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.
Please note: Current committee minutes and agendas are accessible through ALA Institutional Repository (ALAIR). Committees are in the process of migrating historical agendas and minutes (pre-2020) may still be accessed via the “Conferences Agendas” link below.
- Committee Meeting Minutes and Agendas [via the ALAIR]
- Conference Agendas & Committee Meeting Minutes [Pre-2020]
- 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)
Types of Committees
- Bibliographic Standards Committee
- Budget and Development Committee
- Conference Development Committee
- Controlled Vocabularies Editorial Group
- Diversity Committee
- Executive Committee
- Exhibition Awards Committee
- Instruction and Outreach Committee
- Membership and Professional Development Committee
- Publications and Communications Committee
- Scholarships Committee
- Security Committee
- Seminars Committee
- Workshops Committee
- Web Team
- ALA Annual Program Planning Committee (formerly Conference Program Planning Committee, dissolved June 2023)
- Nominating Committee
- RBMS Conference Program Planning Committee
- RBMS Conference Local Arrangements Committee
- ACRL/RBMS Guidelines for Interlibrary and Exhibition Loan of Special Collections Materials Task Force
- Documentation Task Force (discharged July 2024)
- Task Force to Revise the ACRL Code of Ethics for Special Collections Librarians
- Task Force to Revise the Statement on Access to Research Materials in Archives and Special Collections Libraries
- Descriptive Cataloging for Rare Materials Task Force
- Task Force on the Development of Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy (discharged Summer 2017)
- Task Force on the Development of Standardized Holdings Counts and Measures for Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries
- Task Force on the Development of Standardized Statistical Measures for the Public Services of Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries (discharged June 2017)
- Task Force to Review Competencies for Special Collections Professionals (discharged June 2008; re-charged June 2013)
- Task Force to Review Guidelines on the Selection and Transfer of Materials from General Collections to Special Collections discharged June 2008; re-charged June 2013)
- Metrics and Assessment (discharged June 2013)
- ALA/SAA Joint Statement on Access Review
- Guidelines for the Digitization of Special Collections (discharged June 2009)
* Note: RBMS Committees formerly designated as “ad hoc” are now designated as “task forces” in keeping with current ACRL terminology.
