PROPOSED - RESOLUTION 2025-05 THE REINSTATEMENT OF NLS COMMITTEES

RESOLUTION 2025-05 THE REINSTATEMENT OF NLS COMMITTEES

THE REINSTATEMENT OF NLS COMMITTEES

Submitted by Library Users of America

WHEREAS, the National Library Service (NLS) has a history of engaging with its users through surveys, at consumer conventions, and using internet meetings; and

WHEREAS, beginning around 2018, NLS reduced these interactions by discontinuing in-person committee meetings which focused on Collection Development and technical issues, and which included representatives from consumer organizations, librarians, and selected library patrons; and

WHEREAS, these formal committees facilitated the sharing of new initiatives and provided a platform for patrons and librarians from across the country to raise issues;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the American council of the blind in convention assembled virtually this XX day of June that we join with Library Users of America (LUA) in strongly urging NLS to resume using this effective committee approach; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that while in-person meetings are preferred, virtual or hybrid meetings can be considered ; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that NLS be requested to report back to ACB and Lua at the ACB Convention in 2026 on decisions made in response to this resolution.

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