Library Committee
2025-2026
Chair
Members
| Name | Constituency | Role |
| Emily Fidelman | University Librarians | Chair |
| Jim Siekmeier | Eberly College of Arts and Sciences | Previous Chair/Advisory |
| Arabinda Basistha | Chambers College of Business and Economics | Member |
| George Mamboleo | College of Applied Human Sciences | Member |
| Shuichiro Nishioka | Chambers College of Business and Economics | Member |
| Elizabeth Puette | School of Dentistry | Member |
| Douglas Terry | WVU Institute of Technology | Member |
| Kelly Watson | Eberly College of Arts and Sciences | Member |
| Karen Diaz | WVU Libraries | Ex Officio |
| Jess Vanderhoff | WVU Libraries | Ex Officio |
| Gabrielle Frazier | Student Representative | Student Representative |
Committee Charge
Collaborate with the Libraries on policies, procedures, and services that support the university’s teaching, research and service missions including access to materials, collection development practices, instructional and research services, open access publishing initiatives such as the Research Repository, and funding.
Assist the libraries in advocating for campus-wide approaches to scholarly publishing that will enhance access to and sustainability of published scholarship.
Engage with WVU researchers in all areas of scholarly communications including open access publishing, author rights and copyright, data management, and digital publishing.
Work with the Libraries, Office of Research, Teaching and Learning Commons, the Provost’s
Office and others as may be appropriate to improve scholarly communication services
and initiatives available to instructors and researchers.
Last Update: April 2022, Annex V