Peter Jasco was the library's alternate for the Faculty Senate, but since the move of the library school to the College of Natural Sciences, the person with the next highest vote tally in the original election becomes the alternate. That person is Martha Chantiny. The library still qualifies for two representatives and an alternate. Ruth will be making a presentation to the Women Faculty Mentoring Program on behalf of the Faculty Senate to advocate for more participation of women in faculty government. At the last Faculty Senate meeting a resolution was passed in support of continued funding of journal publication for U.H. Press.
Discussion continues on the specifics of the funding.
It was suggested that John Haak be asked to draft a letter to the Senate emphasizing and documenting the value we get by using UH Press Journals for exchange to acquire other journals in a variety of disciplines for the collection. Randy Hensley and John Haak are both participating in the Senate's new Faculty Ambassadors program. These ambassadors will work with high schools in the state supporting recruitment and the effort to improve the overall quality of undergraduate experience at Manoa. Sophia is working on a survey to get Library Senate input on issues and topics identified by UHPA as potential areas of focus. Next election will be in April for the Election Committee.