AFAS Committees

To volunteer for an AFAS Committee (you will need ALA login and password)

Conference Program Planning

Chair
Email:

Identifies appropriate topics for conference programs and plans program activities, locations, and participants for the Annual conference. This committee coordinates Section participation in coalition programming. Committee Roster

Cataloging Issues Discussion Group

Elaine Westbrooks, Convener
Email: ewestbrooks2@unl.edu

To provide a forum for the discussion of bibliographic and subject access to African American resources. To serve as a channel/clearinghouse to submit proposals to the Library of Congress for the enhancement of bibliographic records and authority files. To coordinate AFAS participation in the Library of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloging.
 [ Subject Access to African American Studies Resources in Online Catalogs: Issues and Answers by Doris Clack, a journal article appearing in Cataloging and Classification Quarterly]
Discussion Group Information

Membership

Allison M. Sutton, Chair
Email: asutton@uiuc.edu

Coordinates recruitment and retention activities. Sends letters to new members and individuals who have dropped their membership, encourages participation in AFAS activities, serves as liaison between ACRL/ALA membership committees and their section. Committee Roster

Nominating

Carmelita Pickett, Chair
Email: CPickett@lib-gw.tamu.edu

Recommends a slate of candidates for AFAS elections. Committee Roster

Publications

Heather Martin, Chair
Email: hmartin@uab.edu

Produces the AFAS newsletter, a section brochure, maintains and updates the content of the AFAS web page and social networking applications (facebook and wiki). Committee Roster

Research and Policy

Akilah Nosakhere, Chair
Email: Akilah.nosakhere@fultoncountyga.gov

Identifies needed research, encourages collaboration in research, facilitate the acquisition of skills related to research and publishing, and promote an awareness of existing and ongoing research related or applicable to African American Studies librarianship and resources. Oversees ongoing work on the core list of books for African American Studies. Committee Roster