Senior Management Portfolios
Scholarly Information Group
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The Provost is accountable to the Vice-Chancellor for operational matters in the scholarly information portfolio.
The forum that provides advice to inform the decisions of the Provost is the Scholarly Information Advisory Group (SIAG). It advises on the development of information services, resources and strategies in support of teaching and learning and related academic activities including the identification of IT systems priorities (and associated operating costs).
Relationship to University Committees and Portfolio Heads
On advice from the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching, Learning and Equity) and the SIAG, the Provost may refer issues to University committees which have significant policy, resource or academic implications, or other portfolio heads for issues relevant to their portfolio.
The Provost may establish further advisory groups to provide information and recommendations to the SIAG.
Membership
Provost or nominee
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) or nominee
Deans of faculties and graduate schools or nominee, being persons exercising leadership roles in relation to scholarly information
University Librarian (Chair)
Chief Information Officer and Director IT or nominee
President of Academic Board or nominee
President of UMSU Incorporated or nominee
President of the University of Melbourne Graduate Students Association or nominees
Co-opted members as required
Terms of Reference
To provide advice to the Provost on the:
- Development of information services, resources and strategies in support of teaching and learning and related academic activities.
- Identification of IT systems priorities (and associated operating costs) to support the University’s scholarly information requirements for research and learning and teaching and related academic activities and the project and recurrent expenditure required to support those priorities.
- The scheduling of those priorities.
Reporting
The Provost refers operational matters unable to be resolved at the portfolio level to Senior Executive, and provides a summary of decisions for the information of Senior Executive.
Decisions taken by the Provost and other information of interest to the University community will be communicated to the relevant stakeholders via means appropriate to the audience.
26 February 2009