RUSA MARS Local Systems and Services
Charge
To create, collect, analyze, and disseminate information and materials on the development, implementation, and evaluation of local systems and services in any format; and to gather and share with the library profession information on new technologies and ethical issues relating to such systems and services. local systems and services to be considered may include, but are not limited to, the following: provision of reference services via electronic mail; document delivery; expert systems; local area networks; locally mounted (third-party produced) databases; locally developed databases; public access catalogs; non-bibliographic databases.
Roster
Chanitra Bishop
(Chair,
July 1, 2012, to
July 22, 2013)
Chanitra Bishop
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
July 22, 2013)
Jessica Hagman
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
July 22, 2013)
Matt Lee
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
July 22, 2013)
Geoffrey W. Morse
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
July 22, 2013)
Robert E. Withers
(Member,
July 1, 2011, to
July 22, 2013)
Displaying active committee roster as of 06/19/2013. Last retrieved on 06/19/2013. Members can log in to view full contact information for committee members.
Public Posts from ALA Connect
- RUSA MARS LSS Committee Online Open Meeting on "The Learning Commons and the Academic Library: Using Emerging Technologies and New Partnerships to Build Student Success"
- Local Systems and Services Committee (RUSA MARS)
- Notes from MW 2012 Discussion Forum on the Creative Learning Commons
- Annual 2011 Meeting Minutes
- Evaluation Form (Midwinter 2011)
- Meeting minutes, Midwinter 2011
- Notes from MW11 Discussion Forum: "Designing Around a Single Search: How Discovery Layers Are Changing Library Websites"
- Discussion Forum, Midwinter 2011
- Notes from the Annual 2010 Discussion Forum "Discovery Systems: Solutions a User Could Love?"
- Notes from the MW10 Discussion Forum "Discovery Systems: Solutions a User Could Love?"
Composition
See RUSA or Section Bylaws.
Origin
See Committee Charge.
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Staff Liaison
Andrea Hill
Web Services Mgr.
312.280.4397
ahill@ala.org
Web Services Mgr.
312.280.4397
ahill@ala.org
