List of Contributions

Just sharing the announcement below about an upcoming IFLA program focused on international evidence synthesis and systematic review support in libraries: Systematic Review Success: An Introductory Workshop for Librarians & Information Professionals Did you know that more and more social sciences ...

Thank you very much for sharing this, Sam. -Lee Sent from my mobile device.

Thank you President Jefferson, for your message, your understanding, and your work in bringing us this far along into our virtual ALA Council Meeting journey! This is a new and challenging way for us to conduct our business, without the usual cues, norms, and signifiers many of us count on in the physical ...

Is there a way to batch download or have zip-file of the council documents for download? I would prefer that to downloading them one by one from different email messages. I was actually able to access them over the wifi for the most part, but downloading them ahead of time would allow me to organize ...

The Board of Directors for ACRL met a few weeks ago to discuss this issue and agreed to move forward with both supporting the decision to change the educational requirements for the Executive Director search to "preferred" or "recommended", and joining 9 other Divisions on the letter of support for this ...

As an ALA member, my personal opinion on this matter is that strongly preferring rather than requiring the MLS/MLIS is sufficient for the ALA Executive Director position. That said, I am curious about the context in which the original 2000 Midwinter-San Antonio resolution requiring the MLS was made. ...

The Board of the Association of College and Research Libraries discussed this issue at our Fall Board Meeting in October and supports the continued requirement that the ALA Executive Director hold an MLS degree. While individual members of the Board shared a variety of opinions and perspectives, ...

I am not really an Access Services Librarian, but do oversee that service area as part of my portfolio. While I have a general familiarity with many of the practices and procedures, I am interested in learning more about trends and other developments for this evolving service.