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Jury member for 2023 ALA Annual conference program

  • 1.  Jury member for 2023 ALA Annual conference program

    Posted Oct 18, 2022 02:55 PM

    Hello everyone,

    We have an exciting opportunity to shape the 2023 ALA Annual conference program!  ALA contacted me asking for one SustainRT representative to be a jury member for the 2023 ALA Annual conference program.  Below is the description, including time commitment to review program proposals (5–10 hours through November 6). 

    It's wonderful that ALA is including SustainRT contributions in the conference programming.  Your contributions will shape the conference program with this professional development opportunity. 

    Please let me know asap if you would like to volunteer as a jury member by contacting me directly at tinachan@mit.edu.  I will send your name and email address to ALA. 

    Thank you for considering! 

    Tina 

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    Charge and Work

    To facilitate the selection of programming for the ALA Annual Conference; to review and approve individual programs; to approve presenters and coordinators of individual programs; to act as liaisons to program organizers if necessary(jury chair). 

    Deliverables and outcomes:

    • Review proposals for ALA programming at ALA Annual Conference (each reviewer will typically be assigned roughly 30 proposals to review)
    • Identify key trends, issues, and challenges currently facing libraries and ensure they are represented in programming at ALA Annual Conference
    • Chair(s) will Inform jury members of the review results.
    • Jury members will participate during all reviews.

    Expected time commitment:

    • Review ALA program proposals (5–10 hours, through November 6, 2022)
    • Access review portal via Cadmium Scorecard using login credentials provided by ALA

    Desired skills, knowledge, or experience:

    • Familiarity with current issues and challenges facing libraries
    • Expertise in one or more core areas of library services (e.g., Serving Adults, Serving Youth, Tech Services, Leadership, Technology, etc.)
    • Ability to represent and advocate for current professional development needs in the library field


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    Tina Chan
    Coordinator, ALA Sustainability Round Table

    Reference Services Program Manager and Humanities Librarian
    MIT Libraries
    She/Her/Hers
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