ALA and Council Committees
The deadline to submit volunteer applications has been extended to October 14, 2024 to be considered for 2025-2027 Committees Appointments (July 2025-June 2027)! Applications submitted after this date will be considered for the following term (July 2026-June 2028)
Volunteer today!
Go to the Committee Volunteer Form to submit your volunteer application! If you have any technical issues accessing or submitting the form, please reach out to our IT Help Desk at help@ala.org.
The following are designated standing ALA committees seeking volunteers:
Committees of the Association
ALA Committees: Appointments to committees of the Association are made by the ALA president-elect, who chairs and acts on the advice of the Committee on Appointments.
- Accreditation
- American Libraries Advisory
- Appointments
- Awards
- Bylaws
- Chapter Relations
- Code of Conduct
- Conference
- Diversity, Literacy & Outreach Services Advisory (Office for)
- Election
- Human Resource Development & Recruitment Advisory (Office for)
- Information Technology Advisory
- Information Technology Policy Advisory (Office for)
- Leadership Development Committee
- Literacy
- Membership
- Nominating
- Public & Cultural Programs Advisory
- Research & Statistics
- Rural, Native & Tribal Libraries of All Kinds
- Scholarship & Study Grants
Committees of Council
Council Committees: Appointments to committees of Council are made by the ALA president-elect, who chairs and acts on the advice of the Committee on Committees.
- Budget Analysis & Review Committee
- Committee on Committees
- Committee on Diversity
- Committee on Education
- Committee on Legislation
- Committee on Library Advocacy
- Committee on Organization
- Committee on Professional Ethics
- Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship
- Council Training & Engagement Committee
- Intellectual Freedom Committee
- International Relations Committee
- Policy Monitoring Committee
- Public Awareness Committee
- Publishing Committee
- Resolutions Committee
- Sustainability Committee
