To facilitate EAST's growth, a standing Operations Committee (OC) was elected from the membership in Summer 2017. This Committee reports to the Executive Committee and is responsible for development, implementation, and operationalization of policies and procedures for EAST. Any policy or procedural recommendations from the OC require approval by the Executive Committee prior to implementation. The OC works closely with the EAST Project Team and may recommend the appointment of ad hoc Working Groups to address specific policy or procedural issues. The OC includes 6 – 9 members with representation from Monograph and Serials Retention Partners and Supporting Partner institutions as well as across the diversity of the EAST membership based on type of institution, size of library collection, etc. A dedicated seat is held for a member of the Interlibrary Loan Working Group.