Apply for Membership
Institutional and personal membership applications can be completed online. Once we receive your application, a staff member will contact you. Before submitting your application, please check our membership directory to ensure that you do not already have membership through your employer.
- 2023-2026 Membership Dues Schedule
- Online Membership Application - Institution or Individual
Benefits of a WNYLRC Membership
For Library Staff
Through your WNYLRC membership, all library staff are eligible to:
- attend professional development and networking activities sponsored by the Council and ESLN at discounted rates
- communicate with all WNY member libraries through the listserv WNYLIB-L
- serve on the WNYLRC Board of Trustees
- serve on WNYLRC Standing Committees
- apply for WNYLRC grant funding for special projects
- reserve any of WNYLRC’s traveling exhibits for programming
- nominate colleagues and libraries for recognition in the WNYLRC Excellent Awards Program
- participate in pilot programs, such as the ESLN Academic Institutional Repository (ESLN AIR)
- participate in advocacy efforts with local, state, and federal legislators with the support and guidance of WNYLRC
For Libraries
- Grant funding to support special projects
- Vendor discounts – RDA Toolkit, Ubiquity, Rittenhouse (hospital libraries)
- Digitization - WNYLRC offers consultancy expertise regarding possible collection criteria for digitization grants. Digital collections may be contributed to New York Heritage and Consider the Source.
- Eligibility to participate in programs such as
- AcademicSHARE
- Ask Us 24/7
- Empire Archival Discovery Cooperative
- Empire State Immersive Experiences
- Hospital Library Services Program
Voting Privileges vary based on membership level. For information, view the Membership By-laws. If you have questions regarding your or your organization’s eligibility for membership, contact WNYLRC.
