Directory Committee
Currently Inactive
Directory of Canadian Map Collections / Repertoire des collections Canadiennes de cartes, 7th/7e ed. Melissa S. A. Leitch.1999.
Terms of Reference:
- To create or revise the Directory of Map Collections in Canada, and to oversee the publication and distribution of this Directory.
Reporting Structure
- A Special Committee reporting to the Board of Directors through the Second Vice-President.
- First mentioned in the Minutes of the Board of Directors, August 8, 1979.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- When it is deemed necessary by the Association to create a new Directory or to revise the existing Directory, the Board shall appoint a Chair for the Directory Committee. The Chair may strike a Committee to assist.
- The Committee shall be responsible: for gathering the information necessary to create or to update the Directory; for collocating this information and for preparing a good draft for publication.
- The Committee shall oversee the selection of a printer, and the production of the final draft.
- The Committee shall report on its progress to the Board, through the Second Vice-President. The Committee shall submit a financial report and make recommendations appropriate to the financial success of the publication (such as appropriate size of print run and pricing). The Committee shall submit a final report after completion of the publication project, including a detailed financial statement and any recommendations necessary to assist the next Directory Committee in its work.