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President of NJLA

This is an elected position.

Term: 1 year as President with following year as immediate Past-President (see separate job description); term runs July 1 - June 30 (or until a successor is elected).

  • President is a voting member of the NJLA Executive Board.
  • President establishes the dates and locations of all Executive Board meetings.
  • President establishes the agenda for all Executive Board meetings.
  • NJLA Executive Board holds a minimum of six (6) meetings per year.  Additional meetings
  •  may be called.
  • President presides over the Executive Board meetings as well as the General Membership meetings.
  • President delivers a report at each Executive Board meeting.
  • President appoints Parliamentarian to serve Executive Board and Association.
  • President appoints an Archivist to serve the Association.
  • President initiates process for addressing absent Executive Board members.
  • President serves on the following Executive Board sub-committees:
    • Employee Relations
    • Finance [Budget]
    • Planning
  • President also serves as a member of Conference Subcommittee, selecting the conference theme.  
  • President is responsible for a President’s program at the annual conference.  
  • President may host a social reception at the conference.
  • President selects the President’s Award recipient, which is awarded at awards reception.
  • President must submit a written report to the Secretary at the annual meeting.
  • President appoints standing committees.
  • President appoints one member to Investment Subcommittee.
  • President shall be an ex officio member of all sections, round tables, and task forces.
  • President attends meetings of Sections, Roundtables, and Committees as necessary and monitors Committees' progress and agendas.
  • President may serve as an ex officio member of the State Library Advisory Board, the Board of the NJ Center for the Book and Rutgers SC&I Program Affiliates.
  • President represents, promotes and works cooperatively with other library Boards (NJ Association of School Librarians and VALE-NJ)and other organizations in the state.
  • President speaks to various library groups and at programs/workshops (State Library New Directors, Emerging Leaders, Leadership Academy).
  • President writes a quarterly column for the New Jersey Library NEWSletter.
  • President maintains regular communication with the Executive Director.
  • President appoints ad hoc committees and task forces as needed
  • President shall be authorized to sign checks, as necessary.

All Executive Board positions require the following:

  • Must be a member in good standing of NJLA to be elected as an officer of the Association.
  • Any Executive Board member who does not attend 3 Executive Board meetings (2, if consecutive) in any year, shall be notified by the president that if the member fails to attend a 4th meeting (3rd, if consecutive), a motion for removal from office may be placed on the agenda of the following meeting. A two-thirds vote of the Executive Board shall be required for such removal.
  • At the discretion of the NJLA President, Executive Board members may serve on at least one NJLA Executive Board Committee and/or Task Force. Executive Board members may also be asked to serve as liaisons to NJLA Sections.