Committee Charges
Library Improvement | Resource Sharing | Technology | Outreach
Charge:
The Library Improvement Committee, Middle Atlantic Region (MAR), is charged with: identifying, assessing and locating network member libraries in need of improvement in
- Technology, including but not limited to hardware, software and supplies that enhance document delivery, with a preference for elctronic document delivery
- Internet connectivity, especially but not limited to issues related to seamless connection to electronic resources and
- Equipment necessary to offer training or outreach in library resources, particularly those offered by the National Library of Medicine.
- Areas of training and support health sciences libraries are requesting.
- And to identify the barriers, problems or issues in technology, connectivity, and equipment in libraries throughout Region 1.
Charge:
The Resource Sharing Committee, Middle Atlantic Region (MAR), is charged with: enhancing existing network sharing arrangements, particularly as they affect document delivery; encourage and exhort network member compliance with resource sharing guidelines and identify issues, assess and propose solutions to human and technological barriers to continued sharing of resources and encourage training of network members.
Committee efforts will include:
- Ensuring that resource sharing issues and concerns are included in the regional needs assessment
- Identifying the barriers, problems or issues in resource sharing amongst libraries throughout Region 1.
- Publicizing training opportunities to network members including yet to be developed class, DOCLINE for the team, ILL staff and the Director.
- Encourage network members to identify potential network members or non-EFTS participants and contribute to the Region’s “Each One, Reach One” network membership campaign during year 1.
- Assist network members in negotiating licenses to electronic resources that include a provision to permit interlibrary loan.
- Develop and promote innovative methods of enhancing network members’ technical knowledge and use of DOCLINE and SERHOLD including brown bag sessions at Chapter or consortia meetings, creation of Fact Sheets and hosting classes on resource sharing.
Charge:
The Technology Committee, Middle Atlantic Region (MAR), is charged with: identifying, tracking, and publicizing tecnology trends, emerging issues and transformative technologies that may or will have an impact on network member libraries in the present, near future and long-term, particularly as it applies to Region 1.
Committee efforts will include:
- Identifying emerging technologies as they apply to the region and network members and suggst innovative ways of sharing information with the network membership
- Assess regional readiness or capacity in technology
- Identify the barriers, problems or issues in technology in libraries throughout Region 1.
- Publicizing the potential impact of technology on network members via the newsletter, listserv, Around the Region email news and the MAR blog
- Propose inventive methods of and uses of technology that could be adopted into a Region-wide plan for technology, paying particular attention to the needs of rural and inner-city libraries and librareies that work with underserved populations
- Prioritizing projects for the Library Improvement Plan
- Increasing involvement and commitment of RML members to the region’s programs
Charge:
The Outreach Committee, Middle Atlantic Region (MAR), is charged with: developing a coordinated, needs-based outreach program for Region 1 that leverages existing Region resources including Resource Libraries, consortia, public library systems and partnerships between and among community or faith-based organizations in identifying special populations, underserved health professionals and minority groups to eliminate or reduce health information disparities, particularly as outlined in Healthy People 2010.
Committee efforts will include:
- Working with the Regional Advisory Committee in conducting a needs assessment of the region
- Identifying the barriers, problems or issues in outreach in libraries throughout Region 1.
- Publicizing existing outreach activities, partnerships and programs conducted by network members or potential network members via the newsletter, listerv, Around the Region email news and the MAR blog
- Proposing a coordinated, multi-pronged outreach program that may make use of subcontracts, awards, RML staff and Resource and network member libraries to effectively eliminate or reduce health information disparities
- Reviewing proposals for Outreach Conference Awards in Year 1 and Outreach Awards in Year 2
