Heads of Resource Sharing

Members of the HRS Committee are appointed by the BLC Board of Directors based on their expertise and their role as ‘head’ of resource sharing within their institution. In accordance with the BLC’s bylaws and membership requirements, all member libraries are expected to have a representative on all Committees and each representative is expected to gather input on behalf of all relevant divisions, branches, autonomous libraries, etc., and speak for their institution. The BLC Executive Director will be an ex-officio member of the Committee.

The HRS Committee has two co-chairs selected by the collective membership who serve staggered, two-year terms, with the transition of chairs occurring in July. If one of the co-chairs becomes vacant three months or more before the end of their term, the remaining co-chair will seek volunteers to fill the remainder of the term.

The HRS Committee meets every two months and additionally as needed.

The co-chairs of the HRS Committee will meet jointly with the co-chairs of the Heads of
Resource Management (HRM) Committee and co-chairs of the Associate University Librarians
(AUL) Community of Practice (CoP) twice per year to set shared direction for the three groups,
identify areas of overlap and collaboration, and to map out joint projects.

The co-chairs will report back to the full HRS Committee after each meeting. The co-chairs will collectively engage with the Management Council following joint meetings.