GALILEO Steering Committee July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014

GALILEO Steering Committee July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014

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

  • Dr. LaVerne McLaughlin, Director of Library Services, Albany State University

RACL*, current chair-elect

  • Thomas Elijah Scott, Director of Libraries, Georgia Highlands College

RACL*, immediate past chair

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

RACL*, current secretary

  • Brenda Seago, Director of Libraries, Georgia Regents University

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

  • Lorene Flanders, Director of University Libraries, University of West Georgia
  • Mark W. Flynn, Dean of Libraries, Colombia State University
  • Debbie Holmes, Director of Learning Resources, College of Coastal Georgia
  • Robert Quarles, Director of the Library, Atlanta Metropolitan State College
  • Francis Eugene Ruffin, Jr., Library Director, Georgia Gwinnett College

Georgia State University, library director or designee

  • Dr. Nancy H. Seamans, Dean of Libraries

Georgia Institute of Technology, library director or designee

  • Catherine Murray-Rust, Dean of Libraries

University of Georgia, library director or designee

  • Dr. William G. Potter, University Librarian

Information Technology Services

Board of Regents, University System of Georgia

  • Merryll S. Penson, Executive Director, Library Services, RACL Liaison
  • Lauren Fancher, Director, GALILEO Support Services, Ex-Officio

Public Libraries Directors, 3 representatives

  • Carolyn Fuller, Library Director, Henry County Public Library
  • Beth McIntyre, Director, Piedmont Regional Library
  • Helen Poyer, Director, Cobb County Public Library System

One representative from each consortium:

Atlanta / Macon Private Academic Libraries Consortium

  • Elizabeth Hammond, Dean of University Libraries, Mercer University

Georgia Private Academic Libraries Consortium

  • Glenn Phillips, Library Director, Georgia Military College

Office of Public Libraries**

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

Department of Technical and Adult Education

  • Lynn Futch, Dean for Library Services, Ogeechee Technical College

Department of Education (K-12)

  • Vacant

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