Committee on Accreditation/Office for Accreditation
Charge
The Committee on Accreditation (COA) is responsible for the execution of the accreditation program of ALA. The committee also develops and formulates standards of education for library and information studies for the approval of Council.
History
Created by the ALA Council in June 1956; formerly the Board of Education for Librarianship, which was established in 1924.
Membership
The COA consists of 12 members appointed by the ALA president-elect. Of the 12 members, 10 are personal members of ALA appointed to represent educators and practitioners. Of these 10 members, one must be Canadian. The remaining two COA members must be appointed from the public-at-large to represent the public interest.
Terms of appointment
Personal members of ALA are elected for one four-year term and public-at-large members for a two-year term, renewable once. The chair of the COA is appointed annually by the president-elect for a one-year term and may be reappointed once. When a vacancy occurs on the COA before the end of the member’s term, the ALA Executive Board appoints a replacement.
Committee roster
*Please direct all accreditation-related correspondence to the ALA Office for Accreditation.
Vicki L. Gregory (Chair)
Professor, School of Library and Information Science
University of South Florida
Term Expires 2011
Brian L. Andrew
Procurement Counsel
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
Term expires 2011
Gail W. Avery
Senior Business Operations Specialist
District of Columbia Public Library
Term expires 2010
James A. Benson
Vice Provost (Acad. Affairs) and Dean of Information Resources & Libraries
St. John's University
Term expires 2013
Ken Haycock
Professor and Director, School of Library and Information Science
San Jose State University
Term expires 2013
Lynne Howarth
Professor, Faculty of Information Studies
University of Toronto
Term expires 2012
Joseph Janes
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academics, Information School
University of Washington
Term Expires 2011
John P. Mulvaney
Library Director (retired)
Northern State University
Term expires 2012
Daniel O. O'Connor
Associate Professor, School of Communication and Information
Rutgers University
Term expires 2013
Donna M. Shannon
Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science
University of South Carolina
Term expires 2010
David Werner
Chancellor Emeritus
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Term expires 2010
Joyce C. Wright
Associate Professor, Administration/Library Advancement Office
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Term expires 2012
Meeting schedule
Strategic plan
Office for Accreditation staff
Laura Dare, Assistant Director
312-280-2435
ldare@ala.org
Karen O'Brien, Director
312-280-2434
kobrien@ala.org
Kerri Price, Program Officer
312-280-2436
kprice@ala.org