Section: ALA Midwinter Meeting

ANMIG Interviews CMS Executive Committee Chair Jill Emery

ALA Midwinter Meeting, Conference News

Whether you are a library school student or new library professional, navigating the ALCTS committee-scape can be overwhelming. To illustrate what committee work entails and how you can get involved, Sarah Cruz and Kumiko Reichert of the ALCTS New Members Interest Group (ANMIG for short) talked with committee leaders from each ALCTS section and asked them to tell us first-hand about their roles. Their interview with Jill Emery, chair of the ALCTS Collection Management Section (CMS) Executive Committee, is the third of six leading up to the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting.

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ANMIG Interviews PARS Program, Planning, & Publications Committee Chairs Miriam Centeno & Patrice-Andre Prud’homme

ALA Midwinter Meeting, Conference News

Whether you are a library school student or new library professional, navigating the ALCTS committee-scape can be overwhelming. To illustrate what committee work entails and how you can get involved, Sarah Cruz and Kumiko Reichert of the ALCTS New Members Interest Group (ANMIG for short) talked with committee leaders from each ALCTS section and asked them to tell us first-hand about their roles. Their interview with Miriam Centeno & Patrice-Andre Prud’homme, chairs of the ALCTS Preservation & Reformatting Section (PARS) Program, Planning, & Publications Committee, is the last of six leading up to the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting.

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ANMIG Interviews CaMMS Recruitment & Mentoring Committee Chair Chris Dieckman

ALA Midwinter Meeting, Conference News

Whether you are a library school student or new library professional, navigating the ALCTS committee-scape can be overwhelming. To illustrate what committee work entails and how you can get involved, Sarah Cruz and Kumiko Reichert of the ALCTS New Members Interest Group (ANMIG for short) talked with committee leaders from each ALCTS section and asked them to tell us first-hand about their roles. Their interview with Chris Dieckman, chair of the ALCTS Cataloging & Metadata Management Section (CaMMS) Recruitment & Mentoring Committee, is the fifth of six leading up to the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting.

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21st-Century Collection Development Strategies for Media

ALA Annual Conference, ALA Midwinter Meeting, Conference News

More than 70 people attended the Video Round Table Chair’s Program “21st-Century Collection Development Strategies for Media” on Saturday, June 23, at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. Four speakers shared their experiences and perspectives of building collections and services effectively for streaming video and other media.

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