Academic Senate | Educational Resources Committee

Committee Documents

Meetings will follow the schedule published by the Academic Senate. Subcommittee meetings will be scheduled at the discretion of the chair and members of the each subcommittee.

Duties

To collect and disseminate information on currently used instructional resources at NCC and to make recommendations concerning the development and implementation of additional resources that support the overall educational process.
On an on-going basis, in collaboration with Library Department faculty, actively encourage academic departmental participation to:
1. examine and review print and other materials in the Library's collection, and
2. make recommendations to update the Library's collection in the various disciplines as needed.
To provide a forum for the discussion of interdisciplinary needs and utilization of all learning and instructional materials and facilities.
To study and recommend policies pertaining to the development and utilization of all learning and instructional facilities.
To conduct an annual review of the College's existing computer technology to assess current and anticipated academic needs. From this study a report will be presented, with recommendations, to the Academic Senate.
To implement the Senate approved policy with regard to faculty authored materials in any format, and to report to the Academic Senate Executive Committee, on an annual basis, the current approved Faculty Authored Materials List.
To update and maintain the ERC website.

Membership

Standing Representation:

Assistant Vice President of Distance Education
Chief Information Officer
Chair of Library or designee
Chair of Student Personnel Services or designee
Coordinator of Basic Education Program or designee
Coordinator of ESL or designee or contact person
Coordinator of Distance Education or designee
IT Manager of Information Technology Services (ITS) or designee
The Chief Information Officer shall appoint a faculty representative from ITS

Other Representation:

A minimum of twelve faculty members shall be appointed by the Appointment/Tellers/Election Committee. In making these assignments, the Committee shall try to get wide representation from diverse departmental areas with a view towards representation by every academic department. (Departments not having appointed membership to the Committee shall provide the name of a departmental contact person.)

Two students shall also be appointed from recommendations of the Student Government Association.