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
October 18, 2024	Zoom	Friday	2:00 - 3:30 pm
November 15, 2024	Zoom	Friday	2:00 - 3:30 pm
December 20, 2024	Zoom	Friday	2:00 - 3:30 pm
January 17, 2025	Zoom	Friday	2:00 - 3:30 pm
February 21, 2025	Zoom	Friday	2:00 - 3:30 pm
March 21, 2025	Zoom	Friday	2:00 - 3:30 pm
April 18, 2025	Zoom	Friday	2:00 - 3:30 pm
May 16, 2025	Zoom	Friday	2:00 - 3:30 pm
June 20, 2025	Zoom	Friday	2:00 - 3:30 pm
July 18, 2025	Zoom	Friday	2:00 - 3:30 pm

Academic Senate Staff: Sophia Bahar Root

Members

	Term
Julia Challinor, RN, Chair, Assoc Adj Prof-fy, Pn_operations, (N)	09/01/2024 - 08/31/2025
Michael Oldham, PhD, Vice Chair, Assoc Professor In Residence, Neurological Surgery, (M)	09/01/2024 - 08/31/2025
Julia Challinor, RN, Assoc Adj Prof-fy, Pn_operations, (N)	09/01/2022 - 08/31/2025
Vinita Chittoor, PhD, MS, Asst Adjunct Professor, Neurology, (M)	09/01/2024 - 08/31/2027
Colette Jappy, MS, RN, Hs Asst. Clinical Professor, Pn_operations, (N)	09/01/2024 - 08/31/2027
Matthew Kutys, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cell And Tissue Biology, (D)	09/01/2022 - 08/31/2025
Christine McDonald, ScD, MS, Assoc Professor In Residence, Peds-Admin-Core-Admin, (M)	09/01/2024 - 08/31/2027
Kathryn Phillips, PhD, Professor, Clinical Pharmacy, (P)	09/01/2023 - 08/31/2026
Joe Qi, PhD, Asst Dir. Of Clin Cytogenetics, Laboratory Medicine, (M)	09/01/2022 - 08/31/2025

Ex Officio Members

	Term
Chris Shaffer, Ex Officio, Asst Vc, University Librarian, Medicine, (M)	09/01/2017 - 08/31/2025
Peggy Tran-Le, Ex Officio, Librarian, Library, (E)	09/01/2023 - 08/31/2026

Annual Report 2023-2024

COLASC_Annual_Report_2023-2024_FINAL.pdf

Appendices

Number	File
1	2024-03-08_March_08_COLASC_Ltr_SWR_of_University_Administrative_Websites.pdf
2	2024-04-18_April_18_COLASC_Ltr_SWR_of_Public_and_Discretionary_Statements_by_Academic_Units.pdf
3	Aligning_Academic_Policies_COLASC_Ltr_signed.pdf
4	2024-01-19_COLASC_Voting_Rights_Letter_of_Support.pdf
5	2024-06-3_June_3_Ltr_on_the_UCSF_Library_Closure.pdf
6	COLASC_Data_Science_Hub_Proposal_2023-2024_DEC_22_2023.pdf

Documents of Interest

• Industry Documents Library at UCSF.
• 2018-2019 Senate Committee Priorities.
• Library strategic plan objectives.
• Support for ASAPbio and Use of NIH Preprints: COLASC Support of NIH Preprints.
• Open Access 2020 Initiative: Signed EoI and Letters of Support for UCSF.
• UCSF Library Policy on Use of Space.
• Important Communications: Recommendation on Mission Bay Library Space.

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