23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: CEC
December 18, 2008 at 4:10 pm | In Continuing Education | Leave a CommentCOMMITTEE 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. Continue reading 23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: CEC…
23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: D&D
December 18, 2008 at 2:51 pm | In Database & Directory | Leave a CommentCOMMITTEE UPDATE – D&D
[Ed. note: Excerpt from the committee report for the September Executive Board meeting.]
DATABASE & DIRECTORY
Lisa Blackwell and Bob Persing, Co-Chairs
9/5/2008
ACTIVITIES
- Lisa has been in contact with Sampson at ArcStone regarding specific reports that we are not able to run. Currently, we are unable to run a report to list paid memberships. Peter Whiting is consulting with Sampson to be able to run that report.
- We are also unable to identify members who have not renewed within the past 3 years. That will probably not be possible unless we can find a way to compare data from the archival database with data in the new database. Lisa will be exploring that option.
- Lisa, Bob, and Ann are currently working on standardizing documentation for organization affiliations and abbreviations.
- Templates for using the blast system to welcome new members and confirm membership renewal have been created. All members of the committee have been learning how to use the blast system.
- Committee documentation is being created and will be posted to the committee space (when Lisa is able to access the committee space!) Jia is working with the programmers to determine why some parts of the administrative side are inaccessible to those individuals who have permissions in place. It is of extreme importance that this issue be resolved as soon as possible as it is impeding the progress of formalizing new procedures for D&D and making them clear to committee members.
- It quickly became apparent that the only way a previous member could renew if they were unable to log in was to go in through the “Join” button. This creates duplicate records that must be handled by D&D and has the potential to wipe out any record of an individual’s length of membership in NASIG. Lisa worked with Peter and Sampson to add a mechanism to the NASIG page that will allow inactive NASIG members to renew without creating new member records for themselves.
23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: E&A
December 18, 2008 at 2:47 pm | In Evaluation & Assessment | Leave a CommentCOMMITTEE UPDATE – E&A
[Ed. note: Excerpt from the committee report for the September Executive Board meeting.]
EVALUATION & ASSESSMENT
Fall 2008
This report covers committee activities since the last report submitted for the June 2008 Board meeting.
For the first time, conference evaluations were available online only. Conference attendees were reminded about the online evaluations several times during the conference and via messages posted to NASIG-L, SERIALST, and a blast message sent to non-member attendees via the ArcStone admin module. As a special incentive to fill out the evaluation forms, a free conference registration was given away. The winner was selected in a random drawing and the results of the drawing were announced in the NASIG Newsletter and via the NASIG Discussion Forums in mid-July. The confidential report of the conference evaluation results was sent to the Executive Board and to PPC and CPC co-chairs on August 1, 2008. An abridged version of the report was submitted for publication in the NASIG Newsletter. Continue reading 23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: E&A…
23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: ECC
December 18, 2008 at 2:42 pm | In Electronic Communications | Leave a CommentCOMMITTEE UPDATE – ECC
[Ed. note: Excerpt from the committee report for the September Executive Board meeting.]
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
Dalene Hawthorne and Jia Mi, Co-Chairs
August 2008
LISTSERV ACTIVITIES
The new listserv software has been set up and all of the committee memberships have been reviewed. ECC will be adding information to the website about all of the committee listservs. The old listserv addresses will be retired soon. The manual will be updated.
Nancy Beals set up a Google Group for the committee to experiment with to determine whether this might be an alternative to the listservs. Continue reading 23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: ECC…
23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: Admin Support TF
December 18, 2008 at 2:33 pm | In Administrative Support | Leave a CommentCOMMITTEE UPDATE – ADMIN SUPPORT TF
[Ed. note: Excerpt from the committee report for the September Executive Board meeting.]
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TASK FORCE
Katy Ginanni, Chair
June 2, 2008
After a slow start (completely the fault of the slacker chair, who was busy learning a new job and settling into a new town), the TF started by collecting job descriptions from other library organizations. The chair split up the 50 U.S. states and regional associations/consortia among the members of the committee (excluding the consultant and board liaison). Each member contacted the associations within his/her assigned states. The response was less than overwhelming, but we did receive 18 job descriptions. These have been posted in a BaseCamp site (access courtesy of GWLA), to which each member of the committee has access. Continue reading 23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: Admin Support TF…
23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: A&R
December 18, 2008 at 2:29 pm | In Awards & Recognition | Leave a CommentTags: Rose Robischon Scholarship
COMMITTEE UPDATE – A&R
[Ed. note: Excerpt from the committee report for the September Executive Board meeting.]
