Association For Library Collections And Technical Services
The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) is a division of the American Library Association (ALA). This division strives to be the premier authority within librarianship in the areas of technical services (acquisitions, cataloging and classification, and continuing resources), collection management and development, and preservation and reformatting. The membership of ALCTS represents over forty countries, and it comprises nearly 5,000 librarians, library support staff, students of library and information science, and commercial vendors whose professional interests lie within these areas of practice. Membership in ALCTS requires membership in the ALA. ALCTS meets the needs of its members through educational programming, publications, professional development opportunities and information exchange. ALCTS also promotes and has significant input into the development of standards and best practices within its focus areas, e.g., NISO standards, cataloging rules.
The current executive director of ALCTS is Charles Wilt.
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