ALTAFF Committees
ALTAFF members may serve on a variety of division level committees. If you would like to serve on a committee, please email sreed@ala.org to express your interest.
ALTAFF group members are not ALA members, and therefore cannot serve on committees. If you are currently an ALTAFF group member and wish purchase ALA/ALTAFF membership, please email altaff@ala.org.
Annual Conference Program Committee
To develop, coordinate and implement programs sponsored by ALTAFF at Annual Conferences that specifically address, both collectively and separately, the issues and concerns of library Trustees, Friends of Libraries and Library Foundations; to receive conference program requests and review them for adherence to established procedures, elimination of duplications, and budgets. To submit program requests along with the committee’s recommendations to the ALTAFF Board for approval.
Legislation, Advocacy & Intellecual Freedom Committee
To work closely with the ALA’s Office for Library Advocacy, Washington Office, and Office of Intellectual Freedom to identify and encourage library advocates and ALTAFF member response to library legislation and issues of intellectual freedom. To promote national legislative action as needed on the ALTAFF list-serve; to write appropriate articles and press releases for ALTAFF newsletter and website; to advise the Annual Conference Program Committee on appropriate programs for legislation, intellectual freedom, and advocacy – especially those that are co-sponsorship opportunities with the Office for Library Advocacy, the Office for Intellectual Freedom, and other ALA Divisions and Units as appropriate.
Newsletter & Website Advisory Committee
To monitor the ALTAFF website and newsletter, The Voice, for quality of content and design; to solicit articles of interest to membership; to make recommendations to ALTAFF staff for website development and use; and newsletter content and structure.
Nominating Committee
To promote and publicize leadership opportunities in ALTAFF. To prepare an ALTAFF slate for the positions of President-Elect, Secretary-Treasurer; Division Councilor; one At-Large Trustee section member; one At-Large Friend section member; and one At-Large Foundation section member for ALTAFF Board approval and inclusion in the ALA election ballot. To recommend to the Board three At-Large Corporate Friends section members to place on the ballot as a slate of three for membership to the Board.
PLA Conference Program Committee
To develop and submit programs to the PLA National Conference Committee that will specifically address the issues and concerns of library Trustees, Friends and Foundations; to implement such programs upon PLA approval and acceptance of these submittals. These committee members serve a two-year term.
ALTAFF Leaders Orientation Committee
To design an Annual Conference program for all incoming ALTAFF leader volunteers that will assist them in their work on behalf of ALTAFF and further their understanding of the ALTAFF division and its policies and procedures.
Awards Committee
To assess and recommend to the board winners of various awards and grants issued by ALTAFF throughout the year.
ALTAFF members may access the roster of ALTAFF committee members in PDF format. If you are a member of a committee you can interact with other members of your committee in ALAConnect.
