Hello Librarians, The Notable Videos for Adults Committee has one vacancy to fill this year. We aim for a balanced mix of librarians from academic, public, and special libraries who work with media and serve adult populations. This year, we are looking for one librarian from a public or special library to balance out the committee. This is an opportunity to serve on a rewarding and enjoyable professional committee at the national level. Representatives or employees of video producers or distributors are ineligible.
Each member will serve a term of two years, with a maximum number of consecutive terms not to exceed two, for a total of four years of service. All committee members are required to: * Be members of the American Library Association (ALA) and the Video Round Table (VRT), * Attend ALA Midwinter for two consecutive years (Boston in January 2016 and Atlanta in January 2017), * View and evaluate a substantial number of videos leading up to ALA Midwinter (last year, 64 titles were screened). For complete information about the committee please visit our web page: http://www.ala.org/vrt/notablevideos/ If you are interested in volunteering for the committee, please respond directly to me by April 10, 2015. Indicate your membership status with ALA and VRT, your ability to commit to attending ALA Midwinter, and include information regarding your experience with videos (e.g., collection development, reviewing, viewer's advisory, etc.). Please contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Wendy Highby VRT Notable Videos for Adults Chair Social Sciences Reference Librarian James A. Michener Library University of Northern Colorado 501 20th St., Campus Box 48 Greeley, CO 80639 970-351-1530 wendy.hig...@unco.edu<mailto:wendy.hig...@unco.edu>
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
