The NYLS/SSL Board encourages members to be involved with our association! Please read the brief descriptions of the NYLS/SSL committees. If you think that you might be interested in serving on a committee, click the email link to the committee chair and send them a message. New committee members are appointed by the incoming NYLS/SSL President immediately following the NYLA Annual Conference in the fall.
Dawn Pressimone, Chair
The Awards committee will be responsible for soliciting and reviewing applications for the following awards:
Beatrice E. Griggs Elementary Administrator's Award
Robert E. Barron Cultural Media Award
NYLA/SSL Scholarship Award Sponsored by Follett
NYLA/SSL Secondary Administrator's Award
Beatrice E. Griggs Scholarship
NYLA/SSL Dewey Fellow Award
NYLA/SSL Gale Fellow Conference Award
Carol Kearney Leadership Institute Scholarships
Knickerbocker NYLA/SSL Scholarships
Sarah Wergin, Chair
Committee Members:
Amy Jo Southworth, Region 1
Juan Rivera, Region 2
Melissa Iamonico, Region 3
Debra Armbruster, Region 4
Amber Gladle, Region 5
Kelly McGuire, Region 6
Mary Zdrojewski, Region 7
Alicia Sherman, Region 8
Maureen Squier, Affiliates Chair
The purpose of the Membership Committee is to increase NYLA/SSL membership through retaining current members and recruiting new members. The committee is made up of the Region Coordinators and Affiliates Chair.
Serena Waldron, Chair
Committee Members: Molly Clark, Arlene LaVerde
The purpose of the 3 Apples Committee is to encourage the joy of reading for pleasure and to give NYS students the opportunity to participate in honoring their favorite books. The 3 Apples Book Awards are co-sponsored by the Youth Services Section and the School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association, which together represent the public and school libraries of New York State.
Sara Kelly Johns, Co-Chair
Lisa Perkowski, Co-Chair
The Educational Leadership Committee - will advocate for leadership development of school library media specialists on an on-going basis in New York State. The Committee will consult with the NYLA/SSL organization and its affiliates on issues relating to leadership and provide assistance as is appropriate. It will plan the summer Leadership Retreat and the Educational Leadership speaker for the annual NYLA/SSL conference. Traditionally the committee members are all of the NYLA/SSL Presidents and Past-Presidents, Presidents-Elect and the Treasurer.
Tara Thibault-Edmonds, Chair
Committee Members: Jill Leinung, Beth Davis, Maryanne Karre
The purpose of the Knickerbocker Committee is to nominate a NYS author for this special award. Its first presentation was at the 1991 NYLA/SSL Spring Conference.
Victoria Calarco, Exhibits Chair