SUNYLA Committees

Membership Development

• organizes and conducts membership recruitment

Questions? Contact Wendy West (Albany), chair

Personnel Policies Committee

• concerns itself with the development, recommendation, coordination, and implementation of the policies, procedures, and standards of appointment and other terms of employment for SUNY librarians

Questions? Contact Darryl Coleman (Fredonia), chair.

Professional Development

• recommends and develop programs of continuing education for librarians
• concerns itself with principles and standards for college and university libraries
• supports professional endeavors in the wider communities

Professional Development Grants Program is part of the Professional Development Committee.

The Professional Development Committee sponsors the following awards at the Annual Conference:

• Daniel F. Kissane Memorial Scholarship
• Friend of SUNYLA Award
• Sylvia Chu Memorial Scholarship

Publications Committee

• publishes our Newsletter and any other publications of the Association

Questions? Contact Ellen McCabe (Cortland), chair.

Technology Users Group (TUG)

• serves as a focus for the exchange of information about automation and information technology
• encourages discussion and education within and between interest groups of SUNY librarians and staff
• maintains formal lines of communication with the SUNY Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS)
• arranges the LiSUG Conference

Working Group for Information Literacy

• promote library user instruction and information literacy at SUNY libraries and the exchange of information about library instruction;
• support the development, coordination, and assessment of information literacy programs;
• recommend, offer and/or sponsor programs and educational opportunities for professional development and growth in library instruction, information literacy and 21st century information fluency.

The SUNYLA’s Working Group for Information Literacy (WGIL) has a wiki at http://suny-lic.pbworks.com/

Questions? Contact Dana Longley (ESC), chair.

The WGIL Room - an information literacy podcast by Carleen Huxley, Dana Longley, and Mark McBride.