All Sessions

ALA Executive Committee and others meet to review Council agenda and script prior to each Council meeting.

Evaluation of children's books and compilation of the 2012 Notable Children's Books list.

Meeting of the policy-making body of ALA.

Charge: To serve as the ALA representative of rare book, manuscript, and other special collections librarians and curators in all matters involving standards for providing intellectual access to and bibliographic description of those collections; to provide a centralized forum for discussion of issues relating to special collections technical processing, such as description, cataloging, and provision of intellectual access; to propose and/or develop necessary tools to support these activities; to develop ALA positions on, and provide a continuing review of, bibliographic standards for special collections;