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Campus Involvement

  • Academic Senate
    Through the Librarian's Association of the University of California Irvine (LAUC-I), librarians are represented on many UCI Academic Senate Councils, Action Committees, Governance Committees, Advisory Panels, and Special Committees. This affords LAUC-I and the UCI Libraries an exceptional opportunity to participate in and contribute to campus governance and initiatives. Key committees in which we participate include:
    • Council on Educational Policy
    • Graduate Council
    • Council on Planning and Budget
    • Council on Research, Computing and Library Resources
    • Action Committee on Courses
    • Action Committee on Teaching

  • Collaboration with Faculty
    The UC Irvine Libraries, led by the Department of Education and Outreach, values and supports the ideal of collaborating with faculty to provide multiple learning opportunities for students at all levels from undergraduate through graduate and professional and in all disciplines. The goal of the Libraries Information Literacy Initiative is to partner with faculty in order to teach information literacy as an integrated part of the course curriculum. Examples of successful collaboration include the libraries’ contributions to the Writing 39C and the Humanities Core Course, two large courses both of which fulfill the lower-division writing requirement at UCI. The Writing 39C research skills sessions and the Humanities Core Discovery Tasks, are two models for library instruction that introduce students to basic concepts in information literacy. The goal of partnering with faculty in the lower-division writing program is to teach student baseline information literacy concepts which will serve as a foundation for further instruction in more sophisticated resources and competencies. Research librarians work with the faculty in their liaison departments to identify further teaching and learning opportunities that will enhance student learning outcomes in discipline specific courses. In addition, various courses have been taught by librarians. Informatics is deeply embedded in the curriculum of the Medical School and supported by the Libraries’ Medical Education librarians.

    In addition to collaboration in the area of instruction, librarians also support faculty and graduate student research through their collection development and research consultation activities. The Libraries' Scholarly Communication Program provides a framework to develop opportunities for partnership and sustained collaboration on scholarly communication issues with other interested UCI academic community members. Exhibits curated by librarians and faculty highlight significant, unusual, beautiful and unique materials held by the Libraries. Subject librarians provide a bibliography for each of the Fellows in the Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows Series. The bibliographies are available in print at the Langson and Science Libraries and at each public event. Special Collections and Archives houses the papers of distinguished UCI faculty including Nobel laureate and physicist Frederick Reines, philosopher and theorist Jacques Derrida, choreographer Donald McKayle, Deans of Biological Sciences Edward A. Steinhaus and Howard A. Schneiderman, digital artist Christine Tamblyn, and all former UCI Chancellors. Faculty papers contain valuable information on teaching, research, professional activities, and personal files which offer unique perspectives on both the individual faculty members and the university's academic community in general.

    Successful faculty/librarian collaboration and partnerships are essential as we work to sustain the Libraries’ integral role in the University’s teaching and research mission. Faculty, students and librarians all benefit from the synergy that results from our best collaborative efforts.
  • Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows Series (CDFS)
    Program Website :: Library Bibliographies
  • Wellek / Critical Theory Bibliographies
  • Outreach: School Partnership in Research & Information Technology (SPIRIT)

Last Updated: November 30, 2007