Membership Committee

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Link to Gemini Tickets re: Membership

Membership Committee Charge

The BHL Membership Committee is responsible for coordinating the recruitment of new Members and Affiliates; review of those applications and submission of recommendations to the BHL Executive Committee in a timely manner; advising the Executive Committee and Secretariat staff on issues related to Member and Affiliate recruitment, retention, and stewardship.

The Committee will be appointed by the Executive Committee from the BHL member representatives. The Committee will comprise of four BHL Members at-large and Chaired by the Secretary of the Executive Committee. At-large committee members shall serve a term of two years and may be reappointed at the discretion of the Executive Committee for an additional two-year term. Vacancies on the Committee shall be filled by the Executive Committee for a new two-year term. The BHL Secretariat will provide ex officio support with logistics and flow of documents.

All Members have a responsibility to find new Members and Affiliates and handover those contacts to, or work with, the Membership Committee through the application stages.


Members of the Committee (April 2018-April 2020)

• Doug Holland (Chair)
• Nancy Gwinn (April 2017-April 2019)
• David Iggulden (April 2018-April 2020)
• Ely Wallis (April 2018-April 2020)
• Neil Romanosky (April 2018-April 2020)

Members of the Committee (April 2017-April 2019)

• Doug Holland (Chair)
• Tomoko Steen (April 2016-April 2018)
• Christine Gianonni (April 2016-April 2018)
• Wai Yin Pryke (April 2016-April 2018)
• Nancy Gwinn (April 2017-April 2019)

Members of the Committee (April 2016-April 2018)

• Jane Smith (Chair) (April 2016-April 2018)
• Tomoko Steen (April 2016-April 2018)
• Christine Gianonni (April 2016-April 2018)
• Wai Yin Pryke (April 2016-April 2018)
• Connie Rinaldo (April 2016-April 2018)

Members of the Committee (2015-16)

• Jane Smith (Chair)
• Judy Warnement
• Tomoko Steen
• Eric Chin (Cycling off)
• Connie Rinaldo
• Susan Fraser

Joining BHL : Key Documents

• BHL Bylaws + Appedices
• 2015 BHL MOU
• BHL Strategic Plan: 2015-2017
• BHL Brochure (use print version for in person and snail mail)
• BHL Information Sheet
• BHL Promotional Flyer
• Glossy Join Document (TBD)
• Benefits of Partnership (TBD)
• Public Wiki Page with "Joining the BHL" (will be revised to be congruent with Bylaws Appendix II)
• Membership Workflow

Minutes from Past meetings

• February 8, 7pm CST | 8pm EST | February 9, 9am SGT
• Link here

Top IA "Ingest" Contributors

Action item as a result of 2016 Member meeting to post top contributors via IA ingest as potential candidates for BHL membership/affiliation.

Institution Page count

1. University of California Libraries (archive.org) 3,598,250
2. Gerstein - University of Toronto (archive.org) 2,302,063
3. NCSU Libraries (archive.org) 908,451
4. UMass Amherst Libraries (archive.org) 884,090
5. Robarts - University of Toronto (archive.org) 675,298
6. Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine (archive.org) 357,565
7. Boston Public Library (archive.org) 247,629
8. Columbia University Libraries (archive.org) 201,280
9. Research Library, The Getty Research Institute (archive.org) 188,003
10. Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh (archive.org) 186,722
11. Fisher - University of Toronto (archive.org) 173,850
12. University of British Columbia Library (archive.org) 154,164

page counts as of May 2016