ACRL Communities of Practice (CoP) Group Breakdown

 

ACRL Division-level Committees are created by the ACRL Board of Directors to do the work of the Board.  ACRL offers two additional communities of practice (CoP) for member engagement.

 

Communities of Practice

SECTIONS

INTEREST GROUPS

OVERVIEW

 ACRL sections develop committee, task force, and discussion group structures to provide programming, preconferences, discussion lists, recognition, as well as standards, guidelines, and other publications on their specialized topics. ACRL interest groups address new and evolving areas of interest in academic and research librarianship. They provide members with informal networks for exchanging ideas and problem-solving.

 

MEMBERSHIP

 Membership rosters maintained.
ACRL personal members may elect membership in any or all sections.

Paid section members are automatically subscribed to the section ALA Connect space. Non-members can create an ALA Connect account and join section ALA Connect spaces.		 Membership rosters are not maintained. 

ALA members can join 
interest group ALA Connect spaces. 

CREATION

 Created from Interest Groups that have maintained membership of 400+ for three years after first renewal. Created by petition signed by 75 ACRL members

 

CONTINUANCE

 Must maintain a membership level of 400 for continuance. (Sections which fall below 400 members for a consecutive 3-year period will dissolve or transition.)

Must petition for continuance every 3 years and maintain a membership of 75.

Must have 3 convener positions in place each year.

 

 

FUNDING

 Receive a basic service allowance of $1,000 for first 400 members plus .75 for each additional member above 400.


Receive a budget of $150 per year

 

SPONSOR ONSITE ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMS

 Yes

Yes

 

   MEETINGS / DISCUSSION FORUMS

 Can conduct virtual and/or face-to-face discussion forums and meetings Can conduct virtual and/or face-to-face discussion forums and meetings

ELECT OFFICERS

 Yes ,through ALA Ballot Select conveners using their own process.
OFFICER POSITIONS Chair, Vice-Chair, Past-Chair, Member-at-Large, Secretary/Archivist 
(Must have all positions each year in accordance with Governance Procedures)		 Convener, Incoming Convener, Past-Convener (Must have all 3 positions each year)

 

SUB GROUPS

 Can create committees, discussion groups, task forces and make appointments Can create informal working groups (but do not make formal appointments tracked through the ALA membership database)