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+title: Executive Committee Election Results
+author: IIIF Consortium Staff
+date: 2025-01-07
+tags: [news, announcements]
+layout: post
+excerpt: >
+  Congratulations and welcome to the institutions recently elected to the Executive Committee.
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+We’re delighted to announce the results of the 2024 IIIF Consortium [Executive Committee](https://iiif.io/community/consortium/consortium_committees/#executive-committee) election. One new institution, [The University of Leeds](https://www.leeds.ac.uk/), will join the committee to serve a 3-year term. [Stanford University](https://www.stanford.edu/) will continue their service on the Executive Committee with a 4-year term. [The British Library](https://www.bl.uk/) and the [Bibliothèque national de France (BnF)](https://www.bnf.fr/en) will continue their service for 3-year terms.
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+They join the following institutions in serving on the Executive Committee:
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+* Cornell University
+* Europeana
+* Harvard University
+* J. Paul Getty Trust
+* National Gallery of Art
+* Northwestern University
+* University of Edinburgh
+* University of Ghent
+* Yale University
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+For information about joining the Consortium, which makes an institution eligible to run in annual elections for Executive Committee member seats, [take a look at our membership benefits page](https://iiif.io/community/consortium/join/).
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