[Publib] ALA & Council committee volunteer form

[Michael Golrick]

Hi-

ALA-Pres elect sent a message which did not translate well into the
digest version of PUBLIB (yes, that is how *I* still get it after
*mumble* years....). So I am reposting.

I will note, having served on the Committee on Committees and on the
ALA Exec Board, that this is how you get involved in ALA. Fill out the
form. Your name *will* be considered.

Michael Golrick
Councilor-at-Large
Librarian-at-Large (or on the loose)

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Participate -- Connect -- Volunteer

ALA President-Elect Camila Alire is seeking applicants and nominees
for appointments to the 2009-2010 ALA and Council committees.

The deadline for submitting applications and nominations is December 5, 2008.

Alire is asking for volunteers to serve on the following ALA committees:

Accreditation; American Libraries Advisory; Awards; Chapter Relations;
Conference; Constitution and Bylaws; Election; Human Resource
Development and Recruitment Advisory; Information Technology Policy
Advisory; Literacy; Literacy and Outreach Services Advisory;
Membership; Membership Meetings; Nominating; Orientation, Training and
Leadership Development; Public and Cultural Programs Advisory; Public
Awareness; Publishing; Research and Statistics; Rural, Native and
Tribal Libraries of All Kinds; Scholarships and Study Grants; Website
Advisory

The following ALA joint committees:

 ALA-Children's Book Council; ALA-Association of American of Museums;
and ALA-Association of American Publishers

And, the following Council committees: Advocacy; Budget, Analysis and
Review; Committee on Committees; Diversity; Education; Intellectual
Freedom; International Relations; Legislation; Organization; Council
Orientation, Planning and Budget Assembly; Policy Monitoring;
Professional Ethics; Public Awareness; Publishing; Resolutions; and
Status of Women in Librarianship.

Committee charges are available in the ALA Handbook of Organization
(http://www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/aboutala/alahandbookorganization.cfm).

The online committee volunteer form is available at:
http://cs.ala.org/alacommittees/volunteer.html

The ALA Committee on Committees and Committee on Appointments will
assist in making the appointments.  Individuals selected to serve on a
committee will be notified after 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, or
Alfredo Pinto, assistant to Camila Alire, at apinto at emporia.edu.