STATUTE 05 - LIBRARY COMMITTEE STATUTE

STATUTE 05 - LIBRARY COMMITTEE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.24

STATUTE 05 - LIBRARY COMMITTEE STATUTE

26th June, 1992

LEGAL NOTICE 57 of 1992.

The title of this Statute is Statute 05 - Library Committee

Statute.

(1)

The Library Committee shall consist of the following

members

(a) the Rector or his delegate, as Chairman;

(b) the Librarian, who shall also be Secretary to the

Committee; and

(c) five members of the academic staff, and five students

from different faculties, provided the number shall not

be more than one from each faculty.

(2) The academic members in paragraph (1)(c) shall be

appointed by Senate, while the student members shall be appointed

by the Kunsill ta’ l-iStudenti Universitarji hereinafter referred to as

the KSU.

In the absence of the Rector or his delegate from any

meeting the members of the Committee present shall elect a

Chairman from among themselves to preside at that meeting.

The members sitting in terms of paragraph 1(1)(c) shall sit

on the Committee for a period of one academic year, provided that

the representative of each faculty shall alternate between a student

and a member of the academic staff. Retiring members shall be

eligible for re-appointment.

If one of the members is absent without sufficient reason

for three consecutive meetings of the Committee, he shall cease to

be a member, and another member shall be appointed in his stead

by Senate or the KSU as the case may be. Such new member shall

remain in office only during the remaining period of office of the

member replaced by him.

The Committee shall meet at least once in every four

months.

Five members of the Committee shall form a quorum.

Every question shall be decided by a majority of votes of

the members present and voting and, in the case of equality of

votes, the Chairman or the member acting in his stead shall also

have and exercise a casting vote.

The Library Committee shall

(a) receive the Librarian’s Annual Report on the working

of the Library and forward it to Senate in the form

STATUTE 05 - LIBRARY COMMITTEE

approved by the Committee;

(b) submit recommendations to the Finance Committee

concerning funds required for staffing, stocking and

equipping the Library;

(c) draw up regulations for the use of the Library, and

submit them for Senate’s approval; and

(d) advise the Librarian on policies for the development of

library services.