The Forum needs a new chair or co-chairs to begin serving in October! The responsibilities are to attend the VLA quarterly Council meetings and annual conference; and to help plan conference programing and continuing education opportunities. The position is primarily one of facilitating and coordinating the ideas generated by the talented technical services librarians across the state. Consider this a personal invitation to advance your good work in Virginia Library Association! Please contact Lynda Wright for more information. (lwwright@rmc.edu; 804-752-4712)
Additional information about the Technical Services and Technology Forum, below, comes from the VLA Manual, revised in January 2012.
Technical Services and Technology Forum
((Established1999) Formerly TSAR Forum-1981, incorporates: Microcomputer Forum-1983, Collection Development Forum-2004.)
- Purpose: To provide continuing education and an exchange of ideas on topics of interest to technical services, collection development and systems staff, and others who develop network and access technologies. In addition, the forum educates and disseminates information on technology, its use and function in libraries.
- Objectives:
- To explore new ideas and emerging technologies in libraries.
- To foster communication and cooperation among Virginia libraries in areas of collection management, acquisitions, cataloging, serials management, systems, and technology.
- To increase awareness in the library community of the roles of technical services, systems, and technology specialists.
- To identify and encourage cooperative activities among staff in technical services, systems, and collection development in order to promote high quality library services for users.
- To monitor changes and trends in national, regional, and local standards; contribute to the formation and revision of standards.
- Officers: Officers include a chair and vice-chair/chair-elect and any other position determined to be necessary by the forum. The vice-chair/chair-elect serves for two years, one year as vice-chair, and one year as chair.