Planning and Development Committee

      The Vice-President/President-Elect and the Immediate Past
President serve on this committee, the latter serving as Board
liaison and reporter.

Purpose:    To serve as the overall strategic planning agency of
the Association.

Duties:     1.  To identify trends and issues of concern to
libraries and librarians in the Southeastern region.
            2.  To recommend a long-range plan to the SELA
Executive Board.
            3.  To identify additional sources of support for the
Association.
            4.  To collect strategic plans from member states.

History:
            This committee was established by the Executive Board
in 1958 as an outgrowth of the Resources Committee at the
recommendation of the Committee on Committees.  Its charge in
1969 was "to suggest to SELA its areas of concern and activity." 
At one point it was charged with the exploration of possible
sources of financial aid; at another it was to work closely with
the Legislative Committee so that needed legislation may be
enacted.  Its name was changed in 1991 from Library Development   
Committee to the Planning and Development Committee.