June
Newly elected vice-chair/chair-elect receives written notification from ACRL about election results approximately one week prior to Annual Conference.

Term as vice-chair/chair-elect begins following the Annual Conference. However, it is beneficial for the vice-chair to attend the following meetings of the Annual Conference that precedes their term as vice-chair: ACRL Leadership Orientation, DLS Executive Committee and section meetings, and ACRL Sections Council meeting.

Fall
Submit letter regarding available appointments to chair of the Communications Committee for inclusion in fall issue of the DLS Newsletter.

Receive information from ACRL Office on making appointments. Begin appointment process. Contact standing committee chairs for committee needs and names of potential committee members. Appoint Conference Program Planning Committee for year vice-chair will be chair.

Will receive information from ACRL about budgets for the coming year. "Basic service" funding is based on section membership as of August 31 (the last day of the ACRL Budget year). On a rotating basis with other ACRL sections, the section has opportunities to apply for funds for the section manual or a section brochure. As of FY 1996, ACRL is automatically providing funding for 2 eight-page newsletters. ACRL will also send information on applying for "Initiative Funds": "for the purpose of implementing projects that are leading-edge, that will bring about change and enhance the profession of academic librarianship". (For further information on ACRL budgeting, see ACRL Guide to Policies and Procedures, Chapter 6.)

Midwinter Conference
Attend ACRL Planning Session, ACRL Sections Council meeting, and DLS Executive Committee meetings.

Solicit nominations for committee assignments from Executive Committee members.

February
Notify ACRL Deputy Director and Executive Committee members of committee appointments.

Send new and renewing committee members the Appointment Acceptance form. For all new chairs include Checklist of Chair Responsibilities (page 4-4) and Calendar for Committee Chairs (page 4-5).

March
Appointment Acceptance forms due in ACRL office. (A suggestion: have appointees return Appointment Acceptance form to vice-chair, who then forwards them to ACRL en masse. This allows the vice-chair to be aware of forms submitted and those still outstanding.) Subsequently, the vice-chair sends copies of completed Appointment Acceptance forms to each chair and prepares a roster for the Executive Committee.

May
Review for needed changes and corrections the ALA Handbook copy prepared by ACRL office and sent to section chair and vice-chair.

Annual Conference
Attend ACRL Leadership Orientation, ACRL Planning Session, and ACRL Sections Council meeting.

Attend section Executive Committee meetings and section's Annual Meeting.

Verify Midwinter and Annual time slots with committee chairs. (Deadlines for notifying ACRL of these meeting times are in September and October).

Attend ACRL Program Planning Meeting with Conference Program Planning Committee chair.

Review with chair of the Conference Program Planning Committee the program proposal that is submitted to ACRL at the end of the conference.

YEAR TWO - Position: Chair

Immediately Following Annual Conference
Term of chair begins at close of final day of ALA Annual Conference.

July
Send final completed information on committee appointments to ACRL.

Remind section secretary/archivist-elect to submit all section minutes from the Annual Conference to ACRL. (ACRL lists this as the chair's responsibility, however DLS has assigned this responsibility to the secretary/archivist-elect.)

August
All requests for reimbursements by section members need to received in the ACRL office by August 15 for processing before the end of the ACRL budget year on August 31.

Send tentative Midwinter meeting schedule and letter of introduction to the chair of the Communications Committee for publication in fall DLS newsletter.

ACRL notifies section chair of approved budget for next fiscal year (September - August).

September
"Midwinter Conference Meeting Space Request Form" is due in ALA Conference Arrangements Office this month. Section chair is responsible for submitting forms for all section committees and the Discussion Group.

October
"Annual Conference Meeting Space Request Form" is due in the ALA Conference Arrangements Office this month. Section chair is responsible for submitting forms for all section committees, the Annual Conference program and the Discussion Group.

November
Remind chairs of standing committees that agendas are due to section chair, who sends them to ACRL.

December
Midwinter Conference schedule, notice of ACRL Board meeting and agenda sent to section chairs.

Send standing committee agendas for Midwinter Conference to ACRL.

Notify Executive Committee members of times, places, and agendas for Midwinter meeting.
Nominations for ACRL awards due December 1.

Midwinter Meeting
Chair section meetings. Attend ACRL Planning Session and ACRL Sections Council meeting. 

Serve as section liaison to the ACRL Board of Directors' meetings.

February
Strategic planning inventory due February 15, submitted by the chair of the Planning Committee.

Remind section secretary/archivist-elect to submit all section minutes from the Midwinter Conference to ACRL. (ACRL lists this as the chair's responsibility, however DLS has assigned this responsibility to the secretary/archivist-elect.)

May
As instructed by ACRL, chair submits brief report of section activities to the ACRL office. Reports will be compiled and distributed at the ACRL President's program at Annual Conference. Send a copy to the Executive Committee members.

Send section committee agendas for Annual Conference meetings to the ACRL office.

Notice of ACRL Board meeting and agenda sent to section chairs by ACRL office.

ALA Handbook copy prepared by ACRL office and sent to section chair and vice-chair.

Annual Conference
Attend ACRL Planning Session and ACRL Sections Council meeting.

Chair section's Executive Committee meetings and section's Annual Meeting.

Serve as section liaison to the ACRL Board of Directors meeting. (Currently the first ACRL Board Meeting is held Saturday afternoon, at the same time as the DLS program. Depending on the agenda of the Board Meeting, Chair, Vice-Chair or Past chair should determine if and who should attend.)

Section chair discusses with vice-chair the work and direction of the section and any specific responsibilities which have been assumed by committee members.

Remind Executive Committee members to submit Reimbursement Request form to chair by August 1.

At close of term, coordinates the review of the DLS Section Manual so that it remains a useful working document.

YEAR THREE - Position: Past chair

August
Based on review of DLS Section Manual completed at end of term as chair, coordinates with archivist revisions and distribution of revised pages to Executive Committee.

Midwinter Meeting
Attend section's Executive Committee meetings.

May be asked to represent ACRL Sections Council meeting.

Annual Conference
Attend section's Executive Committee meetings and section's Annual Meeting.

May be asked to represent the section at ACRL Sections Council meeting.

Attend ACRL Board meetings, if chair is unable to attend.

Plan and conduct an orientation session for new committee chairs.

Term as past chair ends at close of final day of ALA Annual Conference.