BYLAWS COMMITTEE

STATUS: Standing Committee
CHAIR: Gretchen Stephen (6/2000-5/2001)
COMMITTEE CHARGE:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE

STATUS: Standing Committee
CHAIR: Victoria T. Kok (6/2000-5/2001)
COMMITTEE CHARGE: The VMLS/MLA International Relations Committee will take a leadership role in fostering cooperation in the area of resource and information sharing among the animal health and welfare libraries around the world to support the informational needs of the animal health and welfare communities.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Trenton Boyd, Norma Bruce, Vicki Croft

PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE

STATUS: Standing Committee
CHAIR: Susanne Whitaker (6/2000-5/2001)
COMMITTEE CHARGE: To serve as a public relations and information source about the Section's activities. To serve as the Section's liaison to the American Veterinary Medical Association and other organizations in providing information and coordinating projects. To develop guidelines and policies for regulating and providing standards in establishing displays and exhibits at organizational meetings.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Trenton Boyd, Sue Loubiere, , Ann Viera

RURAL DATIFICATION STUDY COMMITTEE

STATUS: Ad Hoc
CHAIR: Norma F. Funkhouser (6/2000-5/2001)
COMMITTEE CHARGE:Continues to collect information about the rural datafication project. Prepares an article for the Spring or Fall 1995 issue of the Section's newsletter to inform Section members about the project and provide implications for veterinary medical libraries and suggestions for disseminating information to veterinary practitioners. Committee's annual report should include Committee's recommendation on whether or not efforts should continue related to the projects, and provide suggestions for further Section activity if reccomendation is on the affirmative.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Leslie Behm, Barbara Hamel, Mitsuko Williams.

SURVEY COMMITTEE

STATUS: Standing Committee
CHAIR: Victoria Kok (6/2000-5/2001)
COMMITTEE CHARGE: The Survey Committee shall triennially compile data on veterinary medical school libraries in the United States and Canada via a survey or other appropriate data collection method and shall maintain and disseminate the data to Section members and other interested parties. This charge was "amended" at the Section's 1992 Annual Meeting with members voting that the Committee conducts a brief survey of "critical" data every year, with an extensive survey every three years.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: JoAnne Boorkman, Livija Carlson,  Gayle Willard.

UNION LIST COMMITTEE

STATUS: Standing Committee
CHAIR: Esther Carrigan (6/2000-5/2001)
COMMITTEE CHARGE: To work toward the publication of a third, electronic edition of Veterinary Serials, a Union List
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Leslie Behm, Trenton Boyd, Vicki Croft,  Ann Viera

VETERINARY SERIALS COMMITTEE

STATUS: Standing Committee
CHAIR: Trenton Boyd (6/2000-5/2001)
COMMITTEE CHARGE: The Veterinary Serials Committee shall maintain, update and publish the Basic List of Veterinary Medical Serials on a regular basis; shall, provided no similar publication is available, notify members of veterinary serials changes (new titles, title changes, cessations, etc) on a regular basis; shall identify and report serial-related issues of interest to Section and, upon request, express Section concerns on such issues to appropriate individuals and/or organizations; and shall work with organizations to provide veterinary libraries with copies of their publications.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Esther Carrigan,

ARCHIVIST

Gretchen Stephen
 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

2004/2005: Chair, Adam Glazer (National Library of Medicine)
                   Members: Trenton Boyd (University of Missouri), William Wiese (Iowa State University),