Committee on Library & Scholarly Communication (COLASC)

Advise the campus and Library administration regarding issues and policies regarding collections, Open Access publishing models, and journal subscription costs to institution and UCSF authors.

UCSF Faculty in the Adjunct, Clinical X, Health Sciences Clinical, In-Residence, and Ladder-Rank series are eligible to be appointed.

10 members, meets monthly for 90 minutes.

Meeting Schedule

Date Location Day Time Agenda Minutes Attachments Description
October 16, 2026 Zoom Friday 2:00 - 3:30 pm
November 20, 2026 Zoom Friday 2:00 - 3:30 pm
December 18, 2026 Zoom Friday 2:00 - 3:30 pm
January 15, 2027 Zoom Friday 2:00 - 3:30 pm
February 19, 2027 Zoom Friday 2:00 - 3:30 pm
March 19, 2027 Zoom Friday 2:00 - 3:30 pm
April 16, 2027 Zoom Friday 2:00 - 3:30 pm
May 21, 2027 Zoom Friday 2:00 - 3:30 pm
June 18, 2027 Zoom Friday 2:00 - 3:30 pm
July 16, 2027 Zoom Friday 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Academic Senate Staff: Todd Giedt  

Members

Name, Details Term
Srikantan Nagarajan, PhD, Chair, Professor, Radiology, (M)    09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Vinita Chittoor, PhD, MS, Asst Adjunct Professor, Neurology, (M) 09/01/2024 - 08/31/2027
Colette Jappy, DNP, MS, RN, Hs Asst. Clinical Professor, Pn_operations, (N) 09/01/2024 - 08/31/2027
Cherry Leung, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Chs-Operations, (N) 09/01/2026 - 08/31/2029
Christine McDonald, ScD, MS, Assoc Professor In Residence, Peds-Admin-Core-Admin, (M) 09/01/2024 - 08/31/2027
Pamela Murnane, PhD, MPH, Asst Adj Prof-hcomp, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, (M) 09/01/2025 - 08/31/2028
Vivian Tang, MD, Assistant Professor Of Clin X, Pathology, (M) 09/01/2026 - 08/31/2029
Midori Yenari, MD, Professor In Residence, Neurology, (M) 09/01/2025 - 08/31/2028

Ex Officio Members

Name, Details Term
Jill Barr-Walker, Ex Officio, Clinical Librarian, Library, (E) 09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Chris Shaffer, Ex Officio, Asst Vc, University Librarian, Medicine, (M) 09/01/2017 - 08/31/2027

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