Bibliographic & Cataloging Standards—provides a forum for member library cataloging staff to share information about functionality and best practices; serves as a sounding board for solutions to cataloging issues; and reviews and makes recommendations concerning cataloging policy and procedures.
Circulation & Resource Sharing—provides a forum for member library circulation staff to share information about functionality and best practices; serves as a sounding board for solutions to circulation issues; and reviews and makes recommendations concerning circulation policy and procedures.
Finance & Policy—reviews and makes recommendations concerning the fee formula, SHARE budget, and policies pertaining to SHARE. This committee will also be the nominating committee.
E-Resources—develops policies and guidelines as needed; guides collection development; and develops approves appropriate fees needed to support consortial e-resource acquisitions; works with the Bibliographic Standards committee to develop policies and guidelines for the addition of bibliographic records for e-resources to the integrated library system; works with appropriate committees to address issues related to the inclusion of local library e-resources in the shared automation system.
The committees are open to volunteers and each chair is elected to their term by votes of the committee members. The chair of each committee is elected for a two-year term, with two consecutive term limits. The chair of each committee will serve on the Executive Council as part of the commitment of being a chair. Only SHARE full member libraries are eligible to be a committee chair. All committees, including ad hoc, report to the SHARE Executive Council.
Committee volunteers are expected to attend meetings. Each committee has set standards of attendance at regularly scheduled meetings. If this expectation is not met, the president or chair could request a resignation or replace the volunteer.
- SHARE Executive Council - 2/3 of regularly scheduled meetings.
- SHARE Bibliographic & Cataloging Standards Committee - 75% of regularly scheduled meetings over a 2-year period.
- SHARE Circulation & Resource Sharing Committee - 75% of regularly scheduled meetings.
- SHARE Finance & Policy Committee - 2/3 of regularly scheduled meetings.
Ad hoc committees may be formed at the discretion of the SHARE Executive Council President.
Adopted 09/17/2012
Amended 12/04/2019