The ALCTS Board met twice during the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting, on Friday, February 9, 1:00–5:00 p.m., and Monday, February 12, 1:00–5:30 p.m. The Board’s action items and decisions follow.
Action Items
- Adopted the Agenda and convened the 2018 Midwinter Meeting of the ALCTS Board
- Adopted the Consent Agenda
- Voted that the ALCTS Board meeting continue on Monday, January 12, 2018
- Approved the preliminary fiscal year 2019 budget
- Accepted the final report of the fiscal year 2017 budget
- Approved that the Program Committee be continued for the next five years
- Approved that the Standards Committee be continued for the next five years
- Approved that the Technical Services Workflow Efficiency Interest Group be continued for the next five years
- Approved that the Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries Interest Group be continued for the next five years
- Voted to adjourn until the Annual Conference in New Orleans, June 22, 2018
Consent Agenda
The following actions were taken by a single vote:
- To confirm the vote taken via email during November 2017, the ALCTS Board adopted the Terms of Reference for the North American RDA Committee (NARDAC), effective January 1, 2018.
- To confirm the vote taken via email during December 2017, the ALCTS Board approved the ALCTS Advocacy and Policy Committee comments on the interpretation draft to the Library Bill of Rights created by the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee and directed the ALCTS President to submit the comments to the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee on behalf of ALCTS.
- To confirm the vote taken via email during January 2018, the ALCTS Board adopted the updated Terms of Reference for the North American RDA Committee (NARDAC).
- To confirm the vote taken via email during January 2018, the ALCTS Board approved the nominations of Kathy Glennan to a one-year term as an ALA representative to NARDAC beginning January 2018, without eligibility for reappointment, and Dominique Bourassa to a three-year term as an ALA representative to NARDAC beginning January 2018, with eligibility for reappointment to a second three-year term.
- To confirm the vote taken via email during January 2018, the ALCTS Board approved the re-nominations of Michele Zwierski as an ALA representative to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) Editorial Policy Committee (EPC) for the term January 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2020, with eligibility for two additional term renewals and of Jonathan Furner as an ALA representative to the EPC for the term January 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2020, without eligibility for a term renewal.
- To confirm the vote taken via email during February 2018, the ALCTS Board approved the comments regarding the draft of ISO 30401: Knowledge Management, and resolved to forward them to the ISO committee.
- To confirm the vote taken via email during February 2018, the ALCTS Board approved Memorial Resolution Honoring Eugene (Gene) Dickerson.
- To confirm the vote taken via email during January 2018, the ALCTS Board approved the slate of candidates for the 2018 election.
- To confirm the vote taken via email during January 2018, the ALCTS Board approved the list of ALCTS award recipients for 2018.
- To adopt the minutes for the meeting, in two sessions, of the ALCTS Board of Directors at the 2017 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.
- To accept the fiscal year 2018 December budget report in two parts, narrative and financials.
- To accept the Administrative Report of the Executive Director dated February 2, 2018.
- To adopt the ALCTS Conflict of Interest Statement of January 3, 1990.
- To accept the Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS) Editor’s report dated February 2018.
