Committees/Task Forces
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A number of committees and task forces appointed by the CLA President are organized to address issues that affect the whole CLA organization and membership. Committee member composition seeks to balance representation by type of library, experience relevant to committee's charge, new and veteran CLA members, ethnicity and gender. A few committees require that members be from the Assembly.
Committees
- Beatty Award - Responsible for evaluating eligible books and selecting the winner of the John and Patricia Beatty Award.
- Begun Scholarship - Responsible for awarding a scholarship to support continuing library school students who have demonstrated a commitment to becoming children's or young adult librarians in a California public library.
- California Young Reader Medal - Representatives from four organizations (CLA, CSLA, CATE, CRA) sponsor the California Young Reader Medal which is awarded "to encourage California young readers to enjoy the recreational reading of good literature, and to honor favorite authors and books."
- Conference Planning - Coordinates program and social activities for the CLA annual conference.
- Continuing Education - Identifies and develops the role of CLA in statewide continuing education, and plans workshops and programs for the annual conference.
- Cultural Diversity - Prepares specific recommendations about how the association can be more culturally responsive and sensitive.
- Finance - Recommends an annual budget for CLA and considers all matters of a financial nature that are referred to the committee.
- Fundraising and Development Committee - Develops and conducts an ongoing, sustainable, multi-pronged program to raise money, in the form of sponsorships, grants, fees, and bequests, for the continued support of the California Library Association.
- Intellectual Freedom - Creates an awareness of the issues of intellectual freedom, investigates any controversial issue, provides resources for handling problems and prepares recommendations.
- Legislative - Monitors California library-related legislation and directs the CLA lobbyist regarding support or opposition. Takes action, if needed, on legislation that impacts the association's ability to serve its members. Informs the executive committee at each meeting about legislative activity. Informs the library community about legislative matters.
- Member of the Year Award/President's Award - Selects the recipients of the Member of the Year Award and the President's Award.
- Membership - Responsible for marketing membership, developing a plan for membership development and providing recruitment tools.
- Mentoring- Provides organization and implementation for the Mentor Protégé Project and for leadership development activities.
- Nominating - Proposes a list of candidates for the annual association elections.
- Organization and Bylaws - Reviews the duties of officers; reviews the formation, charges and dissolution of committees, sections, round tables and other components of CLA. Makes recommendations for any needed revisions in the CLA Bylaws.
- Public Relations and Information - Manages the annual PR Excellence Award.
- Publications - Provides standards, guidelines, procedures and consistency to the CLA magazine. Suggests themes and identifies potential authors. Provides consultation to the editor as needed.
- Reference Service Press Fellowship - Solicits applications from students pursuing a library masters degree and intending to study reference/information services and selects a winner.
- Scholarship - Solicits applications from minority students pursuing a library masters degree and chooses recipients for the CLA Scholarship for Minority Students in Memory of Edna Yelland.