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AMERICAN LIBRARIES ADVISORY (standing)


History: Established in July, 1975, as a standing committee COMPRISED OF SEVEN MEMBERS representative of the various interests within the Association, to be appointed by the President-Elect of ALA with the advice and consent of the editor of American Libraries. Charge revised June, 1995, by ALA Council.

Charge: To review and recommend editorial policies for American Libraries and to provide oversight for the implementation of those policies. To communicate with and operate within the frameworks established by the ALA Publishing Committee. To serve as a channel for member communication regarding the scope and coverage of American Libraries.

Chair:
Barbara Immroth, Chair, 2003-2004; Member, 2002-2004, University of Texas at Austin 
 
Members:
Skip Auld, 2003-2005, Chesterfield County Public Library, VA
Hector Escobar, 2003-2005, University of Notre Dame, IN
Charles R. Lord, 2002-2004, University of Washington Tacoma Library, WA
Marcia G. Schneider, 2000-2004, San Francisco Public Library, CA
Troy Swanson, 2003-2005, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
Germaine Williams, 2003-2005, New Orleans Public Library, LA

Interns:
Phara Bayonne, 2003-2005, Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
Laura Sutherland, 2002-2004, New York Public Library, NY

Staff Liaison:
Leonard Kniffel, lkniffel@ala.org

 

For information on American Libraries, click here.

  


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