Membership is comprised of faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, and library staff.
Over the life of the Council, agendas have dealt with circulation policy, the Dewey Decimal Classification system, materials budgets, technology, space needs, etc. Each discussion involved a significant amount of preparation and creativity on the part of the staff, including the presentation of spending projections and data on the problem of price inflation in scholarly publishing. Each meeting was a new opportunity to engage especially the faculty in the issues surrounding the future of scholarly communication. Lively discussion ensued at two Library Council meetings resulting in a sense of understanding and ownership of the issues for the first time. As a result, the level of discussion was raised.