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Guidelines for Appointing LIRT Representatives to Outside Entities
These guidelines outline the procedures involved in appointing official LIRT representatives to ALA assemblies and other outside entities.
Entities to which LIRT has a representative:
- ALA Advocacy Assembly (subcommittee of Council Committee on Public Awareness)
Charge: A mobilization effort sponsored by ALA to develop a national network of library advocates who are committed to speaking up and out for libraries.
- ALA Education Assembly
Charge: To provide within ALA an opportunity for broad representation of the membership and for affiliated groups to exchange information, share ideas, and express concerns pertaining to education for library service with a view toward assisting the Committee on Education in carrying out its charge.Representatives are appointed by ALA units and affiliates with education-related concerns; other library education groups plus members-at-large are also included. Meetings are held each Midwinter and Annual Conference.IFLA representative election process and qualifications:
- ALA Literacy Assembly
Charge: To establish a focal point with ALA that will emphasize the Association's continuing commitment to literacy beyond divisional and unit membership committees; to provide an opportunity for broad representation of the membership and affiliated groups to exchange information and share ideas, identify concerns and omissions, and coordinate programming; and, to develop and promote strategies for increased literacy activity with the Association.
- ALA Membership Promotion Task Force
Note: The chair of the Membership Committee is automatically designated the LIRT representative to this task force
Charge: Along with the 15-member Membership Committee, these task force members -- 56 state and regional representatives and their subcommittees, 11 division representatives, and the 17 round table representatives -- are charged with promotion ALA membership within their respective units.
- ALA Recruitment Assembly
Charge: To facilitate communication about activities related to recruiting for the profession among ALA units and other groups. To foster coordination and cooperation of recruitment efforts among ALA units and other groups. To avoid unnecessary duplication and enhance individual and collective recruitment efforts. To develop a multi-year systematic national recruitment plan. To expand the "Each One Reach One" network through publicity and involvement. To make recommendations for recruitment policies, programs, publications, or other activities to appropriate bodies. To communicate with other national library/information organizations with an interest in recruitment. To report to and advise the HRDR Advisory Committee and office on issues and activities related to recruitment.
- Institute for Information Literacy Executive Committee representative Charge: To act as an oversight council for the Immersion Program; to review Immersion workshop applications; and to develop a plan for other activities under its responsibility.
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Information Literacy Standing Committee
IFLA has created a new Information Literacy standing committee, and LIRT has been designated as the ALA unit to nominate a representative to this position.For information about IFLA's election process and qualifications, applicants are encouraged to carefully read Nominations for Membership on IFLA Section Committees for the term 2005-2009. This document is available online.
LIRT representative term of appointment:
- Appointment to ALA Assemblies is be a two-year term (expiring after Annual Conference in the second year), with the option for renewing the appointment at the end of the term.
- The LIRT Representative to the Institute for Information Literacy Executive Committee is an appointed position that has no set term.
- Appointment to IFLA would be a four-year term (expiring after the IFLA conference in the fourth year), with the option to renew the appointment one time.
LIRT's expectations of representatives:
- LIRT Representatives to outside entities shall be familiar with the organization and structure of LIRT. Representatives shall have at least one year of involvement with LIRT at the committee level or above.
- Representatives to outside entities will be expected to report back to LIRT annually, at a minimum. Representatives shall attend at least one LIRT Steering committee meeting per year. Representatives will be added to the LIRT-S listserv.
- LIRT Representatives are volunteer positions. LIRT cannot offer funding to attend meetings, conferences, etc.
LIRT appointment process for ALA Assembly representatives:
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- The President and President-elect shall appoint representatives as a part of the usual appointment process.
- After Midwinter conference, the President-elect shall contact any LIRT representative whose term is expiring that year to ask if the person is interested in renewing their appointment.
- If any appointments will be open, the President-elect shall send out a call to the LIRT-S listserv after Midwinter conference asking for volunteers to fill any open positions. Committee chairs shall be asked to pass on the information to their committee members. Volunteers will be asked to send a brief statement outlining their qualifications and interest in the position.
- The President and President-elect shall examine the responses and determine who to appoint to the positions.
- The President-elect shall forward the name of the LIRT representative to the chair (or appropriate contact person) for each assembly or entity.
- Prior to Annual conference, the list of current representatives shall be forwarded to the Electronic Resources Manager for posting on the LIRT Web site, and to the Secretary who will forward the information to the ALA Staff Liaison.
Contact Billie Peterson-Lugo (Billie_Peterson@baylor.edu) about these pages.
Last Updated: Content: 5 June 2006 -- Billie Peterson-Lugo; Graphics: 15 April 2001-- Jana Ronan