File:PapersComRptMidwinter2016.doc

Name of person submitting this report: Richard Sapon-White

Email of person submitting this report: Richard.sapon-white@oregonstate.edu

Report submission date: July 28, 2014 __X__annual

Name of committee: IRRT International Papers Committee

Name of committee chair (indicate if acting chair): Richard Sapon-White, Jacqueline Solis (co-chairs)

Committee chair e-mail address: Richard.sapon-white@oregonstate.edu, jsolis@email.unc.edu

Date of meeting(s): January 9, 2016

Members present: Richard Sapon-White, Xin Li, Paromita Biswas

Members absent: Bethe Gutsche, Jacqueline Solis, Jamie Johnston, Mohamed Berray, Meggan Houlihan

1. Summary of discussion and action; please indicate activities planned for the next 5 months: (Please note: if planning to raise an issue at the Executive Board Meeting at this conference please talk with the Chair prior to the meeting.)

The committee reviewed proposals received this fall for the program we have planned for Annual in Orlando. We received 17 submissions, including 9 from overseas librarians, 7 from US librarians, and 1 which was a joint submission by a US and an overseas librarian. This total is higher than the numbers we have received in the past 2 years (14 in 2015, 8 in 2014). The overseas submissions came from Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Canada (2), the Philippines, Nigeria, Singapore, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Kenya, and South Korea. The US submissions involved projects in the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, India, Guatemala, China, and Aruba, amongst others.

Using a rubric that we have used in the past (but that will be updated in the future), we selected four proposals – two from US librarians and one each from Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines. The papers cover bibliotherapy, gamification, an alternative to internet connectivity, and international cooperation in library development.

2. Midwinter Meeting Only: Review current committee roster and list all continuing members and any members whose term will end this year and who wish to be reappointed for a second two-year term. Include yourself if applicable:

Continuing members: Paromita Biswas Xin Li Jamie Johnston Mohamed Berray Meggan Houlihan

Terms ending after 2016 Annual (but both have indicated a desire to be reappointed: Jacqueline Solis (willing to serve again as co-chair) Bethe Gutsche

3. List names and e-mails of potential new members I don’t know if these people are IRRT members yet, but they would make great contributions if they were: Andrea Wirth (andrea.wirth@unlv.edu) Tom Larsen (larsent@pdx.edu) Kristen Kern (kernk@pdx.edu

4. List any members who have indicated interest in serving on another IRRT committee or running for an IRRT office. Include yourself, if applicable.

5. Who would you recommend to serve as chair next year? Indicate if you are interested in serving as chair again.

Jacqueline Solis would be interested in continuing as co-chair of this committee and would be fine in that role. She also said she would search around in order to suggest a co-chair to serve with her next year.

6. Please write any other comments about the committee's membership here. We do much of our committee work via email outside of the two conferences each year. I am aware of the typically low attendance at Midwinter when we make our program proposal selections. While it has been great that all committee members provide input before Midwinter, the ultimate decision should be made by the entire committee. Since it is not possible to do that at Midwinter and being reminded elsewhere at this Midwinter meeting of several avenues for meeting virtually (GoToMeeting, ALA Connect, and others), we should probably switch that aspect of the committee’s work to a virtual meeting. Face-to-face meetings still have value in discussing other aspects of the committee’s work, but this particular aspect should be moved to a virtual venue convenient to all (or most) members.