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Patrick Carr and Carol Ficken, Co-Chairs
September 2008
ACTIVITIES SINCE LAST REPORT
- Elizabeth MacDonald and Rita Johnson conducted an online survey of 2008 award winners regarding their experiences at the 2008 NASIG Annual Conference. The survey aimed to assess ways in which A&R can improve the experiences of future award winners.
- Sarah Morris completed a write-up of the results of the committee’s online survey of 2008 award winners and submitted the write-up for publication in the September 2008 issue of the Newsletter.
- Yumin Jiang composed brief descriptions of each NASIG award and submitted the descriptions to the Electronic Communications Committee for publication on the main awards page of the NASIG website (http://www.nasig.org/about_awards.cfm).
- Committee reviewed and agreed with the recommendations of the NASIG Board for better spotlighting award recipients on the NASIG website and NASIG-L.
- Committee engaged in an email conversation over the summer regarding the creation of a needs-based award and revisions to the criteria used to evaluate applicants for the Serials Specialist Award. As a result of this email conversation, the committee has developed proposals for the NASIG Board (see attachment). Continue reading 23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: A&R…
23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: CPC
December 18, 2008 at 2:10 pm | In Conference Planning | Leave a CommentCOMMITTEE UPDATE – CPC
[Ed. note: Excerpt from the committee report for the September Executive Board meeting.]
CONFERENCE PLANNING
Steve Kelley and Eleanor Cook, Co-Chairs
September 2008
NARRATIVE OF ACTIVITIES SO FAR
1.) Theme for 2009 Conference
The CPC and PPC collaborated and came up with the theme “Riding the Rapids through a Mountain of Change.” Continue reading 23:4 (2008:12) Committee Update: CPC…
23:4 (2008:12) Report of the NASIG Conference Attendance Survey
December 17, 2008 at 6:43 pm | In News | Leave a CommentREPORT OF THE NASIG CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE SURVEY
December 2008
The Evaluation & Assessment Committee of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) recently conducted a survey to get feedback on issues related to conference attendance. Our goal was to give all members the opportunity to provide input, not just those who are able to attend the annual conference and fill out the evaluation form. The survey was announced October 27, 2008, via an e-mail message to the membership. Later, the NASIG Publicist announced the survey on three discussion lists (ACQNET, SERIALST, and LIBLICENSE) expanding the pool of respondents to former and prospective members. The survey closed on November 21, 2008. The survey was started by 593 respondents, 515 of which completed the entire survey. The complete results of the survey, including graphs and open-ended comments, can be viewed online at : http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=rewNC8_2bbd7nF9R9vPd8lrH_2bZKGrwHXwYsZcduap8HS4_3d. The E&A Committee would particularly invite current and future board members and committee members to look over the open-ended comments in the survey as they contain a wealth of ideas and insights! A summary of the survey results is provided below. Continue reading 23:4 (2008:12) Report of the NASIG Conference Attendance Survey…
23:4 (2008:12) 24th Annual Conference CPC Update
December 17, 2008 at 6:29 pm | In Conference Planning | Leave a Comment24TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
CPC UPDATE
Eleanor Cook and Steve Kelley, Co-Chairs
The Conference Planning Committee is hard at work planning some fun events to complement the interesting and informative sessions that the Program Planning Committee will provide us daily while we are in Asheville. Continue reading 23:4 (2008:12) 24th Annual Conference CPC Update…
23:4 (2008:12) Title Changes
December 17, 2008 at 6:20 pm | In Title Changes | Leave a CommentTITLE CHANGES
Kurt Blythe, Column Editor
[Note: Please report promotions, awards, new degrees, new positions, and other significant professional milestones. You may submit items about yourself or other members to Kurt Blythe at kcblythe@email.unc.edu. Contributions on behalf of fellow members will be cleared with the person mentioned in the news item before they are printed. Please include your e-mail address or phone number.]
With only two title changes (and one make-up change from long ago) this was a quiet quarter for members moving inter- or intra-institutionally, but that makes it no less important for the membership to be aware that: Continue reading 23:4 (2008:12) Title Changes…
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