Frank G. Houdek
Interim Dean and Professor of Law

Service

University Service:

Service for Southern Illinois University School of Law

• 1985–1986
  Member, Admissions Committee; Member, Order of the COIF Task Force; Alternate Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee; Chair, Kite Day Task Force
• 1986–1987
  Member, Appointments Committee; Member, ABA Site Inspection Self-Study Committee; Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee; Member, Order of the COIF Task Force
• 1987–1988
  Member, Admissions Committee; Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee; Member, Dean Search Committee
• 1988–1989
  Member, Self-Study/Planning Committee
• 1989–1990
  Member, Curriculum Committee; Member, Computer Lab Committee
• 1990–1991
  Chair, Curriculum Committee; Member, Legal Writing Committee; Member, Financial Planning Task Force
• 1991–1992
  Faculty coordinator, 1st Year Orientation; Member, Order of the Coif Committee
• 1992–1993
  Chair, Order of the Coif Committee; Chair, ABA Inspection Self-Study Committee
• 1993–1994
  Faculty coordinator, 1st Year Orientation; Chair, ABA Inspection Self-Study Committee; Chair, Order of the Coif Task Force; Member, Long Range Financial Planning Committee
• 1994–1995
  Faculty coordinator, 1st Year Orientation; Member, Academic Standards Committee; Chair, Order of the Coif Task Force; Member, Long Range Financial Planning Committee; Member & Recording Secretary, Dean Search Committee
• 1995–1996
  Member, Long Range Financial Planning Committee; Member & Recording Secretary, Dean Search Committee
• 1996–1997
  Member, Curriculum Committee; Member, Long Range Financial Planning Committee; Chair, Technology Task Force
  Received SIU School of Law Faculty Award for “Outstanding Public Service” (May 1997)
• 1997–1998
  Chair, Technology Task Force; Member, Long Range Financial Planning Committee
• 1998–1999
  Member, Long Range Financial Planning Committee
• 1999–2000
  Chair, Self-Study Committee; Member, Long Range Financial Planning Committee; Member, Intranet/Extranet Advisory Group; Member, Training Advisory Group
• 2000–2001
  Chair, Self-Study Committee; Chair, Technology Steering Committee; Member, Long Range Financial Planning Committee; Member, Ad Hoc Director of Technology Search Committee
• 2001–2002
  Chair, Self-Study Committee; Chair, Technology Steering Committee; Member, Long Range Financial Planning Committee; Member, Curriculum Committee
• 2002–2003
  Chair, Dean Search Committee; Member, Long Range Financial Planning Committee; Member, Curriculum Committee; Member, Ad Hoc Committee on New Programs
• 2003–2004
  Chair, Distinguished Visitor Search Committee; Member, Curriculum Committee; Member, Rules Committee; Member, Building Addition Task Force; Ex-Officio member, Library Advisory Committee; Faculty Advisor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal
• 2004–2005
  Member, Distinguished Visitor Search Committee; Member, Curriculum Committee; Member, Rules Committee; Member, Building Addition Task Force; Ex-Officio member, Library Advisory Committee; Faculty Advisor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal
• 2005–2006
  Member, Curriculum Committee; Member, Building Addition Task Force; Ex-Officio member, Library Advisory Committee; Faculty Advisor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal
• 2006–2007
  Member, Academic Standards Committee; Member, Curriculum Committee; Member, Personnel Committee; Faculty Advisor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal
• 2007–2008
  Member, Curriculum Committee; Ex-Officio Member, Rules Committee; Member, Committee to Select Hearing Officers; Ex-Officio Member, Self-Study Committee; Faculty Advisor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal
• 2008–2009
  Member, Curriculum Committee; Member, Rules Committee; Member, Committee to Select Hearing Officers; Ex-Officio Member, Self-Study Committee; Faculty Advisor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal

Service for Southern Illinois University

• Member, Library Affairs Administrative Council, 1985–1991
• Member, Council of SIU Library Directors, 1986–present
• Member, Policy Committee on Information Technologies, 1992–1995
• Member, Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee, September 1992–July 1996
• Member, Library of the Future Committee, September, 1992–1995
• Member, Program Committee, Exploring New Horizons (Professional Development Seminar), Carbondale, May 3, 1995.
• Member, Inaugural Morris Library Symposium on Information Issues Planning Committee, 1997–1998
• Member, NCAA Certification Self-Study Steering Committee, 1997–1999 (Chair, Academic Integrity Sub-Committee)
• Member, 2nd Annual Morris Library Symposium on Information Issues Planning Committee, 1998–1999
• Member, NCAA Certification Interim Report Review Committee, 2003
• Faculty Marshal, Commencement Ceremony, December 2003
• Member, Higher Learning Commission Reaccreditation Steering Committee, 2006–2009

Professional Service:

Selected Highlights

• President, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), 1996–1997
• Editor, Law Library Journal, Fall 1994–Fall 2007
• Chair, Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section (AALL), 1987–1988
• Chair, Committee on Relations with Information Vendors (AALL), 1998–2000
• Chair, Special Committee on Fair Business Practices (AALL), 2000–2002 (editor of AALL Guide to Fair Business Practices for Legal Publishers (2002))
• AALL Public Relations Coordinator, 1992–1994
• Chair (1988–1990) and Secretary (2002–2007), Mid-America Law Libraries Consortium
• President, Southern California Association of Law Libraries (1981–82)
• Member (2007–09) and Chair (2009), AALS Committee on Libraries and Technology

For a complete listing, see vita