40 Years of IAMSLIC – Looking to the Future
This morning, we had a panel discussion about the history of IAMSLIC with a summary of the 2014 membership survey. That led to a discussion around three themes. Under each, the participants suggested actions that we could take to make IAMSLIC thrive.
1. Communication
The Pacific Islands Regional Group need a discussion list to improve communication within the region.
We all need to contribute to the IAMSLIC blog and discussion list. Posts to the blog automatically go to the discussion list.
Posts can include projects that individuals are working on, descriptions of the work we are doing locally as well as regular updates from regional group coordinators.
The blog is a way to share training ideas and resources.
2. Professional Development
ASFA is working on short interactive training videos.
We should have a spot on the IAMSLIC web site for training materials. This could be something of a ‘tip’ box and a listing of useful resources from YouTube videos to our own local training materials.
Suggested topics for workshops and training were disaster management and digitization procedures.
3. Resource Sharing.
Almost everyone at the conference uses the Z39.50 Library. Several had suggestions and questions. Steve Watkins gave a demonstration after lunch for those who wanted a refresher who had questions.
If you have suggestions for training topics or anything else under these categories, let me know. I’ll be writing up a report for the IAMSLIC Executive Board.
Janet Webster
Oregon State University
