Boston Regional Library Advisory Council

Advisory Council

Boston Regional Advisory Council

The Boston Regional Advisory Council represents member libraries and their users in the Boston Regional Library System. Its purpose is to advise the Boston Public Library in its development, implementation, and evaluation of the Boston Region Plan of Service, which defines the manner in which the Region's mission and goals will be carried out.

Composition of the Advisory Council

The Boston Regional Advisory Council is composed of ten members:

two academic library members

two school library members

two special library members

two public library members

one at-large member

one lay user member

A Chair will be elected annually by the Council members.

The Administrator of the Boston Region and the President of the Boston Public Library, or delegate, will serve as ex-officio members of the Council.

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners will designate a liaison to the Council.

Selection and Term of Advisory Council Members

Council members representing constituent library groups serve two-year staggered terms; Council members serving at-large and representing lay users will serve two-year staggered terms. No Council member may serve for more than two consecutive terms. Terms are on a calendar year basis.

Each year, current constituent Council members will nominate at least one candidate for the succeeding term; at least one candidate will be nominated by a consensus of all current Council members for the at-large or lay user seat to be filled in the succeeding term. These nominations will be presented at the Region's annual meeting of member libraries at which time additional nominations may be put forward by member libraries. Each member library will have one vote to determine the nominees appointed to the Council.

Meetings

The Advisory Council will meet quarterly each year. Additional meetings may be scheduled at the discretion of the Council Chair in consultation with the Administrator of the Boston Region. An annual meeting of all member libraries will be held in the fall of each year for the purpose of appointing Council members and reporting to the membership on the Regional Plan of Service.

Advisory Council Membership

	Representatives through the 2007 Term	Representatives through the 2008 Term
Academic Library Representatives (two)	Gianna Gifford (chairperson) Simmons College	Mark Lawrence Roxbury Community College
At-Large Representative (one)		Arlyne Jackson Pardee Management Library Boston University School of Management
Lay Users Representative (one)		Julianne Pemberton Boston resident
Public Library Representatives	Kate Brown Boston Public Library: Adams Street Branch	Donna Alger Malden Public Library
School Library Representatives	Karen Davidson-Heller Malden Catholic High School	Deborah Lang Froggatt Boston Arts Academy/Fenway High School
Special Library Representatives	Sharen Leonard	Robert Brink Social Law Library
Ex-Officio Members	Bernard A. Margolis, President, Boston Public Library Ruth Kowal, Deputy Director, Boston Public Library Michael R. Colford, Regional Administrator
MBLC Liaison	Dianne Carty, Head, State Aid and Data Coordination Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

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