Executive Board and Executi... President "A Nation Connected" Summit... Finding AidBy Cara Bertram
Title: "A Nation Connected" Summit Planning File, 1995-1996
ID: 2/1/14
Primary Creator: Executive Board and Executive Director
Extent: 0.6 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: Alphabetical
Date Acquired: 03/00/2020
Subjects: Conferences, Information Technology, Internet, Owens, Major, Turock, Betty J.
Languages: English
The Planning File for "A National Connected: Defining the Public Interest in the Information Superhighway" Summit, containing correspondence, budget documents, articles on the summit, concept papers, photographs, committee files, planning documents and reservations, press releases, and panelist files. Panelists included Gwendolyn Calvert Baker, Susan Nall Bales, David Barram, Andrew Blau, Anne Branscomb, Shumarry Chao, Andrew Cohill, Charles Donovan, Ester Dyson, LaDonna Harris, Craig Howe, Deborah Kaplan, Charles Ogletree, Major Owens, Arno Penzias, Howard Rheingold, Richard Rodriguez, Jorge Schement, Herbert Schiller, Kathleen Smyth, and Reed Tuckson.
The summit was a presidential initiative of ALA President Betty Turock, held on February 20, 1996, at the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences in Rancho Mirage, California.
Established in 1876, the Executive Board consists of the officers of the Association, the immediate past president, and 8 members elected by Council from its membership for four year terms. The members of the Executive Board are members of Council (1) Acting for the Council, the Executive Board administers the established policies and programs. As the management board of ALA, it is responsible for headquarters operations, subject to review by Council, and makes recommendations with respect to policy and operations (2).
The Executive Director is appointed by the Executive Board. The Executive Director is in charge of headquarters and its personnel, carries out the activities provided for in the budget, and perfroms such other duties as may be assigned. Originally an elected position, the office of Executive Secretary became an appointed position in 1909 (3). The title changed to Executive Director in 1958 (4).
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/0201014a.pdf
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