Call for volunteers: ALCTS Creative Ideas DG at ALA 2005

[Jack Hall <jhall at uh dot edu>]

> Subject: Call for volunteers: ALCTS Creative Ideas DG at ALA 2005
>
> The ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group will
> hold its meeting at ALA Annual in Chicago.
> Date and time: Sunday, June 26, 2005, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
> Place: PALM (Palmer House Hilton) Room PDR 18
>
> Participants can choose from the seven table topics listed below. The
> co-chairs will provide a sheet of sub-topics to serve as a discussion
> guide for each topic.
>
> The co-chairs for this year are: Jack Hall, University of Houston, and
> Kalyani Parthasarathy, University of New Orleans.
>
> VOLUNTEER FACILITATORS AND RECORDERS SOUGHT: We are seeking volunteers
> to facilitate and record the discussions at the individual topic
> tables. If you would like to facilitate or record, please send your
> information to Kalyani Parthasarathy (kparthas at uno dot edu). Indicate all
> the table topics you would be willing to work on (see list below) and
> your preference to facilitate or record. The co-chairs will appreciate
> flexibility on your part as we assign topics and roles.
>
> NEXT VICE CHAIR - CHAIR ELECT: Jack and I have enjoyed chairing this
> group over the last year and Jack rotates off after 2005 annual. We
> need a volunteer who will serve as Vice Chair for the next year and
> then take over as Chair at annual 2006. If you are interested, please
> send a message to Kalyani Parthasarathy (kparthas at uno dot edu) with a
> brief note about your experience with chairing committees or groups.
>
> RESPONSIBILITIES OF VOLUNTEERS: FACILITATORS guide the discussions on
> the topics at their tables, making sure that everybody is encouraged
> to
> participate, and seeing to it that the discussion ends in time for
> brief summary reports to be made to the group at large. RECORDERS take
> notes during the discussion and send a written report to the
> discussion group co-chairs soon after the conference is over. Those
> reports will form the basis of the report the co-chairs make to ALCTS,
> and the deadline is always very soon after the conference.
>
> At individual tables, the facilitator and the recorder can come to an
> agreement over which of them will stand up for a couple of minutes at
> the end of the meeting and give a brief report on their table's
> discussion to all the attendees.
>
> Individual table topics for discussions, which will last about 30
> minutes:
>
> 1. Ceasing Check-in of Serials
> 2. Giving Patrons Access to Web Sites
> 3. Serials Review and Cancellation Projects
> 4. Putting Materials in Remote Storage or Weeding Materials
> 5. Gathering Collection and Usage Statistics
> 6. Collections Budget: Allocating and Reallocating Money to Subjects
> and other Fund Accounts
> 7. Evaluating Technical Services Librarians: Regular Evaluations and
> Evaluations for Promotion and Tenure
>
> Please send your volunteer interests to Kalyani Parthasarathy
> (kparthas at uno dot edu)
>
> Thanks in-advance!
>
> Discussion group co-chairs for 2005:
> Jack Hall, University of Houston jhall at uh dot edu
> Kalyani Parthasarathy kparthas at uno dot edu

Jack Hall
114L University of Houston Libraries
Houston, TX  77204-2000
telephone:(713) 743-9687
e-mail: jhall at uh dot edu
fax: (713) 743-9748