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AARON W. DOBBS

Degrees and Certifications: Austin Peay State University, Master of Science in Management, 2005; The University of Tennessee, Master of Science in Library Science, 1994; Wagner College, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, 1990. Current Position: Systems & Electronic Resources Librarian, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, 2006-present. Previous Positions: Network Services Librarian, Austin Peay State University, 2000-06; Information Resources Manager, Investment Banking Group, SunTrust Equitable Securities Corporation, 1999-2000; Librarian, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library, 1995-97; Librarian I, Brooklyn Public Library, 1994-95; Library Technical Assistant III, Library Technical Assistant I, and Page, The New York Public Library, The Research Libraries, 1991-93. ALA Activities: ALA: Councilor at Large, Council, 2008-Present; ALA: Member, Office of Information Technology Policy (OITP) Advisory Committee, 2006-Present; LITA: LITA Web Coordinator for Committees, Web Coordinating Committee, 2006-08; LITA: Member, Web Coordinating Committee, 2004-08; ALA: Member, Reactor Panel to the Presidential Task Force on the Graduated Dues Study, 2006-07; ALA: Intern, Office of Information Technology Policy (OITP) Advisory Committee, 2004-06; ALA: Virtual Member, Membership Committee, 2004-06; NMRT: Chair, Leadership Development Committee, 2003-04; NMRT: Co-chair, Leadership Development Committee, 2002-03; NMRT: Member, Web Steering Committee, 2002-03. Offices Held outside of ALA: Associated College Libraries of Pennsylvania: Member at Large, Governing Board, 2007-Present; Tennessee Library Association: Technology Subcommittee Chair, 2005 Conference Planning Committee, 2004-05; TENN-SHARE: Academic Library Representative, Board, 2003-05; Tennessee Digital Freedom Network: Discussion Forum Administrator, 2002-04; Tennessee Digital Freedom Network: Legislative Activist, 2002-04; Tennessee Library Association: Technology Coordinator, College and University Libraries Section Conference, 2002-02; Tennessee Library Association: Technology Coordinator, 2002 Conference Planning Committee, 2001-02; Tennessee Library Association: Technology Coordinator, 2001 Conference Planning Committee, 2000-01. Honors, Awards, Prizes, Medals, Citations: Bon Voyage Grant, Endeavor Information Systems, April, 2007. Accomplishments: Within LITA I am involved with several IGs,my most recent heavy involvement is with BIGWIG, and recently served as Web Coordinator for Committees on the Web Advisory Committee. Also, I attend as many LITA Board meetings as my ALA committees schedule permit. Within the ALA umbrella, I have been an active participant on several LITA related committees such as the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) Advisory Committee, the Joint COL/OITP Telecommunications Subcommittee, and I am currently bringing an additional LITA-flavored voice to ALA Council as a Councilor at Large. (Please vote for me on the Council ballot, too) I am also involved in tracking information technology policy, especially as it relates to academic technology, as an ACRL Legislative Advocate. Outside the ALA unbrella, several years ago I co-founded the Tennessee Digital Freedom Network (TNDF). TNDF successfully used direct citizen action and group lobbying to block the Tennessee version of the S-DMCA in 2002 on behalf of consumers and library users.

STATEMENT: As an advocate for LITA members, libraries, and library technology admins and users, I will move forward efforts re-thinking and improving how LITA disseminates our technology savvy. In addition to guiding and encouraging improvement of LITA services, LITA Board members should be aware of national and international policy debates affecting libraries, library services and library users. Some relevant policies include: personal data (privacy, protection, aggregation, and use thereof), preservation (physical, electronic, locked, obsolete technologies), orphaned works, and wiretapping. LITA should inform ALA's internal debate by keeping the Association aware of how technologies in use today could be affected, depending on the resolution of these policy debates. I will be a conduit for LITA members to inform LITA Board debate on these and other issues. May I please have your vote?