Report of Senate Library Committee Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Charge

The Senate Library Committee (SLC), at its meeting of October 7, 2009 and following a discussion of the enormous changes facing the academy and libraries generally, unanimously approved a motion to form a task force/ad hoc committee to review the charge of the Committee. Jennifer Gunn, SLC chair, had proposed that such a committee be formed to examine whether the SLC’s charge reflects the way the committee does indeed work, and whether the committee should take a more active role in reviewing and consulting or advising on policies and library administration

Report to ALA GODORT - Digitization of Government Information

Report submitted by an American Libraries Association (ALA) Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) ad hoc committee charged to "create a report advising GODORT on the best practices and procedures in the digital library field and advise GODORT on the most effective organizational structure for support of the government information community in pursuing digital library initiatives" (p. 2)

The discursive politics of ‘fracking’: frames, storylines, and the anticipatory contestation of shale gas development in the United Kingdom

How contested sources of energy such as shale gas are perceived in frontier countries considering their development is incredibly important to national and international climate policies. The UK shale development case is of particular interest currently as the Government attempts to position the UK as a pioneer of European, safe, sustainable shale gas development. We conduct a mixed-methods analysis of the UK policy debate on shale gas development involving 30 stakeholder interviews and 1,557 political documents. This empirical focus extends the existing literature by identifying the use of frames in and through the institutions and practices of formal UK politics. We identify nine key frames and their associated storylines, analyse their use over time, and compare these findings with other national case studies. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given most UK Governments within our timeframe have supported shale development, pro-shale development frames dominate in the policy debate; however, we also find a high level of anti-shale development frame use, suggesting a deep and ongoing framing contest in national formal political sites. We find in particular a more prominent focus on land-use issues and impacts on the landscape than other UK studies or other national contexts. Conceptually the study puts forward an integrative approach to the related concepts of frames and storylines, as well as arguments concerning the impotence of storylines in anticipatory political debate and the polyvalence of framing strategies. Questions about governance are raised by the general lack of consensus over the framing of shale development within formal political sites, let alone amongst the broader public; and by the lack of a coherent response from the Government to criticisms of its approach. Finally, we reflect on the apparent lack of evidence for Hajer’s ‘communicative miracle’ in our case, and speculate as to whether the lack of broad-based resonance of the ‘bridge’ storyline signals trouble for the positive-sum thinking of ecological modernisation

AS-480-97 Resolution on the Restructuring of the Academic Senate Library Committee

Adds student and staff representation to the Academic Senate Library Committee; modifies the committee’s charge

Provision of federal government publications in electronic format to depository libraries : report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Depository Library Access to Federal Automated Data Bases to the Joint Committee on Printing, United States Congress.

"August 24, 1984."At head of title: Joint committee print.Bibliography: p. 207-213.Mode of access: Internet

Provision of federal government publications in electronic format to depository libraries : report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Depository Library Access to Federal Automated Data Bases, to the Joint Committee on Printing, United States Congress.

S/N 052-070-05970-2At head of title: 98th Congress, 2d session. Committee print.Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-121) and index.Mode of access: Internet