ALCTS met the needs of its members through educational programming, publications, professional development opportunities and information exchange.
These sections were joined by the Affiliate Relations Committee (ARC) which replaced the Council of Regional Groups (CRG) in 2011.
[6] The role of ARC was to maintain contact with groups similar to ALCTS that serve specific geographic regions, and they hosted an Affiliates Showcase at the ALA Annual conference.
ALCTS created and maintained a wide variety of publications that provided guidelines and policies for the work of its constituents; served as educational resources, and kept the membership informed of current developments and trends with the division and the profession.
[7] The guidelines and policy documents were often used in an advisory role for technical services, collection development, and preservation decisions.
[8] Each year, ALCTS honored people in librarianship working in acquisitions, continuing resources, cataloging, collection development, and preservation through more than a dozen awards.