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SECTIONS
A section is a unit of Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) intended to address specific interests within the association. Currently there are five such sections:
- Acquisitions,
- Cataloging and Classification,
- Collection Management and Development,
- Preservation and Reformatting,
and - Serials.
Each section has its own Executive Committee, which acts as the governing body of the section, its own committee structure, and its own discussion and interest groups. Sections do not have independent standing from ALCTS, as ALCTS does not from ALA. Sections are however given latitude in how they conduct their own business and their relationship with other sections and ALCTS.
For more on sections, see the ALCTS bylaws or click on the individual section icons at the top of this page.
From the ALCTS Bylaws:
Section 1. Establishment. Any group of fifty or more members of the Association or of the American Library Association whose special field of interest falls within the Association but is distinct from that of any existing section may be established as a section upon written petition, and upon approval by the Association. Members of a group in the American Library Association who are not members of the Association and who are newly affiliating with the Association must become members of the Association within three months after such affiliation or lose their membership in the section. The name of the section shall clearly indicate its field of activity.
The sections shall be as follows:
- Acquisitions Section: The object of this section is to contribute to library service and librarianship through encouragement, promotion of, and responsibility for those activities of ALCTS relating to the acquisition of all formats of information resources through purchase, lease and other access methods, in all types of institutions.
- Cataloging and Classification Section: The object of this section shall be to contribute to library service and librarianship through encouragement, promotion of, and responsibility for those activities of the relating to the cataloging and classification of library materials in all types of institutions.
- Collection Management and Development Section: The object of this section is to contribute to library service and librarianship through encouragement, promotion of, and responsibility for those activities of ALCTS relating to collection management and development, selection, and evaluation of library materials in all types of institutions.
- Preservation and Reformatting Section: The object of this section shall be to contribute to library service and librarianship through encouragement, promotion of, and responsibility for those activities of ALCTS relating to the preservation and reformatting of library materials in all types of institutions, and to provide leadership in the application of new technologies to assure continued access to library collections.
- Serials Section: The object of this section is to contribute to library service and librarianship through the distribution of information concerning serials literature by reports and free discussion at general meetings and through publication; to encourage specialized training for librarians in the field of serials; and to coordinate the activities within ALCTS with respect to serials.
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For questions regarding ALCTS pages,
contact ALCTS (alcts@ala.org)
Last Revised: March 28, 2007
Copyright © 2008, American Library Association.
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