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Finding Aid for Council Meeting Tapes, 1976, 1991-98, 2000- | The American Library Association Archives

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Title: Council Meeting Tapes, 1976, 1991-98, 2000-Add to your cart.

ID: 1/1/13

Primary Creator: Council, ALA

Extent: 3.7 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by recording date

Date Acquired: 10/25/1991. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: ALA Annual Conference, ALA Council, ALA Midwinter Meeting

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Council meeting tapes, contains audio reels, cassette tapes, and compact discs, includes three audio reels of Council's 1976 Midwinter Meeting in Chicago and cassette tapes for Council meetings from 1991-98 and 2000 onward.

Biographical Note

"The Council is the governing body of ALA. It delegates to the divisions of the Association authority to plan and carry out programs and activities in accord with the policy established by Council . . . [It] determines all policies of the Association and its decisions are binding unless set aside by a three-fourths vote at any meeting of the Association membership or a majority vote by mail . . ." (1)

Council was created in 1892 to be, according to Melvil Dewey, "a small body that can more easily and economically get together from time to time to discuss important questions, which can thus be more satisfactorily dealt with than in our large conferences . . ." (2) The twenty members of the Council had "very broad powers" in that "there could be no recommendation in regard to library policy of ALA with out the approval of the council, and no new section within ALA could be established unless the council approved." (3)

The contstitution adopted by ALA in 1900 gave Council power to adopt bylaws for ALA, act as a nominating committee, establish sections, "promulgate recommendations relating to library matters, and no resolutions except votes of thanks and on local arrangements shall be otherwise promulgated. Council could also establish relations with other societies on behalf of ALA. (4)  Nine years later, ALA revised its constitution to delete Council's power as a nominating committee. Its other responsibilities continued, and it could now also "nominate honorary members." (5)

By the end of 1957, restructuring "clearly designating the council as the policy-making body" of ALA was in place. The Executive Committee of ALA was to be elected by Council members from among their own number. (6) Council grew to include 212 members in 1972, when its number was reduced - partly because it had become too unwieldy to act with any effective speed. (7) In 1986-87, Council had 177 members: the president, president-elect, and executive secretary of ALA, the Executive Board, 100 at large members, 1 from each of the 11 divisions and one from each of the 51 chapters. (8) At this time, too, "Committees which are created by the Executive Board, Council, and the president are designated as ALA committees and committees of the Council." (9)

Sub-Groups

1-Meetings

2-Publications

10-Membership Organization and Information

Subject/Index Terms

ALA Annual Conference
ALA Council
ALA Midwinter Meeting

Administrative Information

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 5/1/2018, 9/15/2020

Other Note: 11 Pages

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URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/0101013a.pdf

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