Interest Groups

Offer ALCTS members:

• unique opportunities to be involved in the association
• a forum for networking and for great discussions of hot topics
• avenues for producing publications and developing and presenting programs
• any number of subgroups, task forces, and working groups to support the group's function and work
• a venue for people with similar interests in issues, problems, and topics to assemble

Learn how to start a new interest group or renew an existing group. Complete the online petition for establishing an interest group.

This listing of ALCTS groups will take you to more information on current IGs. Contact the chair of the group for more information on upcoming meetings. Keep in mind that as of May 2008, discussion groups are no longer part of the ALCTS structure. All discussion groups have transitioned to interest group structure, so your group may have a new name.

Make plans to attend one of the IG meetings—we will be glad to have you!

• Access to Continuing Resources IG
• Acquisitions Managers and Vendors Interest Group
• Authority Control IG
• Auto. Acquisitions/In-Process Control Systems IG
• Cartographic Resources Cataloging IG
• Catalog Form and Function IG
• Catalog Management IG
• Cataloging and Classification Research IG
• Cataloging Norms IG
• CMS Administration of Collection Management Interest Group
• CMS Collection Development Issues for the Practitioner IG
• CMS Collection Development Officers of Large Research Libraries IG
• CMS Collection Evaluation and Assessment Interest Group
• CMS Collection Management & Electronic Resources
• CMS Collection Management and Development in Public Libraries Interest Group
• Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries
• College and Research Libraries IG
• Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging
• Copy Cataloging IG
• Creative Ideas in Technical Services IG
• Electronic Resources IG
• Faceted Subject Access IG
• FRBR IG
• Heads of Cataloging Departments IG
• MARC Formats Interest Group
• Metadata IG
• New Member IG
• Newspaper IG
• Out of Print IG
• PARS Book and Paper IG
• PARS Digital Conversion IG
• PARS Digital Preservation IG
• PARS Intellectual Access to Preservation Metadata IG
• PARS Preservation Administration IG
• PARS Promoting Preservation IG
• Public Libraries Technical Services IG
• Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations IG
• Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services IG
• Scholarly Communication Interest Group
• Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries IG
• Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries IG
• Technical Services Workflow Efficiency IG