Candidates for ALCTS President: Dale Swensen and Cynthia Whitacre
Dale Swensen, Brigham Young University
As Dickens wrote, these are the best of times and these are the worst of times. The boundless advance of technology has changed our profession so profoundly in recent years that most of us are uncertain what the future will hold. Economic downturns of late only make the picture even more unclear. On the other hand, there has never been a greater need for new ideas, creative solutions, and increased collaboration among professionals in our field. One of our recent presidents coined the phrase “ALCTS is us,” meaning that our organization can accomplish what we as leaders and members are willing to pitch in and do. I believe that phrase applies to everyone in ALCTS from the president to the newest member. If you work with acquisitions, cataloging, collection development, preservation, continuing resources, or technical services management, you need ALCTS and ALCTS needs you.
Cynthia Whitacre, OCLC
It is an honor to run for this office. ALCTS is a leader in furthering standards for our profession, and that work must be a high priority. ALCTS must continue creating a forum of communication surrounding current topics in technical services. Providing convenient, affordable and relevant training and continuing education to our members is crucial. I want ALCTS to create more opportunities for collaboration between areas in technical services as represented by our Sections, and also between technical services and other areas of librarianship. In my position at OCLC I work with many vendor partners, standards, and quality control. I have worked in many areas of technical services, including collection development, acquisitions, serials, and cataloging, and have worked in and with many types and sizes of libraries. I value the diversity in our profession; I hope to foster that by attracting people new to librarianship to become ALCTS members.
Nominees for ALCTS Division and Section Officers 2008
Following is the slate of candidates for ALCTS division and section offices for the 2009 elections.
ALCTS DIVISION
Director-at-Large (2009–2012)
Janet Belanger Morrow, Northeastern University
Mary Page, University of California – Davis
ACQUISITIONS SECTION
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2009–2012)
Lauren Corbett, (Wake Forest University)
Write-in
Member-at-Large (2009–2012)
Morag Boyd, Ohio State University
Robin Champieux, Blackwell North America
CATALOGING AND CLASSIFICATION SECTION
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2009–2012)
Magda El-Sherbini, Ohio State University
Shelby Harken, University of North Dakota
Member-at-Large (2009–2012) --two to be elected
Robert Bothmann, Minnesota State University - Mankato
Jennifer Lang, Princeton University
Mary Catherine Little, Queens Library – New York
Alex Thurman, Columbia University
COLLECTION MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2009–2012)
Adrian Ho, University of Western Ontario
Virginia Kay (Ginger) Williams, Wichita State University
Member-at-Large (2009–2012) --two to be elected
Kathy Mitchell, Beaufort County Library – South Carolina
Margaret (Peggy) Murphy, Los Angeles Public Library
Greg Raschke, North Carolina State University
Ellen Safley, University of Texas – Dallas
CONTINUING RESOURCES SECTION
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2009–2012)
Paul Moeller, University of Colorado
Tina Shrader, National Agricultural Library
Member-at-Large (2009–2012)
Bonnie Parks, University of Portland – Oregon
Sally Gibson, Creighton University
Secretary (2009–2012)
Anne Mitchell, University of Houston
Cecilia Genereux, University of Minnesota
COUNCIL OF REGIONAL GROUPS
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2009–2012)
Marlene A. Harris, Alachua County Library District - Florida
Louise Ratliff, UCLA
Secretary (2009–2011)
Mary A. Walker, University of Arkansas
Patricia Dragon, East Carolina University
PRESERVATION AND REFORMATTING SECTION
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2009–2012)
Tara Kennedy, Yale University
Anne Marie Willer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dale Swensen, Brigham Young University
Cynthia Whitacre, OCLC