ACRL - Resource Checklist for IS Committee Chairs

Resource Checklist for IS Committee Chairs

This checklist is intended to assist IS Committee Chairs in identifying useful IS and ACRL documents. Most of these documents are available through the Section web site and appropriate links are provided below. Where items are not available through the Section web site, the name of the supplier is provided. Unless otherwise indicated, these are IS documents.

Document	Supplied By	Revised/Issued
ACRL Calendars	ACRL	Annually
ACRL Guide to Policies and Procedures	ACRL	As needed
Agendas for Advisory Council Meetings at Midwinter and Annual	Section Chair	Distributed via the Advisory List prior to Midwinter and Annual conferences
Agendas for Your Committee Meetings	Committee Chair	Posted to the Advisory List when Section Chair calls for them prior to Midwinter and Annual conferences
ALA Handbook of Organization	ALA	Mailed mid-fall
Annual Planning Form	Committee Chair	By October 15
Bylaws	Instruction Section	As required
Budget Request (Previous Year)	Outgoing Committee Chair	Sent to Incoming Committee Chair by August
Committee Charges	Executive & Policy Committees	As required
Committee Plans	Planning Committee	Prior year available until December; current year plans posted in December
Committee Notebook and/or Working Papers	Outgoing Committee Chair	Sent to Incoming Committee Chair by August
Guide to Policies and Procedures Regarding Committee Attendance	Executive Committee	As needed
Guidelines for Archival Record Retention	Section Archivist	As needed
Meeting Schedules	Section Chair	By October. Room assignments are posted about 2 months before Midwinter and Annual conferences.
Minutes Advisory Council Executive Committee Your Committee	Section Secretary Section Secretary Committee Chair	Published on the web site twice a year after Annual and Midwinter conferences
Publication Policies and Procedures Manual	Executive Committee	As needed
Reimbursement Request Form (PDF)	Committee Chair	Submit to Section Chair by end of July (end of ACRL fiscal year)
Responsibilities of Committee Chairs, Members and Interns	Executive Committee	As needed
Rosters Advisory Council Executive Committee Your Committee	ACRL updates based on input from Section Chair, Section Vice-Chair, and Committee Chairs	Several times a year
Strategic Plan for Section	Instruction Section	Every 3 years
Strategic Plan Implementation Reports to ACRL	Section Chair	Submit to ACRL in April Annual Report: June
Timetable for Incoming Committee Chairs	Section Chair	As needed
Tips for Taking Minutes	Section Secretary	As needed
Volunteer Form	Section Vice-Chair	After Annual conference

Prepared by the ACRL Instruction Section Policy Committee
Revised June 1999 by the Executive Committee
Revised June 2004 by the Executive Committee
Revised July 2006 by the Executive Committee