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Alliance

Charge

Alliance Charge

To represent KYVL membership in advising the KYVL Leadership Team on funding, collections, and other issues of primary importance to membership.

Revised 10.21.2016

The Alliance meets with the Leadership Team in Joint Session at the conclusion of each fiscal year for updates from KYVL and reporting by KYVL work groups.

Roster and composition

Makeup of Alliance

The KYVL Alliance consists of 13 voting members and three non-voting members. Voting members must represent or work with current member institutions. Apart from those who serve ex officio, members are selected by the organizations they represent and serve three-year terms that begin July 1.

Group No. of reps Selecting body Membership requirements
AIKCU 1 AIKCU Library Directors Dean or director
CPE 1 ex officio VP with oversight of KYVL; non-voting
K12 2 KASL Executive Board  
K12 1 (Leadership Team) K12 representative on Leadership Team
KCTCS 1 KCTCS Library Directors Dean or director
KDLA 1 State librarian & commissioner  
KYVL 1 ex officio Executive director; non-voting
KYVL Leadership Team 1 ex officio Chair; non-voting in this role
Nonaffiliated academic libraries 1 Directors of member libraries Dean or director
Public libraries 2 KPLA Executive Board Director
SAALCK 1 SAALCK Library Directors Dean or director other than UK / U of L
Special libraries 1 Directors of member libraries Library dean or director
University of Kentucky 1 ex officio Dean of libraries
University of Louisville 1 ex officio Dean of libraries

Affirmed by LT 12.16.2016

Rotation of officers

Alliance has two officers, chair and chair elect with recorder duties. Offices rotate among member groups according to the schedule below. Terms begin July 1. CPE vice president, KDE library media consultant, KYVL executive director and KYVL Leadership Team chair are not included in the rotation of officers.

Among KASL and KPLA representatives, officers should be selected to ensure that the chair elect will assume duties in first or second year of a three-year term. If both representatives are eligible to serve, they may agree among themselves who will fill the office. If necessary, a simple majority of Alliance members shall determine the officers.

Chair elect is requested to coordinate with the other members of the Alliance and the Leadership Team to ensure that the Alliance membership roster is filled prior to the July 1 start of his or her term as chair.

Edited following review by LT 12.16.2016

Term of office Chair Chair elect / recorder
F11-12 UK or U of L SAALCK regionals
F12-13 SAALCK regionals KASL (formerly KSMA)
F13-14 KASL (formerly KSMA) Public libraries
F14-15 Public libraries KCTCS
F15-16 KCTCS Nonaffiliated academic
F16-17 Nonaffiliated academic AIKCU
F17-18 AIKCU Special libraries
F18-19 Special libraries KDLA
F19-20 KDLA UK or U of L
F20-21 UK or U of L SAALCK regionals
F21-22 SAALCK regionals KASL
F22-23 KASL Public Libraries
F22-23 Alliance Roster

Updated 6.20.2022

F21-22 roster
Group First Last Email Phone Office Term exp.
AIKCU Deb Russell drussell@kwc.edu     2022
CPE Melissa Bell melissa.bell@ky.gov 502.892.3007   ex officio
K12 (KASL) Crystal Puryear crystal.puryear@jefferson.kyschools.us     2022
K12 (KASL) Emily Northcutt emily.northcutt@shelby.kyschools.us 502.695.6700   2024
K12 (KASL) Emily Northcutt emily.northcutt@shelby.kyschools.us 502.695.6700   2024
K12 - KYVL Leadership Team James Allen james.allen@education.ky.gov 502.564.3141   ex officio
KCTCS Donna Abell donna.abell@kctcs.edu 270.686.4575   2023
KDLA Terry Manuel terry.manuel@ky.gov 502.564.1730   ex officio
KYVL Ilona Burdette ilona.burdette@ky.gov 502.892.3073   ex officio
Nonaffiliated Academic Billie Anne Gebb billieanne.gebb@frontier.edu 859.251.4731 2022
Public libraries (KPLA) Kinzie Gaunce kgaunce@cynthianalibrary.org     2023
Public libraries (KPLA) Dena Ratliff Warren director@trimblelibrary.org     2022
SAALCK Sheila Stuckey sheila.stuckey@kysu.edu 502.597.6852 Chair 2022
Special libraries Lonnie Wright lwright@bhsi.com 859.260.4364   2023
University of Kentucky Doug Way doug.way@uky.edu 859.218.1190   ex officio
University of Louisville Bob Fox bob.fox@louisville.edu 502.852.6745   ex officio

Updated 7.20.2021

F21-22 roster

Donna Abell, KCTCS (2023)
donna.abell@kctcs.edu
270.686.4575

James Allen, K12, Leadership Team Chair (ex officio)
james.allen@education.ky.gov
502.564.3141

Melissa Bell, CPE (ex officio)
melissa.bell@ky.gov
502.892.3007

Ilona Burdette, KYVL (ex officio)
ilona.burdette@ky.gov
502.892.3073

Bob Fox, University of Louisville (ex officio)
bob.fox@louisville.edu
502.852.6745

Kinzie Gaunce, Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library (2023)
kgaunce@cynthianalibrary.org
 

Billie Anne Gebb, Nonaffiliated Academics (2022)
billieanne.gebb@frontier.edu
859.251.4731

Terry Manuel, KDLA (ex officio)
terry.manuel@ky.gov
502.564.1730

Emily Northcutt, K12 (2024)
emily.northcutt@shelby.kyschools.us
502.695.6700

Emily Northcutt, K12 (2024)
emily.northcutt@shelby.kyschools.us
502.695.6700

Crystal Puryear, K12 (2022)
crystal.puryear@jefferson.kyschools.us

Dena Ratliff Warren, Publics (2022)
director@trimblelibrary.org

Deb Russell, AIKCU (2022)
drussell@kwc.edu

Sheila Stuckey, SAALCK (2022, chair)
sheila.stuckey@kysu.edu
502-597-6852

Doug Way, University of Kentucky (ex officio)
doug.way@uky.edu
859.218.1190

Lonnie Wright, Baptist Health Lexington (2023)
lwright@bhsi.com
859.260.4364

Updated 7.20.2021