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STS Committees |
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STS committees are comprised of standing and ad hoc committees. Standing committees are established to consider matters of the Section that require continuity at attention by the members. Ad hoc committees may be established at any time for the performance of a particular assignment. Committee Procedures (Under Revision) and STS Meeting Planning (For All Chairs). Executive CommitteeComposition: The Executive Committee shall be the Officers of the Section. STS CouncilComposition: All members of the Executive Committee as well as chairs of Committees, Discussion Groups and Taskforces shall serve on the STS Council. AssessmentCharge:Provides focus, direction and leadership in the key areas of assessment for the Section. Identifies and maintains communication with other committees and units in ALA focusing on assessment. Sponsors and supports activities, programs, or discussion groups in efforts to inform and provide perspective on assessment. Compiles and updates templates for the assessment of STS programs and discussion groups as well as templates for outgoing/incoming chairs of STS committees and discussion groups. Conference Program PlanningCharge: The Conference Program Planning Committees plan and organize the Section's Annual conference programs. Committee members review past program topics and formats, choose a timely topic of interest to Section members and also to a broad spectrum of ALA members, recruit the best available speakers on the chosen topics, present the program in the most appropriate format, and evaluate the program based on responses from those who attend. The Conference Program Planning Committee is also responsible for the section reception. The vice-chair/chair-elect works closely with the committee to solicit and obtain funding for the reception. Local library and museum tours are also coordinated by this committee. Committee Roster - Washington, DC 2010 Committee Roster - New Orleans, LA 2011 Continuing EducationCharge: To coordinate, promote and encourage all continuing education efforts within the Science and Technology Section. Interested in finding an experienced science/technology librarian who can provide advice, guidance or consultation? Are you willing to share your expertise, or serve as a mentor for a less experienced librarian? If so, contact the committee co-chairs for information about the STS Sci/Tech Library Mentors program. The Sci/Tech Library Mentors is a list of experienced sci/tech librarians who are willing to serve as mentors and/or resource persons to other librarians in need of assistance. Check out the STS Continuing Education web site to get further information or to volunteer. Government InformationCharge: To serve as a focus for STS member concerns about science and technology legislative issues and to cooperate with other ACRL and ALA legislative groups as appropriate. Information LiteracyCharge: To provide, evaluate and/or develop resources for advancing information literacy in science and engineering (e.g. models for assessing student performance, teaching methods, instructional design, and tips for working with faculty on instruction-related issues); to serve as a liaison to other instruction-oriented groups as appropriate (e.g. IS, ILAC, etc.) The committee chair serves as liaison to the ACRL Information Literacy Advisory Committee and is a member of the STS Council. The STS Science Information Literacy Wiki is now available. Please use and contribute to it! LiaisonCharge: To promote and coordinate the work of the STS Liaisons to different professional groups with which STS has established formal and informal relationships and to provide information sharing within the Section that may lead to collaboration and exchange. Liaisons will be chosen by the two committee co-chairs and a third member who is not currently acting as an STS liaison. Many organizations are involved in science & technology librarianship. In an attempt to enhance the exchange of new ideas and shared concerns, STS has drawn from its membership to create a liaison program with other library and science organizations. Membership & RecruitmentCharge: To maintain a history of members' participation and maintain lists of volunteers for the nominating committee's use and for the vice-chair to assure a balance of appointments, both in the number of appointments of each individual member and in percentages of experienced versus new members. Create and update a recruitment brochure. Publish the list of committees and their members for the Executive Committee and STS council. NominatingCharge: Create a slate of candidates for the Executive Committee. Recruit the best possible nominees for section officers. ACRL states that this committee is "an important key to not only selecting qualified candidates, but also for informing potential candidates of responsibilities of the office." Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural SciencesCharge: To solicit nominees for, and select the winner of the Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural Sciences. Organization & PlanningCharge: Provide long-range direction for the section by assessing PublicationsCharge: To coordinate the section's publishing activities. This the section newsletter, STS Signal, the section's electronic journal, ISTL, and other documents produced by the Section as a whole, regardless of their format. To serve as a resource for the publishing needs of STS committees. The committee also manages STS-L, the Section's Discussion List. Minutes of the Midwinter 2006 virtual meeting of the Publications Committee. Check out the STS Audio Streaming Demonstration Project by David Atkins and Philip Herold. Guidelines for the STS web site, approved July 10, 2000. Find out more about opportunites in the Publications Committee. ResearchCharge: To plan conference forums for ALA meetings. Investigate and provide a forum for science and technology librarians to share ideas about new directions in science librarianship, research in progress and current topics of interest. Sponsor of the STS Forum for Science and Technology Library Research and the STS Poster Session at the ALA Annual Conference. Subject and Bibliographic Access to Science MaterialsCharge: To provide a forum for exchange of information relating to bibliographic access to science and technology materials, and of use to librarians (Column in STS Signal, discussion groups). Serve as a channel/clearinghouse for concerns, problems, issues. For issues that can be resolved, propose projects, present them to the Planning Committee. Discussion GroupsCollege Science Librarians: Provides a forum for discussion of issues of concern to college science librarians. Hot Topics:Provides a forum for and facilitates discussion of current issues of concern to science and technology librarians. Publisher & Vendor Relations: Serves as a channel for exchanging information between science and technology publishers and vendors and science and technology librarians. |
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Last updated July 13, 2007