This person will be appointed by the current ILA/ACRL President, and
should be a member of the Chapter and of ACRL.  This person also serves as the chapter ACRL Legislative Coordinator.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Develop a local advocacy network of individuals within the chapter
   who will contact their legislators when an issue comes before the House, Senate or other
   arms of government which impacts academic/research libraries or the higher education
   community;
2. Work to create an awareness of legislative and information policy
   issues at the local level and inform academic/research librarians and others about how
   they can become involved in advocacy efforts;
3. Keep informed about ALA legislative initiatives and information
   policy issues;
4. Identify and collect examples of academic/research library activities
   and practices in support of legislative initiatives to be shared with the ACRL Government
   Relations Committee and the ALA Washington Office;
5. Promote the legislative agenda developed by the ACRL Government
   Relations Committee and adopted by the ACRL Board;
6. Channel information regarding local issues through the ACRL
   Legislative Network Representative to the ACRL Government Relations Committee and the ACRL
   Office for appropriate action;
7. When possible, coordinate the work of the ACRL Legislative Network
   with the initiatives of the ALA state chapters.
8. Serve as non-voting Ex Officio member of the ILA/ACRL Executive
   Board.

Government Relations Representative

1997/98     Dorothy Persson, University of Iowa
1998/99     Jane Kemp, Luther College
2000-2007 John Goodin, Luther College