ASCLA selects Peters as project director for LBPH Standards and Guidelines revision
Contact: Liz Markel
Marketing Specialist, RUSA/ASCLA
(312) 280-4398
NEWS
For Immediate Release
May 4, 2010
CHICAGO--Tom Peters has been selected as 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.
As project director, Peters will work with a team of professionals to revise the 2005 Revised Standards and Guidelines of Service for the Library of Congress Network of Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. This most recent revision will take into consideration a number of significant changes in the operation of network libraries and in the development and use of new technologies that have occurred since the standards were last revised.
Peters has worked in and with libraries and library-related organizations for 23 years. He has worked on many projects involving team members from academic, public, special and governmental libraries. He is the founder of
TAP Information Services, which provides a wide variety of high quality planning, consulting, research and assessment services supporting libraries, consortia, government agencies, publishers and other information-intensive organizations.
Peters has also worked closely with several NLS regional and sub-regional libraries to plan, launch, operate and improve a downloadable digital audio book project called
Unabridged. In addition, he has been involved in numerous collaborative, inter-organizational initiatives to establish and assess policies, procedures, service standards and best practices such as chairing the working group of the
My Info Quest collaborative SMS-based text-based reference service to develop a set of
policies and procedures for an effective, efficient and professional provision of this new type of collaborative endeavor. Peters also coordinates
OPAL, a collaborative web-conferencing service.
The revision project is being administered through the
Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) thanks to a grant from the Library of Congress/National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LC/NLS).
ASCLA, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), is a diverse organization of librarians and support staff who work in academic and public libraries, state agencies, specialized libraries and multi-type cooperatives, as well as those who are self-employed. Not an ASCLA member, but interested in discounted registration rates on conference, ASCLA preconferences and other ASCLA events? Join, renew or add ASCLA to your ALA membership at
www.ala.org/membership.
