RBMS Committees

RBMS is governed by an Executive Committee whose officers are elected annually from the current membership. The Executive Committee coordinates the work of several Standing and Ad Hoc Committees as well as Discussion Groups whose functions support various aspects of the RBMS Mission.

• Standing Committees
• Recurring Ad Hoc Committees
• Task Force Committees
• Discussion Groups
• Liaisons to Other Groups

• Conference Agendas & Minutes
• Current and Complete Committee Roster
• Information for Chairs of Committees, Task Forces, and Discussion Groups
• Committee Service Interest Form - Would you like to serve on an RBMS committee? Let the officers know!
• RBMS Manual (describes RBMS committee structures and charges)

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Standing Committees

• Bibliographic Standards Committee
• Budget and Development Committee
• Conference Development Committee
• Diversity Committee
• Executive Committee
• Exhibition Awards Committee
• Membership and Professional Development Committee
• Newsletter
• Publications Committee
• Regional Workshops Committee
• Scholarships Committee
  
• Security Committee
• Seminars Committee
• Web Team

Recurring Ad Hoc Committees

• Conference Program Planning Committee
• Nominating Committee
• Preconference Program Planning Committee
• Preconference Local Arrangements Committee

Task Force* Committees

• Metrics and Assessment
• ALA/SAA Joint Statement on Access Review (Task Force*)
• Core Competencies in Special Collections Librarianship (discharged June 2008)
• Transfer Guidelines for General Collection Materials (discharged June 2008)
• Guidelines for the Digitization of Special Collections (discharged June 2009)
• ACRL/RBMS Guidelines for Borrowing and Lending Special Collections Materials Task Force (discharged June 2011)

Discussion Groups

• Collection Development
• Curators and Conservators
• Manuscripts and Other Formats
• Technical Services Discussion Group
• Public Services Discussion Group

Liaisons to Other Groups

• ACRL Board
• ACRL Budget & Finance
• ACRL Membership
• ACRL Professional Development
• ACRL Publications
• GODORT & MAGERT
• IFLA
• PARS
• SHARP

* Note: RBMS Committees formerly designated as "ad hoc" are now designated as "task forces" in keeping with current ACRL terminology.