Action for Libraries
Taylor Elected New BCR OCLC Members Council Delegate
Sheryl Taylor, director of Library Services, John & Louise Hulst Library at Dordt College in Iowa, was elected by BCR OCLC members as the newest delegate to represent them at OCLC Members Council. She will join BCR's two other delegates, Jamie LaRue, director, Douglas County Libraries (Colorado), and Claudia Thornton Frazer, Digital Initiatives coordinator and librarian at Cowles Library, Drake University (Iowa).
Taylor currently is chair and secretary of the Sirsi Midwest Users Group, and a member of Iowa Library Association Awards Committee and Iowa ACRL ad hoc Committee on Education. She previously chaired the Iowa Private Academic Libraries and the Colleges of Mid-America Librarians. She also prviously served as a mentor inthe ACRL College Libraries Section's College Library Directors Mentor Program. Taylor earned her MLS at the University of Washington and a BA in History at Calvin College.
"I consider it an honor to be nominated to serve as a BCR representative to the OCLC Members Council," Taylor said in her Position Statement. "My library has benefitted greatly over the years from the products and services that OCLC provides, as well from our relationship with BCR - from the high-quality training that BCR offers, the technical support provided and the large-scale group contracts BCR has been able to secure. Having been on the receiving end of these services for many years, I am eager to give back to BCR and the broader library community by serving as a voice and an advocate for other member libraries and by helping OCLC plan for high-quality, cost-effective products and services that meet the cooperative needs of all libraries."