1. About WNYLRC Standing Committee Nomination Process

 
The deadline for submitting the WNYLRC Standing Committee Nomination Form 2024/2025 is Friday, March 29, 2024. Committee nominees must be employees of a WNYLRC member library, library system, or institution and remain one throughout their committee term. If a committee member changes employment to a non-member organization, the committee member can only complete the current committee year.

Committee appointments are determined by the WNYLRC Board of Trustees Executive Committee and are announced in the spring. Patron memberships, including personal members, student members, and representatives from organizational members (DLIS and LCHIB), are eligible to participate on standing committees. There is a limit of one Patron representative per committee.

Please note the following:

  • The committee year runs from July 1 through June 30
  • Appointed committee members serve a full 3-year term with a limit of two consecutive full terms.
  • Member staff wishing to participate on a committee starting July 1, 2024, must complete this form.
  • If you are currently on a committee and your first term expires June 30, 2024, you must complete this form to continue serving on the same committee.
  • If you want to serve on an additional committee, you must complete this form.
  • If you have completed two terms on a committee but wish to continue, you will need to take a year off. However, you can serve on any other committee with available openings.
  • Care is given to balance the committee by both library type and geographic area. For more information, please review the current WNYLRC Standing Committee Guidelines at https://wnylrc.org/community/committees
Why should you participate? WNYLRC committee participation offers many benefits to the individual and the individual’s institution, including networking, professional visibility, career enhancement, leadership development, regional influence, and partnership opportunities. Committee contributions to regional projects and activities are vital to WNYLRC’s growth and future.

Each new committee member will receive an orientation through the Spring New Committee Orientation session, which will include a meeting with the chair of the committee and/or WNYLRC liaison.

The following standing committees have specific openings. For a complete list of committee charges and information on their recent activities, please go to wnylrc.org.
  1. Committee for Health Information Access (CHIA)
  2. Continuing Education Committee (CE)
  3. Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-racism (EDIAr)
  4. High School to College Continuum Committee (HS2C)
  5. Library Education, Advancement, and Partnership (LEAP)
  6. Preservation Committee
  7. Resource Sharing Committee (RSC)
  8. WNY Library Support Staff Committee (WNYLSS)

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