Task Force on E-Member Participation

ESTABLISHED: By ALA Council at the 2007 Annual Conference

CHARGE:   To examine existing documents and develop recommendations to adapt ALA policies to help the Association move forward with effective-e-participation practices; to survey current and planned e-participation throughout the ALA and its units; to explore, in consultation with BARC, the financial implications of expanded e-participation; and to report its findings to the ALA Council at the 2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver, CO.

ROSTER:

Janet Swan Hill, chair
Assoc Dir Technical Services
Univ Colorado Libraries
Boulder, CO
janet.hill@colorado.edu 

Vibiana Bowman
Reference Librarian
Rutgers University 
Paul Robeson Library
Camden, NJ 
bowman@camden.rutgers.edu

James B. Casey
Director
Oak Lawn Public Library
Oak Lawn, IL
jcasey@oaklawnlibrary.org 

Peter D. Hepburn
Assistant Circulation Librarian
University of Illinois At Chicago
University Library 
Chicago, IL
phepburn@uic.edu

Keri A. Cascio
Librarian/Trainer
Missouri Library Network Corporation
St. Louis, MO
keri@mlnc.org

Charles E. Kratz, Jr.
Dean of Libraries
University of Scranton
Weinberg Memorial Library
Scranton, PA
kratzc1@scranton.edu

Sue H. MacTavish
sue.mactavish@northriver.coop

Michael J. Miller
Coordinator Access Services
Queens College-CUNY
Flushing, NY
michael.miller@qc.cuny.edu

Judy T. Nelson
Youth Services Coordinator
Pierce County Library System
Tacoma, WA
jnelson@piercecountylibrary.org

Joe Sanchez
Doctoral Student
University of Texas
Austin, TX
joesanchez@austin.utexas.edu 

Gina A. Persichini
Networking Consultant
Idaho Commission for Libraries
Boise, ID
gina.persichini@libraries.idaho.gov

Stephanie Sarnoff
Director, Scarsdale Public Library
Scarsdale, NY
sarnoff@wlsmail.org   

Karen G. Schneider
Research and Development Consultant
College Center for Library Automation
Tallahassee, FL
kschneider@ccaflorida.edu

Dawn Vaughn
Highlands Ranch, CO
dawn.vaughn@comcast.net

Courtney L. Young
Reference Librarian
Penn State University
Beaver Campus Library
Monaca, PA
cly11@psu.edu   

ALA STAFF LIAISONS:

John Chrastka
jchrastka@ala.org

Lois Ann Gregory-Wood,
lgregory@ala.org

Jenny Levine
jlevine@ala.org 

TASK FORCE AGENDAS 

E-Member Participation Task Force (PDF)

MEETING NOTES