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Proposed Bylaws of the Law and Political Science Section

Editors Note: The following proposed bylaws will be voted on by LPSS members at the 1982 ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia.

Article I. Name

The name of this organization is the Law and Political Science Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Article II. Object

The Section shall represent librarians in the field of law and political science. It will act for ACRL in cooperation with other professional groups in regard to those aspects of library service that require special knowledge of law and political science.

Article III. Membership

Any member of ACRL may elect membership in the Section. Every personal member has the right to vote and is eligible to hold office.

Article IV. Meetings

The Section shall hold an annual meeting at the time and place of the Annual Conference of the American Library Association. Other meetingsmay be called at the discretion of the Executive Committee. Ten members constitute a quorum for any meeting of the Section.

Article V. Officers

Sec. 1. The officers of this Section shall be a chair, Vice-chair/chair-elect, a secretary and two members-at-large.

Sec. 2. All officers shall serve terms ending at the adjournment of the annual meeting. The chair-elect serves as vice-chair for one year. At expiration, or earlier in case of a vacancy in the office of chair, the chair-elect succeeds to the office of chair and serves until the expiration of the term for which elected. The secretary is elected for a term of two years. The members-atlarge are elected for two-year staggered terms. A vacancy in other offices shall be filled by election, except for secretary, which shall be filled by an appointment made by the chair.

Article VI. Committees

The Executive Committee shall consist of the elected officers. The Executive Committee shall serve as the Program Committee. The chair may appoint additional members to the Program Committee from the membership-at-large for one year. The chair may appoint committee chairmen for specific problems and projects which have been approved by the membership.

Article VII. Representative to other bodies

The Executive Committee may appoint and charge a representative of the Section to other sections or bodies, as appropriate.

Article VIII. Nominations and Elections

The Section chair shall appoint a Nominating Committee of at least three members and designate one member as chair. The Nominating Committee shall choose a slate of two candidates for each elective office. All nominees must be members of the Section and must consent to candidacy.

Elections shall be conducted by mail ballot. For each office, the candidate receiving a plurality of the votes cast shall be elected. Ties will be determined by vote of the Executive Committee.

Article IX. Amendments

Amendments to these Bylaws may be proposed in writing to the Executive Committee by a member or members of the Section. To become effective amendments must be approved by a vote of the membership.

Article X. General Provisions

Wherever these Bylaws make no specific provisions, the organization of and procedures in the Section shall correspond to those set forth in the ACRL Constitution and Bylaws.

Article XI. Temporary Provisions

These Bylaws shall take effect upon the adjournment of the meeting at which they are adopted. ■■

NEW UNITED METHODIST ARCHIVES CENTER

United Methodist leaders from across the United States gathered on November 21 at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, to lay the cornerstone of a building that will serve as the church’s archives center. The ceremony launched a national campaign to help pay for the $2.75 million national center, now more than halfway completed.

The holdings of the church’s General Commission on Archives and History will be moved to Drew from overcrowded facilities in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, this summer, and the new archives center is scheduled to open in the fall.

The center will provide 300,000 cubic feet of storage in a two-story underground vault—large enough to accommodate church documents well into the next century. A first floor conference room in mid-eighteenth century decor will contain books, statuettes, and implements associated with the founder of Methodism, John Wesley.

A library will occupy the upper floor, where the Methodist reference and research collections of the university and the general commission will be shelved together for the convenience of users.

Soon to provide free access to the public, the center is only one phase of a three-part, $14.6 million library complex now under construction at Drew. The project also includes the construction of a learning center and renovation of the 43- year-old Rose Memorial Library. ■■

With help from New York Bishop Roy C. Nichols (right) mason Louis Dessimone lays the cornerstone of the United Methodist Archives Center.Phil Degginger