Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Development
2007-2008 Annual Report
Members:
- Chair: JoAnn Hounshell
- Janet Camillo
- Pamela Deemer
- Jason A. Eiseman
- Donna Lombardo
- Barbara Ost
- Liaison: Linda Tesar
The TS-SIS Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Development was established in September 2007 by the Executive Board to address the continuing education needs of the membership outside of the American Association of Law Libraries annual meetings.
The committee's first order of business was to conduct a survey of the TS-SIS membership. The survey was launched in November 2008, and the membership was asked to provide feedback on the continuing education topics that they would find the most useful. The top five most requested program topics were
- workflow redesign,
- cataloging electronic resources,
- FRBR,
- Open Source, and
- metadata systems.
Based on the membership's response, the committee drafted a program proposal for a web seminar. Mary K. Dzurinko, Principle of MKDzurinko Associates, and a TS-SIS member agreed to be the speaker for the web seminar. Mary assisted in the development of the program grant proposal which was submitted to the AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grants Program (CEGP). The CEGP awarded a grant of $2,000 for the TS-SIS web seminar Redesigning Technical Services: Working in a Hybrid Environment to be held August 14, 2008. The seminar will focus on workflow redesign for libraries transitioning from a print to electronic collection.
Submitted by: JoAnn Hounshell