Library committee at the SSL

The SSL welcomes feedback from all its users. Academics, researchers and students are represented through the SSL Committee on Library Provision and Strategy (CLiPS). The committee meets once a term, every Friday of Week 5.

Its remit is to provide guidance and advice to the Social Science Librarian on all aspects of library service provision in the SSL (such as opening hours, book selection and IT), and to consider all matters affecting the administration of the SSL (including the budget and staff).  

Each relevant department has an academic and student representative on the Committee to raise issues of concern, give feedback and pass on information from the Library. The Secretary is Jo Gardner.

The SSL endeavours to be very responsive to the concerns of our readers. Current departmental representatives are listed below. Please only contact your library rep with feedback about the SSL or issues you would like discussed by the committee. For questions about the SSL, or for help with using the library service, please contact the library directly. 

Committee members

Committee Chair

Ariell Ahearn Ligham, School of Geography and the Environment

Centre for Criminology

  • Academic: Leila Ullrich
  • Postgraduate: Emma Bowie

Department of Economics

  • Academic: Alan Beggs
  • Postgraduate: Great Nnumani

School of Geography and the Environment

  • Academic: Ariell Ahearn Ligham
  • Postgraduate: Shuwei Sun
  • Undergraduate: Cerys Acton

International Development and Refugee Studies

  • Academic: TBC
  • Postgraduate: Nihar Gokhale

Department of Politics and International Relations

  • Academic: David Doyle
  • Postgraduate: Baltazar Dydensborg
  • Undergraduate: Shuaichu Pan

Department of Social Policy and Intervention

  • Academic: Dirk Witteveen
  • Postgraduate: Sophia Andresen

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

  • Academic: Julius Schneider
  • Postgraduate: Muhammad Atcha

Department of Sociology

  • Academic: TBC
  • Postgraduate: Mary Anne Ludwig