2024 Faculty Election
Todd Vision
Running for: Administrative Board of the Library: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- Associate Professor
- Biology, School of Arts and Sciences; Adjunct School of Information and Library Sciences
- Appointed: 2001
- Ph.D., Princeton University, 1998
- Candidate Website
UNC Service
Administrative Board of the Library (2012-2018, Chair 2015-2016); Copyright Committee (2018-2020); Faculty Council (2019-2022); National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Associate Director for Informatics (2006-2015); NC Botanical Garden Faculty Advisory Board (2003-2011); Open Access Task Force (Co-chair 2014-2015); Review of Director of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center (2011); UNC College of Arts & Sciences Quantitative Literacy Task Force (2018-2019)
Candidate Statement
The work of the libraries is vital to the research, education and service mission across the University and it is essential that the faculty advising the library provide diverse perspectives in order to help it fulfull its sprawling mandate. I am in a good position to represent the natural sciences within this body, as someone who frequently works across disciplines and is familiar with the variety of needs of the community, and is someone who has been active in issues of open scholarship and the sustainability of digital scholarly resources. I would also strive to be an ambassador for what the libraries offer to the natural sciences community at UNC, to help ensure they are used to their full potential.
