Library Committees
SML Exhibits Committee
Reports To: University Librarian
Committee Charge:
The Sterling Memorial Library (SML) Exhibits Committee provides oversight and support for the exhibition program that provides content for the Memorabilia Room and Student Exhibit Corridor in Sterling Memorial Library. The membership comes from across the Yale University Library (YUL) system and is led by the Exhibits Production Coordinator. The membership rotates annually, with members serving staggered two year terms. Additionally, the Library’s Director of Communications and Director of Undergraduate Research Education and Outreach are permanent committee members.
The Committee performs these tasks:
Increases use of SML exhibit venues by YUL staff, Yale faculty and students, and Yale-affiliated groups
Coordinates communication about the programming and use of the SML exhibit venues
Reviews exhibition proposals to ensure that programming reflects and supports teaching and research at Yale
Establishes and maintains appropriate guidelines for the use of exhibition venues and the handling of objects on display in SML
Supports the Library Exhibits Liaison as needed
Frequency of Meetings:
Term of Service: Two Years
Committee Members:
| Melissa Barton | Curator, Prose & Drama Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Library | Two-year term |
| Kelly Blanchat | Undergraduate Teaching and Outreach Librarian | Two-year term |
| Patricia Carey | Director of Communications | Permanent Member |
| Tess Cowell | Arts Librarian for Research Services | Two-year term |
| Basie Gitlin | Director of Development | Permanent Member |
| Emily Horning | Director of Undergraduate Research Education and Outreach | Permanent Member |
| Michael Lotstein | University Archivist, Manuscripts & Archives | Two-year term |
| Sarah Lerner | Project Archivist for Western Americana, Beinecke Library | Secretary, Two-year term |
| Anu Paul | Digital - Scholarship Project Manager, Digital Scholarship Services | Two-year term |
| Cindy Roman | Curator of Prints, Drawings and Paintings, Lewis Walpole Library | Two-year term |
| Kerri Sancomb | Exhibits Production Coordinator, Conservation and Exhibit Services | Committee Chair, Permanent Member |