The Recruitment and Involvement Committee is responsible for recruiting new AALL members to join CS-SIS and coordinating activities for current members. Per the 2011 Strategic Plan, it aids in executing Strategic Direction V: Strengthen Membership and Leadership.

The Recruitment Committee is chaired by a member of the CS-SIS.

Led by its chair, the committee:

• coordinates CS-SIS presence at the CONELL Marketplace; this may involve:
• selecting and ordering promotional items
• setting up a table with our brochure, promotional items, a list of CS programs, invitation to attend CS events such as Karaoke night and Bloggers Get Together
• greeting CONELL attendees and encouraging them to join CS-SIS
• encouraging new members and CONELL attendees to attend the annual joint (Alphabet Soup) reception, encouraging established members to invite and accompany them
• video recording CONELL members who wish to introduce themselves and working with the Communications Committee or Archives Subcomittee to place recordings on the website
• coordinates CS-SIS display for the Activities Table in the Exhibit Hall; this may involve:
• selecting and ordering promotional items
• setting up a table with our brochure, promotional items, a list of CS programs, invitation to attend CS events such as Karaoke night and Bloggers get together
• encourages involvement with mentoring opportunities within AALL and CS-SIS
• solicits volunteers for committees and works with CS-SIS chair to make committee assignments.  With committee chairs, notifies volunteers of appointments
• contacts non-member participants of CS events, such as a Web 2.0 Challenge, and encourages them to join
• works with the CS SIS secretary to identify new SIS members, encouraging participation in the SIS early in their careers

The chair:

• recommends a new (<4 year) member of the profession to serve on the Program Planning Committee
  
• reports briefly on the committee's activities at the CS-SIS business meeting.
• submits a written report to the CS-SIS Chair detailing the committee's activities according to the deadline set by the Chair each year; sends a copy of the report to the Secretary / Treasurer