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Title: Subject File, 1952-2015

ID: 31/2/6

Creator: Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)

Extent: 46.2 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged by section or committee title and alphabetically by subject title thereunder

Date Acquired: 10/07/1975

Languages: English [eng]

Subject file of the executive secretary, contains correspondence, reports, agendas, minutes, budgets, lists, studies and publications about officers, committees and regional groups, joint committees, boards and discussion groups, conferences, ALA policies and activities, awards, Acquisitions Section, Cataloging and Classification Section, Reproduction of Library Materials Section, Serials Section, publishing and the Association of American Publishers, and consultant files about cataloging, centralized processing, negative option, classification and special libraries, includes correspondence, reports, and newsletters of the Resources Section, Margaret Mann Citation Committee, ALA-Automated Acquisition Program, representatives to American National Standards Institute, LITA, National Microfilm Association, Universal Serials and Book Exchange, Preservation of Library Materials Section, the Bookdealer-Library Relations Committee concerning Gille Publishers legal problems, the International Relations Committee, the Council of Regional Groups, and the Worst Serial Title Change of the Year Award.

The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) is responsible for the following activities: acquisition, identification, cataloging, classification, and preservation of library materials; the development and coordination of the country's library resources; and those areas of selection and evaluation involved in the acquisition of library materials and pertinent to the development of library resources. ALCTS has specific responsibility for:

1. Continuous study and review of the activities assigned to the division.

2. Conduct of activities and projects within its area of responsibility.

3. Synthesis of activities of all unites within the ALA that have a bearing on the type of activity represented.

4. Representation and interpretation of its type of activity in contacts outside the profession.

5. Stimulation of the development of librarians engaged in its type of activity, and stimulation of participation by members in appropriate type-of-library divisions.

6. Planning and development of programs of study and research for the type of activity fot the total profession (1).

The name change from Resources and Technical Services Division (RTSD) to ALCTS became effective on June 30, 1989 (2). The RTSD was established on January 1, 1957. It combined the former Division of Cataloging and Classification (established in 1900, and until 1940 the Cataloging Section), the Board of Acquisitions of Library Materials (created by Council in 1951), and the Serials Round Table (created by Council in 1929) (3).

Division was dissolved on September 1, 2020, and merged into a new division, Core.

Accruals: 8/20/2004, 02/15/2008, 12/6/2013, 8/28/2014, 1/23/2023

Related Materials: For more information please see https://alair.ala.org/handle/11213/81.

Finding Aid Revision History: 1/12/2023 - fixed formatting and collection dates, added Box 33 (previously unlisted); 1/23/2023 - updated finding aid with new accessions and updated index with correct box numbers

Other Note: 52 Pages

Other URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/3102006a.pdf