24:1 (2009:03) Committee Update: Continuing Education
March 18, 2009 at 4:52 pm | In Continuing Education | Leave a CommentCOMMITTEE UPDATE
CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Valerie Bross, Co-Chair
[Ed. note: Excerpted from the January report to the Executive Board]
CONTINUING ACTIVITIES
CEC Manual: Jayne Sappington completed an initial evaluation of documents from the former CEC Website. She is in the process of compiling a draft manual. Target date: March 1, 2009.
NASIG Regional Unconference at Kansas State University (Mar. 20, 2009): Organizer: Char Simser; CEC liaison: Steve Shadle. A Web site has been established for this event:
http://nasigunconference2009.wetpaint.com/. Registration is now underway.
Getting Them and Keeping Them: Acquisitions and Other Challenges with Electronic Serials and Continuing Rresources (Academic Library Association of Ohio, Technical, Electronic, and Digital Services Interest Group: Apr. 24, 2009): Organizer: Kiffany Francis and Rocki Strader; CEC liaison, Jayne Sappington. Proposal approved in concept by the Executive Board on January 12, 2009. The board raised four issues that are in the process of being addressed.
COMPLETED ACTIVITIES
It Takes a Community: the CLOCKSS Initiative (NETSL Program, Oct. 21, 2008): Organizer, Dodie Gaudet; CEC liaison, Clint Chamberlain. According to Dodie Gaudet, “The NELA conference was a great success. Vicky Reich’s program really added to the diversity of offerings from NETSL and, on behalf of the NETSL Executive Board, I want to thank you and NASIG for sponsoring her trip from California.”
Play Your Cards Right! E-resource Workshop at Mississippi State University (scheduled Aug. 7, 2008): Organizer, Patrick Carr; CEC liaison, Jill Grogg. Program took place as scheduled; reported by B. Jean Sibley in v.23:no.4 (2008:12) issue of the NASIG Newsletter.
24:1 (2009:03) Committee Update: Admininstrative Support Task Force
March 18, 2009 at 4:36 pm | In Administrative Support | Leave a CommentCOMMITTEE UPDATE
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TASK FORCE
Katy Ginanni, Chair
[Ed. note: Excerpted from the January report to the Executive Board]
Task Force:
Katy Ginanni, Trinity University (chair)
Anne McKee, Greater Western Library Alliance
Steve Murden, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Library
Joyce Tenney, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Alison Whitehorn, United Kingdom Serials Group (consultant)
Board liaison:
Char Simser, Kansas State University
Based on the assumption that NASIG won’t be able to afford full time help for at least three years, the board asked the task force to revise the job description we submitted earlier in the fall. We deleted many duties and requirements, focusing on the four items that the board thought were most critical for a staff person:
- Serving as point of contact for the organization
- Support for the board and committees regarding our technology vendor (currently ArcStone)
- Performing clerical work as needed for the board and committees, including conference registration activities
- Meeting planning; working with CPC and PPC as needed
This turned the job description into one for a part-time staff person; it is a job that is more clerical and administrative in nature.
We approached this task in the same way that we created the original job description. We agreed on the necessary sections for the new job description, and each person reviewed the relevant parts of the first job description and included them in a draft of his/her new section. The committee reviewed each section, made suggestions for change, and reached consensus. We submitted the new job description to the board (via Char) on December 8, 2008. We await further instructions from the board.
24:1 (2009:03) Evaluation & Assessment Committee Annual Report
March 18, 2009 at 4:29 pm | In Evaluation & Assessment | Leave a CommentEVALUATION & ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT
Committee members: Lori Terrill, Chair (University of Wyoming), Ann Doyle Fath, Co-Chair (Getty Research Institute), Carole Bell (Temple University), Jana Brubaker (Northern Illinois University), Sarah Corvene (Harvard Business School), Susan Davis (State University of New York, Buffalo), Janice Lindquist (Rice University), Martha Spring (Loyola University of Chicago), Christina Torbert (University of Mississippi)
Board Liaisons: Alison Roth (January-June), Anna Creech (July-December)
The committee spent the first part of the year preparing for the conference evaluation survey, reviewing standard questions and consulting with the Program Planning Committee (PPC), Conference Planning Committee (CPC), Site Selection Committee (SSC), and the Executive Board in order to identify any needed updates to those questions. Low response rates in 2007 for preconference and poster session evaluations were discussed. The committee decided to incorporate the separate forms for those sessions into the main conference evaluation form in an effort to increase the response rates. Continue reading 24:1 (2009:03) Evaluation & Assessment Committee Annual Report…
24:1 (2009:03) Thanks to Our Donors!
March 18, 2009 at 4:24 pm | In Donors | Leave a CommentTHANKS TO OUR DONORS!
The following members made donations to NASIG in the period of March 2008-February 2009. Donations are used to support NASIG scholarships and awards. Thanks to all for their support of these important programs!
Susan Davis – Rose Robischon Memorial Fund
Lola Halpin – Fritz Schwartz Award
Gale Teaster
24:1 (2009:03) Profiles: Tracey Thompson
March 18, 2009 at 4:22 pm | In Profiles | Leave a CommentPROFILES
Susan Davis, Profiles Editor
TRACEY THOMPSON
ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
The profiles to date have been of members I have known fairly well and who are veterans of the organization (even if they are still youngsters!). I thought it would be fun to learn more about a NASIG newbie. I met
Tracey Thompson--math whiz, bibliophile, Air Force spouse, and NASIG newbie.
