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ACRL Annual Reports & Work Plans

  • 1.  ACRL Annual Reports & Work Plans

    Posted May 18, 2020 11:33 AM

    Dear ACRL Division-level Committee Leaders,

    Thank you for the great work this year, especially during these unprecedented times, progressing the goals outlined in your 2019–2020 annual work plans. The activities your committees completed align your committee charges with the ACRL Plan for Excellence

    As you wrap-up this year and look to next, I'm providing some details on your year-end reports and next year's work plans that committee leaders will complete this summer. In the fall, the ACRL Board of Directors will receive your completed reports and work plans to review progress made to the ACRL Plan for Excellence. 

    If you have any questions about the annual report and work plan process, please don't hesitate to let me or your staff liaison know.

    Best,
    Allison

    Allison Payne

    ACRL Program Manager for Strategic Initiatives

    She/Her/Hers

     

    Report & Work Plan Template

    Please use the combined template for your committee's 2019–2020 year-end report and 2020–2021 annual work plan. 

    The template is pre-populated for up to 10 work plan projects. Please only complete for the number of projects needed for your committee. If you need help adding space for additional projects, please contact apayne@ala.org.

    2019 - 2020 Reports

    Current chairs are responsible for completing the year-end report for activities from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. Please work with your committee members and Board and staff liaisons to complete this report. Draft reports should be shared with committee members by no later than July 15 and final reports should be posted to ALA Connect and sent to apayne@ala.org by July 31.

    2020 - 2021 Work Plans

    Incoming chairs (with terms starting July 1, 2020) should work with their committees and Board and staff liaisons to complete work plans for the upcoming cycle for July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. Component Committees should further coordinate work plans with Coordinating Committees.

    As a reminder, your Board liaison is the one who has the final sign-off on your work plan. Board liaisons will consider the annual work plan review criteria when reviewing draft work plans for approval. Draft work plans are due July 31 and final work plans should be posted to your committee's ALA Connect community and sent to apayne@ala.org by August 15.

    Committee Meetings

    Committees should plan to meet virtually in the summer to discuss their annual report and work plan. You may want to schedule your meetings outside of ALA Virtual: Community Through Connection Event, June 24-26, 2020, and ACRL Together Wherever (June 8-12, 2020).

    Due to the increasing demand for meeting space from our 300+ groups, we are advocating that member leaders first consider alternative options for their smaller committee meetings lasting an hour or less. We encourage you to please consider using your own virtual meeting software, but if you do not have access and need to use ACRL's virtual meeting space, please consult the ACRL virtual meeting calendar.

    Contact Info, ALA Connect & Last Year's Work Plans

    Visit the ACRL Directory of Leadership and login (top-right corner) with your ALA member ID. After clicking your committee, contact info will appear. Note: you may need refresh your browser.

    Visit ALA Connect to upload your reports and work plans with your committee. To login, click the blue login button in the top-right corner. To find your committee, click on your icon next to your name and click "communities.

    A PDF compilation is available if you'd like to reference reports and work plans that were submitted last summer. Each committee is bookmarked within the PDF.

    Timeline

    June/July: Discuss reports & work plans during  virtual committee meetings

    June 8-12: ACRL Together Wherever

    June 24-26: ALA Virtual: Community Through Connection

    July 15: Draft reports shared with committee members

    July 15-31: Committee reviews reports

    July 31: Final reports submitted to apayne@ala.org

    July 31: Draft work plans shared with committee members

    July 31 - August 15: Committee reviews work plans

    August 15: Final work plans submitted to apayne@ala.org



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    Allison Payne
    Program Manager for Strategic Initiatives
    American Library Association/Association of College and Research Libraries
    she/her/hers
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