Committees
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| Public Policy Committee (PPC) |
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Provides the association’s focus on legislative matters; recommends studies on projects designed to advance the development of all types of libraries; advocates legislative action that advances library service for all residents of Illinois. Committee consists of twelve voting members, serving three-year, staggered terms including one member serving a one-year term. Each incoming ILA president should appoint four members, including his/her designated Public Policy Committee chair. Nonvoting ex officio members are the ILA executive director, the director of the Illinois State Library, ILA president, ILA vice president/president-elect, the chair of the ILA Intellectual Freedom Committee, the Federal Library Legislative and Advocacy Network coordinator, and a representative of the school library community, a representative of the academic library community, a representative of the library systems community (these last three ex officio members usually are the president of ISLMA, the executive director of CARLI, and the chair of the ILSDO, or their designee). A vacancy shall be declared for any member or ex officio member who is absent without cause from three regular meetings in the period of one year. Members Ex Officio Betsy Adamowski, ILA Advocacy Committee Board Liaison |