ACRL ANSS ASA Liaison 2025-2028
Recruitment Call
The ACRL Anthropology and Sociology Section (ANSS) is currently seeking applications to serve a three-year term (July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028) as the ACRL Liaison to the American Sociological Association (ASA). Liaisons are responsible for outreach, education, and communication between ASA and ACRL to form strong relationships and advance the interests of ACRL and ANSS.
About ASA
"The American Sociological Association aims to articulate policy and implement programs likely to have the broadest possible impact for sociology now and in the future." The ASA is a non-profit membership association based in Washington, DC. It was founded in 1905 and has over 13,000 members. The ASA is home to 52 special interest sections and publishes nine professional journals and magazines.
For more information about the organization, please visit http://www.asanet.org.
Liaison responsibilities and expectations:
● Join and be actively involved in ASA. Participate in a subject section of ASA
● Work to increase collaboration between ACRL ANSS and ASA by sharing information with members of both organizations via email (minimum) and other impactful communication venues such as presentations at ASA and ACRL conference on topics of interest to both groups
● Keep abreast of scholarly interests and other matters that might be pertinent to ACRL/ANSS and academic librarianship
● Provide annual report on ASA's meeting and your activities to the ACRL Board, ANSS Chair/Executive Committee, and ANSS Liaison Committee
● Communicate with the ANSS membership via reports in Currents, virtual meetings, blogs etc. Past reports available at https://acrl.ala.org/anss/index.php/publications/currents/.
● Attend ASA (usually in August) each year of the three-year term. For conferences with both virtual and in-person options, attendance should be in-person for at least one year of the three
● Attend in-person or virtual meetings of the ANSS Liaison Committee, ANSS Executive Committee, and the ACRL Liaisons Assembly Committee
● The selected candidate may be able to supplement institutional funding with ACRL funding. Funding deadlines are typically in the fall. Details are available at https://www.ala.org/acrl/issues/councilofliaisons/fundingguidelines and from ACRL. Partial funding may be available from ACRL ANSS.
Deadline for Applications: April 8, 2025
Qualifications
Required:
● Current membership in ANSS, ACRL, and ASA (ASA may be joined upon appointment)
● Experience collaborating with sociology faculty and providing assistance to sociology students
● Interest in coordinating activities to increase interaction between ASA and ACRL, ability to articulate ideas for collaboration and discuss options for carrying them out
● Experience with or interest in outreach and education efforts
● Excellent leadership abilities and communication skills
Desired:
● Record of serving ANSS and/or ACRL on committees, task forces, etc.
● Participation in one or more sections of ASA
● Advanced degree or graduate coursework in sociology or related areas
Submission Requirements
Candidates must submit:
● A letter of application articulating qualifications and current curriculum vitae (CV) to:
○ Tom Diamond, notted@lsu.edu, ANSS Liaison Committee Chair
Selection Process Timeline
● April 8 - Deadline for applications
● April 8 – April 15: ANSS Liaison Committee reviews submitted applications and recommends a liaison candidate to the ANSS Executive Board
● April 15 – April 19: ANSS Executive Board reviews recommendations and contacts the successful candidate to confirm availability to serve
● April 22 – April 26: ANSS Executive board officially appoints successful candidate
● April 26 - May 10: ANSS Liaison Committee chair(s) contacts successful and unsuccessful candidates
● Selected candidate is invited to attend the in-person or virtual meetings of the ANSS Liaison committee and the ANSS Executive Committee
If you have any questions, please contact Tom Diamond, notted@lsu.edu, ANSS Liaison Committee Chair.
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Tom Diamond
Collection Services & Business Librarian
Louisiana State University Libraries
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