ORGANIZATION

Mission Statement
It is the mission of the African American Studies Librarians Section to study librarianship and collection development as it progresses and relates to African American Studies collections; to conduct ongoing evaluation and discussion of research in African American Studies; to focus on resource sharing, archival materials, bibliographic control, retrospective collecting/purchasing, mechanized information, retrieval selection policies and procedures, oral history, and others as they relate to collection development and librarianship of African American Studies.

• About AFAS
• AFAS History:20th Anniversary Program [PDF]
  (Presentation by Dr. Stanton Biddle)
• AFAS Governance Procedures [PDF]
• AFAS Leadership
  (Executive Committee and Committee Chairs)
• Leadership Manual [PDF]
  (A guide to the organization, procedures, and policies of AFAS)
• AFAS Committees
  (Committee Charges, Chairs, and Rosters)
• African American Subject Funnel Project
  (The creation of new subject headings and the changing or updating of old subject headings relating to the African American experience.)