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Operating Policy and Procedure

OP 66.03: Law School Library

DATE: May 1, 2023

PURPOSE: The purpose of this Operating Policy/Procedure (OP) is to set forth the administrative structure of the Texas Tech Law School Library.

REVIEW: This OP will be reviewed in July of every fourth year by the Dean of the Law School and the Vice Provost for Administrative Affairs with substantive revisions submitted to the Provost and Senior Vice President.

POLICY/PROCEDURE

The Texas Tech University Law School Library, a Law School department, is an autonomous entity, administratively, managerially, and fiscally separate from other Texas Tech Libraries, including the University Library.

1.  Administration

a.    Administrative control of the Law Library is vested in the Dean of the Law School, who is responsible for ensuring that services and resources are adequate and accessible to the School of Law, other parts of the university community, and to the legal community.

b.    The Law Library Director is a tenure-track faculty position in the School of Law. Appointments to this position follow the same procedures as all faculty appointments in the School of Law.

c.    The Law Library Director reports administratively to the Dean, who has ultimate responsibility and authority for budget and operations.

d.    The Law Library Director follows all avenues of cooperation and sharing of resources and information with other Texas Tech University Libraries, with the expectation that these efforts will be reciprocated.

OP Categories

01 Chancellor
02 Development
04 Audit Services
10 President
30 Academic and Student Affairs – General
32 Academic Policies – Faculty
34 Academic Policies – Students
36 Academic Programs
40 Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
48 Communication Services
52 Information Technology
60 Environmental Health and Safety
61 Facilities Management
62 Financial and Accounting
63 General Services
64 Graduate Programs (Faculty and Students)
65 Research Accounting
66 Libraries
67 Mail Services
68 Communications and Marketing
69 Payroll and Tax Services
70 Human Resources
72 Purchasing, Contracting, and Payables
74 Research
76 Security
77 Student Services and Registrar
78 Traffic and Parking
79 Travel
80 Vehicles