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Call for Vice Chair:

The Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group seeks an interested person to serve as Vice-Chair from July 2021-June 2022 and as Chair from July 2022-June 2023.

 Housed within the Core division of ALA, the Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group was created to provide a forum for discussion of issues within the field of technical services which are relevant to library staff at all levels, particularly those issues relating to the evolution of technical services as it affects and is affected by technology and greater interdependency among all library departments.

The Chair and Vice Chair work closely together to plan and execute all aspects of the roundtable discussions that are held during the Interest Group’s ALA Annual meetings and Core Interest Group Weeks. Tasks include sending call for proposal emails to listservs, vetting proposals, sending promotional emails to listservs, coordinating logistics with round table discussion facilitators, and managing all aspects of in-person and virtual meetings. Interested applicants must be a member of Core. Interested applicants may be required to attend the in-person 2022 and 2023 Annual Conference of ALA and be able to organize and attend CORE's Virtual IG weeks in the Winter and Summer.

 Those interested in becoming Vice-Chair of the Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group should submit a letter of interest that includes:

• A short biographical sketch: who are you and why does this group interest you?
• Your tentative availability to attend in-person ALA Annual Conferences in 2022 and 2023, and Core Virtual IG Weeks in 2022 and 2023
• Your resume or CV as an attachment

Please submit your letter of interest by May 14th, 2021 to Sarah Hovde (Chair),  [log in to unmask], and Susan Martin (Vice Chair), [log in to unmask]