Chairprogrammw2014report

                         ALA IRRT Chair’s Program Committee Meeting
                                   January 25, 2014
                                  9:30 – 11:00 AM

Present:

Eda Correa, Robin Kear, Marilyn Lewis (Co-Chair), Cecilia Salvatore (Co-Chair), Paula Smith (term begins July 2014)

At 10:00 AM, the Committee was joined by the International Sister Libraries Committee (Carol Brey-Casiano, Sandra Hirsh, and Peggy Ridlen)

1. Meeting was called to order at 9:30 AM

2. There were no changes/additions to the agenda distributed by Marilyn Lewis.

3. Report of the Executive Board meeting

    a.	There is a call for submissions to the Roundtable’s publication, International Leads. Submissions must be 1000-1400 words.  The next issue will be published on June 2014.

    b.	The International Visitor Center Committee will need volunteers during the annual meeting and it was suggested that the Chair’s Program Committee could assist/volunteer there.

    c.	It was reported that the IRRT is one of the largest groups within ALA.  There are currently 1848 members of the Roundtable.

4. Progress Report

    a.	The Chair’s Program will be from 3:00 – 4:00 PM. on Sunday afternoon.

    b.	The Chair’s Program is also the meeting of the IRRT, so reports and other meeting agenda will take place at that time as well.

    c.	Chair Carol Kem described why she wanted the focus of the Chair’s Program to be on the interaction and relationship of school libraries (or other libraries) in the United States with international school libraries.  She explained that this interaction is critical and is often times the only interaction/collaboration between a library in the United States and an international library, and it is important that we know more about them.

    d.	Chair Carol Kem further explained that she would like speakers or panelists who would discuss how they have interacted and collaborated with international librarians; she would like “case studies.”

5. Suggestions

   a.	Eda Correa suggested Matthew Winner, an elementary school teacher librarian in Columbia, MD.

   b.	Paula Smith suggested Joyce Valenza, Wayne Jacoby of Global Education Motivators (GEM), and Jennifer Baxmeyer of Princeton University Library.

   c.	It was suggested that we get speakers/panelists who are mindful of the limited resources, the filtering issues, etc. at many international libraries.

   d.	Carol Kem reported that Barbara Stripling may come to the program because of her special interest in school libraries and international relationships.

   e.	Carol Kem mentioned that there was sort of a database listing or describing the schools in the United States working with sister libraries.  She did not know where that database is housed now.

   f.	Committee and Sister Libraries Committee agreed that it would be good to get a speaker/panelist from the Las Vegas area. All agreed that the Nevada State Library Association should be contacted for recommendations for a speaker/panelist. 

   g.	Carol Brey-Casiano and Peggy Ridlen recommended contacting other groups, such as the International Association of School Librarianship.

6. Other Business – Action to be Taken

   a.	Sister Libraries would send a call for recommendations for panelists via their “wiki.”

   b.	Sandra Hirsch would contact her faculty at San Jose for recommendations.

Submitted by, Cecilia L. Salvatore