GALILEO Steering Committee July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

GALILEO Steering Committee July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

RACL*, current chair (to serve as Steering Committee chair)

  • Mr. Francis Gene Ruffin, Jr., Library Director, Georgia Gwinnett College

RACL*, current chair-elect

Ms. Catherine Murray-Rust, Dean of Libraries, Georgia Institute of Technology

RACL*, immediate past chair

  • Dr. Bede Mitchell, Dean and University Librarian, Georgia Southern University

RACL*, current secretary

  • Ms. Debbie Holmes, Library Director, College of Coastal Georgia

RACL*, 4 at-large members, elected by full RACL membership

  • Ms. Eva Lautemann, Library Director, Georgia Perimeter College
  • Ms. Shawn Tonner, Director of Library Services, North Georgia College and State University
  • Dr. LaVerne McLaughlin, Director of Library Services, Albany State University

Georgia State University, library director or designee

  • Dr. Nancy H. Seamans, Dean of Libraries

Georgia Institute of Technology, library director or designee

  • Ms. Catherine Murray-Rust, Dean of Libraries

University of Georgia, library director or designee

  • Dr. William G. Potter, University Librarian

Office of Information and Instructional Technology

Board of Regents, University System of Georgia

  • Ms. Merryll S. Penson, Executive Director, Library Services

Public Libraries Directors, 3 representatives

  • Ms. Carolyn Fuller, Library Director, Henry County Public Library
  • Mr. Susan Cooley, Library Director, Sara Hightower Public Library
  • Mr. Darro Willey, Library Director, DeKalb County Public Library

One representative from each consortium:

Atlanta / Macon Private Academic Libraries Consortium

  • Ms. Elizabeth Bagley, Library Director, Agnes Scott College

Georgia Private Academic Libraries Consortium

  • Mr. Tad Mindeman, Director of Library Services, Convenant College

Office of Public Libraries**

  • Mr. Alan Harkness, Assistant State Librarian for Library Development, Georgia Public Library Service
  • Dr. Lamar Veatch, Assistance Vice Chancellor, State Librarian, Georgia Public Library Service

Department of Technical and Adult Education

  • Ms. Leah Dasher, Librarian, Southeastern Technical College

Department of Education (K-12)

  • Ms. Judy Serritella, Coordinator, Library Media Services, State Department of Education

Georgia Independent Schools Association (Private K-12)

  • Ms. Kirsten Pylant, Librarian, Augusta Preparatory Day School

*RACL Regents Academic Committee on Libraries, University System of Georgia
**A Unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia