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University Librarians and Systemwide Operations

The University Librarians provide leadership for strategic planning with the support of the Office of Systemwide Library Planning.

They direct systemwide operational planning through the Systemwide Operations Planning and Advisory Group (SOPAG) and its related all campus groups.

Following on the Bibliographic Services Task Force (BSTF) which affirmed the importance of improved library systems, the University Librarians are investigating opportunities for collaboration with OCLC to explore a new generation of the Melvyl union catalog based on a University of California pilot version of Worldcat.org. Planning for this potential pilot began in March 2007. [Learn more]

Recent planning documents produced by the University Librarians include:

  • Persistent Deposits in UC Regional Library Facilities. February 20, 2006 [PDF]
  • Regional Library Facilities Planning Task Force: Final report to the University Librarians. December 10, 2004 [PDF]
  • Systemwide strategic directions for libraries and scholarly information. April 2004 [PDF]

The University Librarians:

Thomas C. Leonard
UC Berkeley

Daniel Greenstein
California Digital Library

Marilyn T. Sharrow
UC Davis

Gerald J. Munoff
UC Irvine

Gary E. Strong
UCLA

R. Bruce Miller
UC Merced

Ruth M. Jackson
UC Riverside

Brian E. C. Schottlaender
UC San Diego

Karen A. Butter
UC San Francisco

Gene Lucas
Executive Vice Chancellor
and Acting University Librarian

UC Santa Barbara

Ginny Steel
UC Santa Cruz


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