Handbook
Introduction
The purpose of this handbook is to offer guidelines to the officers, committee chairs, and other active members of the Technical Services Special Interest Section (TS-SIS). With a membership of over 600, TS-SIS is one of the largest special interest sections in the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). TS-SIS has four standing committees, plus a varying number of administrative committees, ad hoc committees, and roundtables. In addition to their activities during the year, all TS-SIS entities meet during the AALL annual meeting. Through its Education Committee, TS-SIS is active in proposing educational programs and workshops to the AALL Annual Meeting Program Committee for presentation at the annual meeting.
The Executive Board consists of the Chair, the Vice Chair/Chair-elect, the Past Chair, the Secretary/Treasurer, two members-at-large, and the chairs of the four standing committees (Acquisitions, Cataloging & Classification, Preservation, and Serials). Board meetings are held annually. The outgoing board meets at the start of the AALL annual meeting, after the meeting of the SIS Council but prior to the annual TS-SIS business meeting. The incoming board meets later in the annual meeting, after the TS-SIS business meeting, to prepare for SIS activity in the coming year.
TS-SIS and the Online Bibliographic Services Special Interest Section (OBS-SIS) jointly sponsor Technical Services Law Librarian (TSLL). TSLL is issued quarterly, and is freely available on the TS-SIS website. The TSLL staff consists of an editor-in-chief, an associate editor, a layout & design editor, and regular columnists. The TSLL Editorial Board includes the editor-in-chief, the associate editor, the layout & design editor, two members appointed by TS-SIS, and two members appointed by OBS-SIS.
TS-SIS sponsors a reception at the start of the AALL annual meeting. This reception is usually co-sponsored with one or more other special interest sections. Since 1987 it has been supported through the generous funding of Innovative Interfaces, Inc. The balance of the cost is shared equally by the participating sections. Approval for funding of this event must be cleared with the AALL Board or AALL Executive Director.
The following pages contain the responsibilities of the officers and chairs of TS-SIS. These responsibilities are not inclusive and may be amended in the future. The appendices include a copy of the current TS-SIS Bylaws and more specific policies, practices or projects related to section activities.