The Open Group for Library History Reform is a new OPEN ALA Connect community for discussion of concerns and suggestions for improving advocacy within ALA and our communities for addressing Library History Reform in terms of gender and diversity issues. ALA conference committees and round...
To provide a forum for the discussion of common issues and concerns in children's collection development and maintenance.
This ALA Connect Space is designed to continue the conversation started on the ALCTS E-forum, Serials, Staffing and Workflow, held in the June 2011. Use this as a place to continue the conversation and share your documentation of workflows related to e-resources and serials.
To identify and promote useful qualitative and quantitative assessment measures that provide management information for the assessment of library collections both in the local setting and on the national and international level.. To promote better utilization of existing assessment measures...
Provides a forum for the discussion and analysis of issues related to the administration of collection management and development, including but not limited to budgeting and fund allocation, organization and staffing, collection development policies, collection analysis, preservation, and...
To address issues related to collection management of electronic resources, their funding, negotiation and license agreements, and selection policies; to consider the adjustments an electronic environment requires of collection developers; to act as section liaison with other groups dealing with...
Discussion of matters related to the preservation and continuing role of books, paper-based materials, and other tangible artifacts in collections. Discussion includes, but is not limited to, library binding, physical quality and treatment. Reports to the PARS Preservation Standards &...
Guide to Reference is a public community for networking and information-sharing in support of reference services in all types of libraries. Initiated by editors of ALA's subscription database Guide to Reference, this community encourages interaction with the editorial team, by suggesting...
Identifies the forces of change in the development and management of collections as they affect the individual selector, and as they contribute to the selector’s ability to address and manage these changes. To this end the committee will take such actions as presenting forums and programs,...
Provides a forum for discussion of and action on issues concerning the collection and management of cartographic materials and spatial data acquisition.