ALCTS Sections and CRG

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Description of and links to the special interest sections of ALCTS.

Sections and CRG

Sections

Section are units of ALCTS intended to address specific interests within the association. Currently there are five such sections. Each contributes to library service and librarianship through encouraging, promoting, and taking responsibility for ALCTS activities that relate to:

Acquisitions of all formats of information resources through purchase, lease and other access methods, in all types of institutions.
Cataloging and classification of library materials in all types of institutions.
Collection management and development, selection, and evaluation of library materials in all types of institutions.
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.
Continuing resources and 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.

Each section has its own:

executive committee (the governing body)
committee structure
interest groups

Sections are not independent from ALCTS, as ALCTS is not from ALA, but they have latitude in how they conduct their own business and their relationship with other sections and ALCTS.

Establishment

Any group of fifty or more members of ALCTS or of ALA whose special field of interest falls within ALCTS but is distinct from that of any existing section may be established as a section upon written petition, and upon approval by ALCTS. Members of a group in ALA who are not members of ALCTS and who are newly affiliating with ALCTS must join ALCTS 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. For more on sections, see the ALCTS bylaws.

Council of Regional Groups

The Council of Regional Groups (CRG)

unit of ALCTS

intended to promote the specific interests of state organizations who wish to affiliate themselves with the association. serves as a means for information exchange between the Association and the regional groups and among the constituent groups. The CRG also encourages activities of the groups and considers common problems affecting their work

CRG has its own executive committee its governing body) and committee structure.

does not have independent standing from ALCTS, as ALCTS does not from ALA.
does not have individual membership as do the sections.
membership is constituted by the state and regional groups that align themselves with ALCTS.

Composition

CRG is composed of the chair, the vice-chair/chair-elect, the past chair, the secretary, and the chairs, or substitute delegates of the state and regional groups affiliated with ALCTS.

Affiliation

Any regional group with ten or more members, which has a focus of activity within the field of library collections and technical services, may be affiliated with the Association upon written petition from the group, submission of the group's bylaws, and approval by a majority vote of the ALCTS Board. The bylaws and activities of the petitioning group shall be consistent with those of the Association. For more on CRG, see the ALCTS Bylaws.