The Planning and Organization Committee manages strategic and tactical planning processes, assesses how the organization is meeting its strategic and tactical goals, and oversees general organizational structure and management. Specifically, the committee:

• Obtains updates from GWLA governance units and staff for quarterly updates to the annual tactical plan.
• Assesses continual progress towards meeting the objectives of the tactical plan.
• Identifies long-range organizational objectives and areas of new interests.
• Conducts periodic environmental scans of the organization while taking into account the broader academic research library community
• Reviews and recommends updates to the strategic plan, at minimum every three years.

Committee Roster

Sara Lowman (Chair)
Vice Provost and University Librarian
Fondren Library MS-44
Rice University
P. O. Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
713-348-2457
713-348-5859 (Fax)
E-mail: lowman@sparta.rice.edu

Lori Goetsch
Dean of Libraries
Kansas State University Libraries
Manhattan, Kansas 66506
785-532-7492
785-532-7415 (Fax)
E-Mail: lgoetsch@ksu.edu

Karyle Butcher
Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4501
541-737-7300
541-737-1328 (Fax)
E-mail: karyle.butcher@orst.edu

Don Dyal
Dean of Libraries
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-0002
806-742-2261
806-742-0737 (Fax)
E-mail: donald.dyal@ttu.edu