Project director sought by ASCLA for LBPH Guidelines revision

Contact: Liz Markel


Marketing Specialist, RUSA/ASCLA


(312) 280-4398


lmarkel@ala.org

NEWS


For Immediate Release


January 26, 2010

CHICAGO—The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) has issued an RFP for a project director to oversee revision of the 2005 “Revised Standards and Guidelines of Service for the Library of Congress Network of Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.”




The project director will facilitate and coordinate all phases of the standards development process, including managing a working team and project advisory committee of consumers and librarians. Additional responsibilities include arranging meetings for the working team and advisory committee, scheduling public hearings and presentations before interested groups, conducting research, preparing drafts and the final copy – and handling distribution - of the standards document, planning project expenditures and managing budgeted funds.




The revision process will be funded by a grant from the Library of Congress/National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LC/NLS) to the American Library Association, and will be administered by ASCLA.
The RFP, with a proposed timeline, can be viewed on the ASCLA Blog.




Applicants must submit one print copy and one copy on a CD of their proposal by 4:30 p.m. CT on Feb. 19, 2010 via mail to the American Library Association, Attention: Susan Hornung, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL, 60611. Questions about the RFP should be submitted to Susan Hornung, ASCLA/RUSA executive director at
shornung@ala.org or (312) 280-4395.




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