ALA Committee on Legislation (COL)
Charge
To have full responsibility for the association's total legislative program on all levels: federal, state, and local. To recommend legislative policy and programs for council approval and to take the necessary steps for implementation. To protest any legislative or executive policy adversely affecting libraries. To seek rulings and interpretations of laws and regulations affecting the welfare and development of libraries. To represent the ALA before the executive and legislative branches of government as required at all levels. To provide a forum within ALA to gather information about needed legislation and to keep all units of the association informed of the ALA legislative programs. To direct the activities of all units of the association in matters relating to legislation.
Roster
Eva D. Poole
(Chair,
July 1, 2011, to
August 31, 2013)
Patricia B. Ball
(Member,
November 21, 2011, to
August 31, 2012)
Holly Clark Carroll
(Member,
November 21, 2011, to
August 31, 2012)
Diedre Conkling
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
June 30, 2013)
Richard L. Huffine
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
June 30, 2012)
Scott A. Hughes
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
August 31, 2013)
Lesliediana Jones
(Member,
July 1, 2010, to
August 31, 2012)
Jonathan Cleveland Kinloch
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
August 31, 2013)
Nancy Carol Kranich
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
August 31, 2013)
Charles E. Kratz, Jr.
(Member,
July 1, 2010, to
August 31, 2012)
Robert Randolph Newlen
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
August 31, 2013)
Joan Ress Reeves
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
August 31, 2013)
Doc Roth
(Member,
July 1, 2010, to
August 31, 2012)
Judith C. Russell
(Member,
July 1, 2010, to
August 31, 2012)
Duncan R. Stewart
(Member,
July 1, 2009, to
August 31, 2012)
Shawn Strecker
(Member,
July 1, 2010, to
August 31, 2012)
Catherine W. Wojewodzki
(Member,
July 1, 2010, to
August 31, 2012)
Vivian R. Wynn
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
June 30, 2013)
Ms. Courtney L. Young
(Member,
January 31, 2012, to
August 31, 2012)
Ms. Diane Gurman
(Intern,
July 1, 2010, to
August 31, 2012)
Elizabeth Marie Johns
(Intern,
July 1, 2011, to
June 30, 2013)
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Resources
Public Posts from ALA Connect
- ALA Advocates for Public Access to Federal Research at Brookings Institution Panel discussion
- Senate passes the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011
- Legislation Assembly Meeting
- COL Monday meeting
- COL Sunday Meeting
- COL Friday Business Mtg.
- COL / Legislation Assembly Joint Meeting
- Orphan Works Symposium
- New paper on orphan works from Berkeley
- National Library Legislative Day 2012 - Key Issues
Composition
To consist of ten members having staggered terms. Chairpersons are appointed annually. Each year the president-elect of ALA appoints the chair and new members to fill the staggered terms of about half of the COL membership.
