[Tasl] Fwd: ALA CALL FOR COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS

[Chrissie Anderson Peters]

FYI...

Chrissie

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From: Larry Romans <larry.romans at vanderbilt.edu>
Date: Aug 15, 2007 6:14 PM
Subject: ALA CALL FOR COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS
To: TLA-L at listserv.utk.edu

CALL FOR COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS

ALA President-Elect Jim Rettig is seeking applications and
nominations for appointments to 2008-2009 ALA and Council
committees.
He will fill slots on the following committees:  Accreditation;
American Libraries Advisory; Awards; Budget Analysis and Review;
Chapter Relations; Conference; Constitution and Bylaws; Council
Orientation; Diversity; Education; Election; Human Resource
Development and Recruitment Advisory; Information Technology Policy
Advisory; Intellectual Freedom; International Relations;
Legislation; Literacy; Literacy and Outreach Services Advisory;
Membership; Membership Meetings; Nominating (Deadline for
Nominating Committee applications is September 1, 2007);
Organization; Orientation, Training, and Leadership Development;
Policy Monitoring (current Council members only); Professional
Ethics; Public and Cultural Programs Advisory; Public Awareness;
Publishing; Research and Statistics; Resolutions; Rural, Native and
Tribal Libraries of All Kinds; Scholarships and Study Grants;
Status of Women in Librarianship; Website Advisory; ALA-Children's
Book Council (Joint); ALA-Association of American Publishers
(Joint) and ALA-Society of American Archivists-American Association
of Museums (Joint).  Committee charges can be found in the ALA
Handbook of Organization.

All applicants must complete and submit the electronic 2008-2009
ALA Committee Volunteer Form.  The form is available at:
<https://cs.ala.org/rettig/volunteer.html>. The deadline for
submission of committee volunteer applications and nominations is
Monday, December 3, 2007, which the exception of the Nominating
Committee, with is September 1, 2007.

Geographical location, type of library, gender, ethnicity, previous
committee work (not necessarily with ALA), ALA and related
experience, and other factors are considered when the committee
slates are compiled in order to ensure broad representation and
diversity on all committees.  The ALA Committee on Committees and
Committee on Appointments will assist ALA President-Elect Jim
Rettig in making appointments.  Committee appointees will receive
appointment letters after the 2008 ALA Midwinter Meeting in
Philadelphia, PA.  Appointees will begin their committee service
after the 2008 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA.

Questions concerning appointments can be directed to ALA
President-Elect Jim Rettig at jrettig at richmond.edu or Lois Ann
Gregory-Wood, Council Secretariat, at lgregory at ala.org
<mailto:lgregory at ala.org>

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Larry Romans
Head, Government Information Services
Political Science and Leisure Reading Bibliographer
Vanderbilt Central Library
Nashville, TN 37240
615-322-2838
larry.romans at vanderbilt.edu