Handbook
Executive Board: Standing Committee Chairs

The Standing Committees are: Acquisitions, Cataloging & Classification, Preservation, and Serials. The chairs of these committees are appointed for two-year terms. New chairs of the Acquisitions Committee and the Preservation Committee are appointed in even-numbered years. New chairs of the Cataloging & Classification Committee and the Serials Committee are appointed in odd-numbered years.

Section Responsibilities.

These individuals:

• Serve a two-year term as members of the TS-SIS Executive Board.
• Attend the business meeting and the incoming board meeting at the first annual meeting after election to the board.
• Attend the business meeting and both board meetings the following year.
• Attend the business meeting and the outgoing board meeting at the conclusion of the second year's term.
• Serve as ex-officio member of the TS-SIS Education Committee. Solicit and submit program and workshop ideas to the TS-SIS Education Committee for possible presentation at the annual meeting, after discussion with committee members.
• Submit written reports of their committee's activities to the TS-SIS Chair according to the deadline set by the Chair each year.
• Present brief verbal summaries of these report at board and business meetings.

Committee Responsibilities.

These individuals:

• Appoint members who have expressed a desire to join the committee.
• If additional members are needed, recruit from among TS-SIS members who might be interested in joining.
• Set the agendas and preside over the standing committee meetings held during the AALL annual meeting.
• Appoint committee members to moderate any roundtables related to the committee. (See "Roundtables" for more details.)
• Appoint subcommittees or working groups, as needed. At least one member of such a subcommittee or working group must also be a member of the standing committee.
• Communicate with committee members at least once during the year to keep them informed of the activity of the committee, its subcommittees and working groups.
• When relevant, report on committee activities in TSLL or another AALL publication.
• Maintain committee files and documents, transferring these to the AALL Archives when appropriate.

Other Specific Responsibilities:

• Each standing committee is given a specific charge in Article IX, section 1 of the Bylaws (see Appendix I).
• The Serials Committee chair will appoint a member to coordinate the Exchange of Duplicates program by August 1. Procedures are detailed under "Exchange of Duplicates Program." Changes to the Exchange of Duplicates procedures must be approved by the Serials Committee.
• The Cataloging & Classification Committee has developed a specific procedure for handling policy decisions and position statements (see Appendix V).

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Revised: July 1, 2006.
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