EBSS Committee Agendas ALA Annual 2015

Agendas will be posted as they become available.

As usual, the majority of our committees meet at our consolidated meeting on Saturday morning. Bring your coffee (or other beverage) - light refreshments will be available.

  • All-Committees Meeting.

    Sat June 27, 08:30 to 11:30am: MCC - 250-262 (S)

Here is a tentative outline for that meeting, unless your committee arranges differently:

  • 8:30-9:00: New leaders Orientation (for folks who will be new committee chairs for 2015-2016)
  • 9:00-9:15: Break
  • 9:15-10:45: Welcome and then committee meetings
  • 10:45-11:15: Reporting out and wrap up

EBSS Advisory Council

Sunday, June 28, 2015, 3:00-4:00pm, Hilton San Francisco Union Square - Golden Gate 2

I. Approval of Agenda

II. Approval of midwinter Minutes (draft available at https://connect.ala.org/viewdocument?DocumentKey=8F6B050B-E937-492E-815… )

III. Officer Reports

  • Chair
  • Vice Chair
  • Past Chair
  • Secretary
  • Members At-Large



IV. Committee Reports (Note: If you cannot attend, please send your committee reports before our meeting directly to the interim Secretary Elena Soltau at soltau@nova.edu )

  • Communication Studies
  • Conference Program Planning
  • Curriculum Materials
  • Distinguished EBSS Librarian Award
  • Electronic Resources in Communication Studies
  • ERIC Users
  • Higher Education
  • Instruction for Educators
  • Membership and Orientation
  • Nominating
  • Online Learning Research
  • Psychology
  • Publications and Communications
  • Reference Sources and Services
  • Research Committee
  • Scholarly Communication Committee
  • Social Work/Social Welfare



V. Other Business

  • Discussion of virtual membership



VI. Adjournment

EBSS Communication Studies Committee

Saturday, June 27, 2015, 8:30am to 10:00am, Moscone Convention Center 250-262 (S)

  1. Introductions
  2. Approval of 2015 Midwinter Meeting Minutes
  3. Twitter media tour 2015 recap and planning for 2016 media tour
  4. Update on the new Information Literacy Framework and the creation of a journalism framework
  5. Relationship between the Electronic Resources in Communication Studies Committee and the Communication Studies Committee
  6. Discussion about communication teaching techniques and practices

EBSS Conference Program Planning Committee

Sunday June 28, 08:30 to 10:00 am: HIL - Union Square 21

EBSS Curriculum Materials Committee

Sunday June 28, 08:30 to 10:00 am: HIL - Union Square 08

  1. Welcome and Introductions
  2. Approval of Midwinter Meeting Minutes
  3. Discussion of final draft for Guidelines for Curriculum Materials Centers
    • Administration
    • Services
    • Collection
    • Access
    • Wrap up
  4. Future Projects for CMC
  5. Announcements
  6. Adjournment

EBSS Electronic Resources in Communication Studies Committee

Saturday, June 27, 2015, 8:30am to 10:00am, MCC 250-262 (S)
  1. Introductions
  2. Approval of 2015 Midwinter Meeting Minutes
  3. In coming committee duties
  4. Future of the Wiki
  5. Collaboration with Communication Studies

EBSS ERIC Users Committee

Saturday, June 27, 2015, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM, MCC 250-262 (S)

  1. Welcome & introductions
  2. Call for additions/revisions to the agenda
  3. Approval of mid-winter meeting minutes
  4. ERIC Update
  5. Questions/comments from the committee
  6. Future Project
  7. Other business
  8. Adjournment

EBSS Executive Committee

Monday June 29, 08:30 to 10:00 am: HIL - Sunset Room

  1. Call to order, introductions/greetings (Peterman)
  2. Agenda review (Peterman)
  3. Approval of February 10, 2015 minutes
  4. Old business/outgoing reports/advice to incoming
    • Chair (Peterman)
    • Vice-Chair (Lear)
    • Past-Chair (Collard)
      • Approval of EBSS Manual Changes
    • Interim Secretary (Soltau)
    • Members-at-Large (Feeny & Harvey)
  5. Transfer of EBSS Chair to Bernadette Lear and other positions (Peterman/Lear)
    • Executive Board Procedures (Lear)
      • Communications
      • Scheduling 2015/16 Executive Board meetings/conference calls
    • New business (Lear)
      • EBSS issues for 2015-16 (Lear)
      • New committees created: 50th Anniversary, and "General" Education
  6. Adjournment

