resources and services
  • Improve Library work and polices
  • Strengthen Library collections to meet learning and research needs

Frequency of Library Student Committee Meeting

A minimum of one scheduled committee meeting should be arranged per year. And at the beginning of the first meeting of each year, there should be a short introduction to the purpose, powers and procedures of Library Student Committee Meeting.

Conduct of the Meeting

Student Representatives and library staff members should engage in constructive dialogue and should offer non-threatening feedback. The committee should encourage students to chair meetings or sections of meetings where appropriate to the matter under consideration.

Committee Membership

Library Student Committee is a joint council consisting of Library Staff and students from across the University. The staffs are from different departments of Library. The students are totally 10 people, who rank the most times in accessing to Library and hold the most copies in borrowing books according to September Library Using Statistics. Besides, these students are also more interested in the Library affairs and activities.

Responsibilities of Student Representatives

Student Representatives are expected to present constructive feedback to the committee and work actively with the committee to find solutions to any problems encountered.