Greetings CCDO colleagues,
I want to introduce myself as the new chair for the ALA CCDO group for 2024-2025. Dracine Hodges, who did a stellar job leading us last year (thank you!), has now moved to past-chair. Gene Springs from Ohio State University Libraries has joined the leadership team as chair-elect.
This year, like the recent past, we are planning to have an early December meeting and our usual open meeting in June, close to the time of the ALA annual conference.
For our December meeting, we've decided to have speakers on the topic of datasets acquisitions/collecting by libraries, something that many have said is a growing demand. They can be tricky to license and expensive. I'd love some input from you on what aspects of this you'd like to hear talked about. If you have a potential speaker to recommend, please also let me know that as well.
I'll collect any ideas and am working with ALA on getting a final date.
Thanks and I look forward to the year ahead!
Susan
Susan Kendall
Head of Collections Strategies
and Copyright Librarian
Michigan State University Libraries
skendall@msu.edu
(she/her)