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RSS Committee Volunteer Online Form

Full Name: ALA Membership No.: Institution/Employer: Address: Address 2:
City:	State/Province:	Zip/Postal Code:
Country:	Phone:	Fax:
E-mail Address:

What opportunities are you interested in?

Committee descriptions

Catalog Use

Cooperative Reference Services.

Education and Professional Development for Reference

Evaluation of Reference and User Services

Executive

Library Services to an Aging Population

Library Services to the Spanish Speaking

Management of Reference

Marketing and Public Relations for Reference Services

Nominating

Organization and Planning

Research and Statistics

Services to Adults

User Education and Information Literacy

Virtual Reference Services (joint committee with MARS)

Web Advisory

You may cut and paste from above list and place in following text box. If you wish to serve where most needed, having no strong preference, please indicate your desire as such.
COMMITTEE PREFERENCES: (Indicate committees in which you are particularly interested; note also if you have attended any meetings of these committees.)

Discussion group descriptions

Ethical and Legal Issues in Reference

Hot Topics in Frontline Reference

Performance Issues for Reference and Information Librarians

Reference Services in Large Research Libraries

Reference Services in Public Libraries

Reference Services in Small & Medium-Sized Research Libraries

You may cut and paste from above list and place in following text box. If you wish to serve where most needed, having no strong preference, please indicate your desire as such.
DISCUSSION GROUPS: (Indicate discussion groups in which you are particularly interested; note also if you have attended any meetings of these groups.)

What are your qualifications and interests?

PREVIOUS INVOLVEMENT: (Indicate previous committee or discussion group assignments within ALA, RUSA, and other state and regional organizations.)

INTEREST IN COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: (Briefly indicate relevant experience and interests.)

Some committees have appointments as an intern, which allows for an extra committee member. Interns are RUSA members who have never served on any RUSA committees. Would you be willing to serve as an intern for one year, with full committee membership and privileges if you cannot be appointed as a full member of a RSS Committee? Interns are eligible for appointment as full committee members, after their internship year.

Yes No

Do you need a virtual appointment? Unlike traditional appointments, virtual appointments do not require travel to conference.

Yes No

Are you willing to work on a virtual committee, even if you plan to travel to ALA conferences?

Yes No

What happens after you submit this form?

Committee appointments are usually made following the Midwinter Meeting, so please be patient if you have filled out a form in the fall.

All committee appointments are made by the Vice Chair of the Reference Services Section.

Committee appointments will be completed by April.

Contact the current Vice Chair if you have any additional questions about the volunteer process.

Thank you for your interest in the RUSA's Reference Services Section. We value for commitment, and dedication to our section!

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Last Revised: May 19, 2008