[OPLINLIST] Volunteer for ALA and Council Committees for 2009-2010

[Hickson, Pamela]

NEWS
For immediate release
September 16, 2008


Volunteer for ALA and Council Committees for 2009-2010


CHICAGO-Camila Alire, American Library Association (ALA)
president-elect, is seeking member volunteers for the 2009-2010 ALA and
Council committees.  Members interested in volunteering to serve on a
committee are required to complete the online committee volunteer form
available at: http://cs.ala.org/alacommittees/volunteer.html.  The
deadline for completing the form is Dec. 5.

The ALA and Council committees are: Accreditation; Advocacy; 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 Organization; Orientation, Training and Leadership
Development; Policy Monitoring; 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 of Museums (Joint); and ALA-Association of American
Publishers (Joint).  

For more about the committees, go to the ALA Handbook of Organization:
(http://www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/aboutala/alahandbookorganization.
cfm).

The ALA Committee on Committees and Committee on Appointments will
assist Alire in making the appointments.  Individuals selected to serve
on a committee will be notified following the 2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting
in Denver (Colo.) and will begin their committee service at the
conclusion of the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.

For more information on the committee appointments process, contact
Eileen Hardy, Executive Board Secretariat, at ehardy at ala.org.

American Library Association | 50 E. Huron, Chicago IL 60611 |
1.800.545.2433

 

Pamela J. Hickson-Stevenson, Ohio Chapter Councilor of the American
Library Association &

Assistant Director

Akron-Summit County Public Library

60 S. High Street

Akron, OH  44326

 

Phone 330.643.9102

Fax 330.643.9160

 

phs at akronlibrary.org <mailto:phs at akronlibrary.org> 

www.akronlibrary.org <http://www.akronlibrary.org>  

 

The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning
and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all
ages that support, improve, and enrich individual, family, and community
life.

 

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