University of Massachusetts Amherst

Faculty Senate Meeting

• Comments by Chancellor John V. Lombardi

“University Presidents Summit”

(Questions and Discussion to follow)

• COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

Research and Publication in the Digital Age: Dealing with the Elsevir Phenomenon

PANEL

1. Moderator: Marilyn Billings, Coordinator, Five College Cooperative Library Systems and Special Initiatives

2. Panelists: Jay Schafer, Director or Libraries

Bruce Wilcox, Director of the University Press

Robert Rothstein, Professor of Comparative Literature and member of the Research Library Council

QUESTIONS (10 Minutes)

• Annual Report of the University Press Committee for Academic Year 2004-2005

(Gerald McFarland, Chair)

• Special Report of the Academic Matters Council concerning the Revision of the Two Undergraduate Degree Programs in the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

(John Jenkins, Chair)

• Approval of a new course by the Academic Matters Council

(John Jenkins, Chair)

COMM 426 “Media Violence” 3 credits