Attention ALA members and anyone interested in resource sharing -
As many of you are aware, I am chairing a task force which is petitioning
the ALA Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) to create a new
resource sharing section. The proposed Section to Transform Access and
Resource Sharing (STARS) would address all forms of resource sharing: ILL,
cooperative collection development, cooperative reference, remote
circulation, shared storage facilities, access services, etc. Our goal is
to get people from all areas of resource sharing in one central location
within ALA so that we can work on projects of mutual interest and address
resource sharing concerns in a broad-based manner.
If you support this idea, and you are a RUSA member, please sign the
petition which can be found at http://www.ala.org/rusa/ - click on
"Petition and Support Document for NEW Resource Sharing Section" - then
click on "New Section Petition". Print it, fill it out, and mail it to me
at the address on the bottom of the petition. We are accepting petitions
through September 30, 2003. Note: you MUST be a member of RUSA to sign.
Please also note that the document labeled "Background for Creating New
RUSA Section" includes the title and purpose of the new section, our
rationale for its creation, and two tables outlining the proposed
committees and discussion groups as well as projects for them to work on in
their first 3 years.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly at
hollerich@northwestern.edu.
Mary
Mary A. Hollerich
Associate Director for Access Services
Pritzker Legal Research Center
Northwestern University Law School
357 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
312-503-0300
hollerich@northwestern.edu
"Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood." Daniel Burnham
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