KEY ACTIONS FROM ALCTS ANNUAL BOARD MEETINGS IN TORONTO

Following are the key actions, in summary form, taken by the ALCTS Board of Directors during the 2003 ALA Annual Meeting in Toronto. Routine actions, such as adopting agendas and approving minutes, are not included.

• Approved the budget for fiscal year 2004.
• Approved co-sponsorship of a forum on education topics at Midwinter 2004, along with the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Library of Congress, and OCLC.
• Endorsed the Publications Committee's recommendation that Guide to Licensing and Acquiring Electronic Information be published with a non-ALA publishing house.
• Adopted the Publication Committee's recommended ALCTS Website Policy.
• Adopted the Fundraising Committee's proposed giving levels and benefits of sponsorship.
• Approved the International Relations Committee's recommendations for funding for travel to IFLA for eleven members who represent ALCTS on IFLA committees.
• Changed the following four ALCTS committees to juries: ALCTS Blackwell's Scholarship Award, Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award, Best of LRTS Award, Esther J. Piercy Award.
• Moved that the ALCTS Library Materials Price Index Committee be made a subcommittee of the ALCTS Publications Committee.
• Moved that the following seven ALCTS committees be dissolved as committees (with the understanding that they may be reconstituted as either discussion groups or interest groups): Catalog Form and Function, Commercial Technical Services, Legislation, Media Resources, Networked Resources and Metadata, Publisher/Vendor-Library Relations, and Research and Statistics.
• Moved that the ALCTS Board be constituted as follows, upon approval of a bylaws change:
  • Elected Board members -President, President-Elect, Past-President, Division Councilor, Directors-at-Large (3)
  • Elected ex-officio Board members-chairs of the five sections (AS, CCS, CMDS, PARS, SS) and CRG
  • Appointed ex-officio Board members (voting)-Chairs of Budget & Finance, Organization & Bylaws, and Planning Committees
  • Appointed ex-officio Board members (non-voting)-Executive Director, Newsletter Editor.
  • Voting members: 16; Non-voting members: 2.
• Moved that the following individuals be identified as officers of the association, upon approval of a bylaws change: President, President-Elect, Past-President.
• Approved a memorial resolution for Ellen C. Rappaport.
• Approved a slate of two symposia for the 2004 Midwinter meeting, and three pre-conferences and eighteen programs for the 2004 Annual conference.