EBSS Instruction for Educators Committee

Saturday, June 27, 2015, 9:15 am - 10:45 am, MCC 250-262 (S)

  1. Welcome and introductions
  2. Approval of agenda
  3. Implication of IL Framework on Model Library Guide, Teacher Education Standards, or other work of the committee
  4. Upcoming review of IL Teacher Education Standards in 2016
  5. Progress on the Model Library Guide

EBSS Psychology Committee

Saturday, June 27, 9:15 to 10:45 am: MCC 250-262 (S)

  1. Welcome and introductions
  2. Approval of Midwinter minutes
  3. Project updates
  4. ACRL Plan for Excellence http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/strategicplan/stratplan
  5. Action items
  6. Adjourn

EBSS Publications & Communications Committee

Saturday, June 27, 2015, 9:15 to 11:15AM, MCC - 250-262 (S)

  1. Welcome
  2. Introductions
  3. Approval of minutes of last meeting
  4. Reports of ex-officio members
    • Newsletter editor
    • Webmaster
    • Listserv master
    • Others?
  5. Reports from liaisons
  6. Online Research Committee Article
  7. Old business
  8. New Business

EBSS Reference Sources & Services Committee

Saturday, June 27, 8:30 am to 11:30 am: MCC 250-262 (S)

I. Introductions
II. Review and Approval of March 6 Meeting Minutes
III. Status of Current Projects
A. Statistical Directory for Education and Social Science Librarians
  • Education Statistics – Christina
  • Criminal Justice Statistics – Lisa
  • Gerontology Statistics – Kelly
  • Psychology Statistics – Kate
  • Social Work Statistics – Melissa
  • General Social Science Statistics and Demographics- Kelly
New categories
  • Women & Gender Studies – Melissa
  • Childhood & Family Studies – Lisa
  • Sociology & Anthropology – Kate
B. Education Librarian's Toolbox
  • Subject Primer Tools – Kate
  • Collection Management Tools – Kelly
  • Reference/Research Tools – Kelly
  • User Education/Info. Literacy Tools – Lisa
  • Peer Support Tools – Melissa
  • Program Review Tools – Kate
  • News/Current Awareness Tools – Christina
IV. Compile List of Top 10 Online Reference Works for Education & Social Sciences Online
V. Marketing and Promotion of the above tools
VI. Call for New Business

EBSS Research Committee

Saturday, June 27, 2015, 8:30 am to 11:30 am, Moscone Convention Center 250-262 (S)

  1. Committee membership introductions
    1. Welcome to new committee members
    2. Appreciations and fond farewells to leaving committee members
  2. Last minute readiness check on Research Forum later that afternoon
  3. Discussion on possible improvements for next year’s Research Forum

EBSS Scholarly Communication Committee

Saturday, June 27, 2015 8:30-11:30 am, MCC 250-262 (S)
  1. Welcome and Introductions
  2. Volunteer for Minutes
  3. Approve Midwinter Minutes
  4. Update and Discussion—Progress on ASEE/EBSS/STS Joint Survey on Scholarly Communication
  5. Topics and Goals for Midwinter
  6. Sharing: What Have You Been Doing In Your Library? (altmetrics, data management, predatory journals, open access policies, compliance with funder mandates, author identifiers, digital repositories, fair use and copyright, etc.)
  7. New Chair
  8. Other Business
  9. Adjourn

EBSS Social Work/Social Welfare Committee

Sunday June 28, 08:30 to 10:00 am: HIL- Sunset Room

  1. Committee membership introductions

a. Welcome to new committee members

b. Appreciations and fond farewells to leaving committee members

2. Last minute readiness check on Research Forum later that afternoon

3. Discussion on possible improvements for next year’s Research Forum

  1. Committee membership introductions

a. Welcome to new committee members

b. Appreciations and fond farewells to leaving committee members

2. Last minute readiness check on Research Forum later that afternoon

3. Discussion on possible improvements for next year’s Research Forum

  1. Committee membership introductions

a. Welcome to new committee members

b. Appreciations and fond farewells to leaving committee members

2. Last minute readiness check on Research Forum later that afternoon

3. Discussion on possible improvements for next year’s Research Forum