aserl-prof-dev-announce Mailing List: Volunteers Needed: Leadership of ASERL Committees / Interest Groups / Networking Forums

[John Burger (jburger]

ASERL Friends:



It's that time of year:  Rotation of leadership posts for ASERL's committees / 
Interest Groups / Communities of Practice.  Our sincere thanks to the outgoing 
chairs (see below) for their leadership; we hope you will be inspired to follow 
their lead and step forward to be one of the new co-chairs.



BASIC INFO
  * Ideally ASERL seeks three co-chairs for each committee; this allows work to 
continue should one of the co-chairs become unavailable.

  * Each post is a 2-year service commitment, with the option to renew if 
desired.  The posts below will start in July 2022, through June 2024.

  * Each volunteer is asked to submit a brief statement describing what they 
hope to accomplish in the role, any specific project ideas they have, 
noteworthy skills / experiences that they feel are useful, etc.

  * Self-nomination (volunteering) is strongly encouraged!

  * Final selections are made by the ASERL Board during their next meeting / 
conference call.



POSTS AVAILABLE -- Seeking 1 - 2 people to fill upcoming vacancies for each of 
the groups below

a)  Accessibility Interest Group​

b)  Big Deal Community of Practice​

c)  DEI Taskforce – A new ‘charge’ for the group is in development, to design / 
implement a new BIPOC networking group for ASERL.  Many opportunities TBA.

d)  Scholarly Communications​ Committee

e)  Special Collections Interest Group​

f)  Associate Deans / AUL Networking Forum

g)  Development / Advancement Networking (NEW!)  A new group, yet to be 
launched, to connect people working in development / advancement / fundraising 
roles within our community.  We welcome volunteers to help draft a charge and 
plan initial activities, and hopefully serve in leadership roles for the first 
year or two once the group gets off the ground.



OTHER

NEWSLETTER DESIGNER -- Seeking a design-savvy person with familiarity with 
MailChimp to assist us in creating attractive e-newsletters once per quarter. 
ASERL staff write the copy; this person makes it an attractive package to help 
foster greater participation in our programming.  Our thanks to Adrianna Harris 
(FIU) for her great work with this over the past two+ years.



Desired skills/expertise

*  Effective at fostering a sense of community across remote locations

*  Well-connected & current:  Very current on emerging issues in the scope of 
the Committee / Interest Group /Community of Practice

*  Availability to contribute 3 - 4 hours per month to this volunteer activity

*  Willing to contact people inside / outside ASERL to serve as webinar 
speakers and other roles

*  Experience in planning webinars / unconferences / similar events is desirable

*  Familiarity with basic webpage editing tools (WordPress) to re-imagine / 
maintain relevant webpages



Anyone interested in working on these initiatives are asked to submit their 
names and brief statement describing their interests, relevant experiences, and 
any particular projects they’d like to undertake to Elaina Norlin (enorlin [at] 
aserl.org<mailto:enorlin [at] aserl.org>) or me by June 15.



THANKS to everyone who has provided leadership to our many activities over the 
past year (and in some cases, two years.)  ASERL is only as good as our 
volunteers – we owe much of success to your talents and brain power.



We greatly appreciate your consideration of this request.  Please let Elaina or 
me know any questions.

Kind regards,

--j.e.b.

John Burger, Executive Director
Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)
540 Asbury Circle, #316
Atlanta, Georgia  30322

404-218-4207 -- cellular