Introduction
The faculty of the USC Libraries has a major responsibility for collecting, organizing, and making available recorded knowledge in many forms for the support of teaching and research at the University. An important corollary responsibility is assisting students and scholars in finding and organizing recorded knowledge pertinent to their needs, and helping develop their skills in finding such knowledge themselves. Fulfilling these and other responsibilities requires ongoing discussion and interpretation of the role of library faculty within the University. For this purpose the Library Faculty exists as an organized body of professionals under the structure and procedures set forth in the governance document and bylaws (see these for more details).
Through its Council, the Library Faculty discusses its concerns and recommendations with the Library Administration, and, as the need may arise, communicates with other organized bodies within the University, and with the University Administration.
The Faculty Council consists of seven members, each elected for a two-year term by vote of the Library Faculty. The Executive Council is presided over by one of its members who is elected by the Library Faculty to serve a one-year term as President. The President is assisted by a Vice President who is elected by the Library Faculty for a one-year term. A regularly elected Vice President of the Executive Council is also the president elect, succeeding to the presidency when it is vacated; the VP serves as the Library representative to the Academic Senate. The President and Vice President are assisted in their duties by an Executive Secretary who is elected by the Library Faculty for a one-year term.