Tracey at the “Speed Dating with Publishers” session at conference as we found ourselves in the same group moving from table to table. Then it seemed as though our paths were crossing everywhere! After reading Tracey’s replies to my questions, I know I made an excellent choice. We have two things in common—too many books and cats!
24:1 (2009:03) New Membership Brochure Available
March 18, 2009 at 4:09 pm | In Membership Development | 1 CommentNEW MEMBERSHIP BROCHURE AVAILABLE
Jenni Wilson, Membership Development Committee
I am very pleased to announce that NASIG now has a brand new, professionally produced, very attractive membership recruitment brochure.
When Christine Stamison and I agreed to become the Membership Development Committee’s “sub-committee-to-finally-get-the-brochure-done,” we vowed to tackle it with gusto. Christine and I have worked together in the past and were very much aware of each other’s tenacious personalities and willingness to bully people if we had to! There was a good amount of advance work done on the text so it was really a matter of Christine and my poring over and tweaking the text, putting together a mock layout, polling the committee for comments, and then going out to lunch to reward ourselves for all our hard work! After a couple of weeks of back and forth between the two of us, and then with the rest of the committee, we sent a first draft to the Executive Board for their comments. We had really great feedback and superb suggestions which we incorporated into the text. After we all more-or-less agreed upon the text we sent it off to a graphic designer so that we could add a professional touch. (When you see it you might recognize the work of Michael Garzel who has done work for NASIG in the past. He designed the conference logos for Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Denver.) Continue reading 24:1 (2009:03) New Membership Brochure Available…
24:1 (2009:03) Call for Conference Recorders (Proceedings)
March 18, 2009 at 2:08 pm | In Conference, Proceedings | Leave a CommentCALL FOR CONFERENCE RECORDERS (PROCEEDINGS)
Lori Terrill, Buddy Pennington, Allyson Zellner, Proceedings Co-Editors
NASIG is seeking conference recorders for sessions at this year’s annual conference in Asheville. Recorders are asked to attend specific sessions, take notes and then synthesize the notes into a readable, comprehensive report of the session for the conference Proceedings. For vision sessions, recorders may be asked to listen to recordings of a presentation and work with the speaker to create a report for publication in the Proceedings.
Reporters will work under the general direction of the Proceedings editors. Continue reading 24:1 (2009:03) Call for Conference Recorders (Proceedings)…
24:1 (2009:03) Title Changes
March 3, 2009 at 5:15 pm | In Title Changes | Leave a CommentTITLE CHANGES
Kurt Blythe, Columns 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.]
This quarter’s column features five changes in the lives of four librarians: two of our colleagues have relocated, one has been promoted, that same librarian has married, and a colleague has retired. Without further ado: Continue reading 24:1 (2009:03) Title Changes…
24:1 (2009:03) Checking In
March 3, 2009 at 5:11 pm | In Checking In | 2 CommentsCHECKING IN
Kurt Blythe, Column Editor
[Note: New members, please consider reporting the story of how you came to be a member of NASIG. You may submit items about yourself to Kurt Blythe at kcblythe@email.unc.edu. Please include your e-mail address.]
Welcome to the Newsletter’s first column welcoming new members. We hope to provide colleagues new to NASIG with a forum for telling their stories. In essence, what led them to the world of serials? This inaugural column features eleven new members: Welcome!
MARSHA AUCOIN just retired after twenty-nine years at Louisiana State University. While at LSU, Marsha was familiar with NASIG but serials were not her primary responsibility; that has changed in her new role as account services manager for EBSCO Information Services, and Marsha is looking forward to her involvement in NASIG. Continue reading 24:1 (2009:03) Checking In…
24:1 (2009:03) Citations: Required Reading by NASIG Members
March 3, 2009 at 4:53 pm | In Citations | Leave a CommentCITATIONS: REQUIRED READING BY NASIG MEMBERS
Kurt Blythe, Columns Editor
[Note: Please report citations for publications by the membership—to include scholarship, reviews, criticism, essays, and any other published works which would benefit the membership to read. You may submit citations on behalf of yourself or other members to Kurt Blythe at kcblythe@email.unc.edu. Contributions on behalf of fellow members will be cleared with the author(s) before they are printed. Include contact information with submissions.]
Ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, one and all, say hello to the fourth iteration of “Citations.” Four appearances in a quarterly newsletter makes this column relatively well-established. Of course, it wouldn’t exist without contributors; therefore, now is probably the time to extend a thank you to NASIG’s scholars, reviewers, critics and essayists for providing the content, thus enriching our minds and professional understanding: Thanks!
And, a special thank you to this issue’s contributors:
CHESLER, ADAM and Susan King. “Tier-Based Pricing for Institutions: A New, E-Based Pricing Model.” Learned Publishing 22:1 (Jan. 2009): 42-49.
SIBLEY, B. JEAN. “Chipping Away at Serials Processing Backlogs in Technical Services.” Serials Librarian 55:3 (2008): 444-456.
SIBLEY, B. JEAN. “ERM on a Shoestring — Workshop Summary Report” (Dalene Hawthorne and Jennifer Watson, presenters). Serials Librarian 55:3 (2008): 478-480.
WILKINSON, FRANCES C. and LINDA K. LEWIS. Writing RFPs for Acquisitions: A Guide to the Request for Proposal (ALCTS Acquisitions Guides No. 14). Chicago: American Library Association. 2008.
WILKINSON, FRANCES C. and LINDA K. LEWIS. “Developing a Safety Training Program.” Library & Archival Security 21:2 (2008): 77-85.
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