MARS Publications Committee

Committee Charge

The charge of the MARS Publications Committee is "to provide advice and recommendations regarding Section documents and publications to MARS committees and the MARS Executive Committee, and to facilitate the publication process. Current roster.

Our Duties

Specific duties include interpreting the RUSA and ALA publications policies and establishing publications procedures within MARS. The Publications Committee also is involved in recruiting and screening candidates for the position of MARS Web Coordinator and "Messages from MARS" Editor/MARS-L Moderator, and advising them during their terms of office.The Committee recently completed a project which specifies the guidelines for developing a web-based document for the MARS web site. The Committee is currently developing a template for MARS committee home pages (basically following the setup of this page).

Meeting Minutes

• Midwinter Meeting 2008 - Philadelphia
• Annual Conference 2007 - Washington
• Midwinter Meeting 2007 - Seattle
• Annual Conference 2006 - New Orleans
• Annual Conference 2005 - Chicago
• Annual Conference 2002 - Atlanta
• Midwinter Meeting 2002 - New Orleans

Projects

• Communicating with MARS Web Coordinators ^{( Coming soon)}
• Web Site Survey and Analysis and the original Survey form

Publications

• Procedures for Publication of MARS Committee Documents
• RUSA/MARS Publication Proposal Form
• Web Document Style Guidelines

If you are interested in the work of this committee, please complete a RUSA Online Volunteer Form.