FYI -- looks like a great opportunity for those wanting to attend IFLA, but on a limited budget.
All best,
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Stephanie Beene
Fine Arts Librarian, Art & Architecture
Fine Arts & Design Library, GPH 435
College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences
University of New Mexico MSC05 3020
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Ph. (505) 277-0679; or @LinkedIn
Dear ACRL Members,
ACRL invites applicants to serve as ALA representatives to IFLA standing committees for the 2017– 2021 term. There is currently one vacancy each in the following IFLA standing committees:
To apply as an ALA representative to IFLA, submit the materials detailed below to the appropriate section contact no later than May 6, 2016.
ACRL sections review the IFLA representative applications and make recommendations to the ACRL Leadership Recruitment and Nominations Committee (LRNC). The LRNC will review applications at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando. The LRNC then submits its recommendations to the ACRL Board for consideration at the 2016 Fall Executive Committee Meeting. In turn, the ACRL Board submits the approved candidates for nomination to the ALA International Relations Committee in November, 2016.
IFLA Standing Committee |
ACRL Section bringing |
Section leader to whom application materials should be submitted by |
Academic and Research Libraries |
CJCLS, CLS, ULS |
CJCLS: Elizabeth Bowman[log in to unmask] CLS: Sally Bryant[log in to unmask] ULS: Jason Martin [log in to unmask] |
Art Libraries |
Arts |
Megan Lotts |
Rare Books and Manuscripts |
RBMS |
Cherry Williams [log in to unmask] |
Science and Technology Libraries |
STS |
Mary Linn Bergstrom [log in to unmask] |
Social Science Libraries |
ANSS, EBSS, and LPSS |
ANSS: Miriam Rigby [log in to unmask] |
Please review the detailed guidelines located at:
http://www.ala.org/acrl/resources/policies/chapter7#7.2.3.
Additional Information is also available on the ALA IRO page at:
http://www.ala.org/offices/iro/internationalrelations and http://www.ala.org/offices/iro/intlassocorgconf/iflarepresentatives
Summary of the highlights:
Members are nominated and officially endorsed for a four-year term to every IFLA section standing committee at each IFLA election. The new appointments will be for the 2017 – 2021 term. Individuals can only serve on one IFLA committee at a time, and a maximum
of two consecutive terms. Any ALA/ACRL member may be suggested for nomination to one of the six IFLA standing committees above. Individual applications for nomination are also acceptable. Current incumbents who are eligible for a second term may apply for
continuation.
Nominees should be experts in the field covered by the section and have a working knowledge of at least one working language of IFLA (English is an IFLA working language), and should have reasonable expectation of attending meetings of the standing committee without cost to IFLA or to ACRL
ALA representatives on IFLA section standing committees are required to:
Please contact the appropriate section leader above with questions. You’re also welcome to contact me as the Leadership Recruitment and Nominations Committee chair at [log in to unmask].
Sincerely,
Erika Linke,
Chair, ACRL Leadership Recruitment and Nominations Committee
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