Five members, including the two most recent Past Presidents, each serving as Chair of the Committee in his/her second year, the President-Elect, and the Chairs of the Chapter and Division Cabinet.  The Past Presidents serve 2 year terms and the President-Elect and Chairs of the Chapter and Division Cabinet serve 1 year terms. 

The Committee shall:

1. Recommend to the Board of Directors a program for Association-wide awards & honors, 
   
2. review and recommend to the Conference Committee changes to the recognition ceremony and the promotion of the awards and the recipients.
   
3. elect according to the criteria stated for each award and report to the Board of Directors the recipients of the SLA Professional Award, the SLA Hall of Fame Award, the SLA John Cotton Dana Award, the SLA Presidential Citation, the Dow Jones Leadership Award, the Rose L. Vormelker Award, the Lexis Nexis Innovations in Technology Award, the SLA Member Achievement Award and the recipients of the designation Fellow of SLA;
   
4. report to the Board of Directors the recipients of Association-wide awards or honors selected by other Association committees;
   
5. coordinate those activities of any Association committee relating to SLA's Association-Wide Awards & Honors Program, and;
   
6. recommend to the Board of Directors the recipients of honorary membership in SLA. 

(The Director, Public Relations is an ex-officio member of the Committee and the Association Office contact.) Committee definition revised June 2007-- Board Document A07-27.

H.W. Wilson Company Award

Five members, appointed for overlapping terms of two years each, with not more than three from library or information science school faculties.

The Committee shall:

1. Select and report the recipient(s) of the H.W. Wilson Company Award to the Awards & Honors Committee, and
2. Coordinate its activities to promote the Award and select Award recipients with the Awards & Honors Committee.

(Association Office contact is the Director, Public Relations) Definition adopted June 1998 -- Board Documents A98-64 and A98-67.

Three members appointed for overlapping terms of two years each, with the Chair having served as a member of the Committee the previous year.

The Committee shall:

1. Select and report the recipient(s) of the Innovations In Technology Award to the Awards & Honors Committee, and 
2. Coordinate its activities to promote the Award, solicit Award nominations, and select Award recipients with the Awards & Honors Committee.

    (Association Office contact is the Director, Public Relations) Definition adopted June 1998 -- Board Document A98-68.