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Collection Overview

Title: Committee on Committees Workbooks, 1975-1978

ID: 92/8/4

Primary Creator: Committee on Committees

Extent: 0.3 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Committee Appointments, Committee Members Lists, Committee on Committees

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Workbooks of the Council Committee on Committees including lists of council committee members, committee service policies, form letters of appointment, reports to Council, and appointment procedure. The Council Committee on Committees, composed of four members of Council and the president-elect, was created in 1972 to Joint Council Committee members.

Biographical Note

The ALA Committee on Committees was established in 1921 at the suggestion of President Alice S. Tyler (ALA President, 1920-21) (1).Â The Committee, in conference with the ALA president, made recommendations to the Executive Board regarding the creation of discontinuance of committees according to the needs and requirements of the Association (2).Â In 1940, the evaluation of ALA Boards was added to the committee's responsibilities and consequently, it was renamed the Committee on Boards and Committees (3).Â On June 21, 1956, the Committee on Boards and Committees was discontinued and, by action of the ALA Council, was replaced by the Committee on Organization (4).Â This new committee not only made recommendations relating to the establishment or discontinuance of committees but also ALA divisions and round tables (5).

In 1972, an ALA Council Committee on Committees was created to make appointments to Council committees and to nominate candidates for the Executive Board (6).Â However despite its name, this committee is not related to the original Committee on Committees or its successors.

1.Â ALA Bulletin, Vol. 15, 1921, p. 6.

2.Â ALA Handbook, 1921, Section XII.

3.Â ALA Bulletin, Vol. 37 (7), August, 1940, p. 25.

4.Â ALA Bulletin, Vol. 50, 1956, p. 713, 719.

5.Â ALA Bylaws, 1957, Article IX, Section 2(a), 2(b), 4 and 5.Â See also, ALA Handbook 1992-93, Bylaws, Article VIII, Section 2(b).

6.Â ALA Council Committee on Committees Workbook, 1976, p. 1-3.Â See also ALA Handbook 1992-93, Bylaws, Article III, Section 6(a), 6(b), 6Â©; and Article VIII, Section 2.

Subject/Index Terms

Committee Appointments
Committee Members Lists
Committee on Committees

Administrative Information

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 11/19/1979

Other Note: 0 Pages

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Item 1: 1975-76 Committee on Committees Workbook, 1975-76: Workbook includes correspondence, bylaws, procedures for committee appointments, glossary, reports, and current committee rosters.
Item 2: 1976-77 Council Committee on Committees Workbook, 1976-77: Workbook includes ALA Council documents, correspondence, bylaws, procedures for committee appointments, glossary, reports, and current committee rosters.
Item 3: 1975-78 Council Committee on Committees, 1975-78: Includes correspondence, nominations, reports from other ALA committees, and resolution guidelines.