NASIG Newsletter

COMMITTEE UPDATE – CEC
[Ed. note: Excerpt from the committee report for the September Executive Board meeting.]

CONTINUING EDUCATION
Valerie Bross, Co-Chair
8/15/2008

NARRATIVE OF ACTIVITIES
1.    Revision of CEC Charge:  In June, Jeff Slagell helped start a discussion of the committee charge by suggesting draft language that would better reflect the NASIG Board’s search for new funding opportunities. The committee discussed revisions to the charge. Appendix A includes a revised charge for consideration by the Executive Board.

2.    CEC Manual: In June and July, Jayne Sappington & Kelli Getz evaluated documents from the previous CEC website. They determined that, while some useful information is available, the manual will largely need to be developed from scratch. They will be developing a new manual in phases, over the next 4-6 months. Jayne will be issuing periodic status reports to keep committee members apprised of progress.

3.    CEC Web site: Apryl Price volunteered to re-develop the CEC website.

4.    Review of UKSG syllabi, etc.:  Clint Chamberlain volunteered to review the syllabi for possible topics for events.

5.    NASIG membership assessment: To better understand the distribution of NASIG members (and to identify gaps in membership), Steve Shadle proposed a membership assessment. In July, he tested the concept using a subset from the membership Directory (see Appendix B). He has submitted a request for a data set in order to complete the assessment.

6.    Liaisons for NASIG-sponsored events approved 2007/2008: the two hosts for upcoming events are now set up with liaisons Clint Chamberlain (NETSL, Dodie Gaudet) & Jill Grogg (for Patrick Carr)

7.    Events approved 2008/2009: On July 10, the board approved funding an “Unconference” proposal submitted by Char Simser (liaison: Steve Shadle).

Appendix A: Revised Charge

The NASIG Continuing Education Committee is charged with providing serials education opportunities to its membership as well as (to) the serials community as a whole.  In this regard, the committee will develop, encourage, and/or administer high quality programs that can be offered on a regional basis to members and potential members in all parts of North America. The content of these programs will be diverse in order to reach as many segments of the serials community as possible, and will include a range of topics, including general, specific, theoretical, and practical aspects of serials work.

The committee works with the Program Planning Committee and the Electronic Communications Committee, to identify programs and other activities, areas of interest, sites, and speakers that would be suitable for programs, joint conferences, occasional publication(s), and electronic forums. The committee works with the Treasurer [and Administrative Support staff] to carry out its activities. The committee establishes links with library, information science, and academic publishing programs to cooperate on serials education programs and identify potential speakers from outside NASIG for programs and events. The committee also provides information to the Evaluation & Assessment Committee. You may contact the Continuing Education Committee by email: cec@list.nasig.org.

Appendix B: Membership Assessment (Test of Concept)

Note: This test is based on a 200-member subset of the NASIG Directory.

NASIG Membership (U.S. only)

Alaska

Hawaii