Dear Video Lib Colleagues, The "Notable Videos for Adults," a subcommittee of the Video Roundtable, is seeking one academic or special librarian to serve on the committee. This is an extremely rewarding opportunity to participate in a highly regarded national committee. The committee itself is comprised of a balanced mix of librarians from academic, public and special libraries. Librarians seeking to join "Notables" must regularly work in media collections and serve adult constituencies. Each selected member must serve for two years, and each member can be re-appointed to another two years; the maximum term is four years.
To maintain its success, the committee-work requires a great deal of time, communication (between members), and overall commitment. All committee members are required to: * Be members of ALA and the Video Round Table (VRT), * Attend ALA Midwinter for two consecutive years (Dallas and Seattle), * View and evaluate an extensive number of videos leading up to ALA Midwinter; (last year, committee members watched approximately 55 videos, many of them in December and early January.) For more information about the "Notables" process, please view the following links: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/vrt/notablevideos/index.cfm If you are interested in serving on the committee, please email me (off-list) by March 6, 2011. In your email, indicate your membership status with ALA and VRT, whether you can attend ALA Midwinter, and summarize your experience with media (i.e., selection, collection development, reviewing, etc.). If you'd like more information, don't hesitate to email or call. Mary. Mary Hanlin VRT "Notables" Chair Media Collection Development Librarian Tidewater Community College P: 757.822.2133 F: 757.822.2149 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or otherwise be protected by law. Any access, use, disclosure or distribution of this email message by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized and prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient (or an agent acting on an intended recipient's behalf), please contact the sender by reply email and immediately destroy all copies of the original message. Virus scanning is recommended on all email attachments.
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
