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Library Technology Advisory Committee

The library technology advisory committee (LTAC) assists the Gustavus Public Library board by reviewing, creating, explaining, and implementing library technology proposals.

The Gustavus Public Library board created this standing committee in November, 1998.

Mission

The library technology advisory committee (LTAC) assists the Gustavus public library board by reviewing, creating, explaining, and implementing library technology proposals. Our goals, in priority order, are to:

  1. Explain technology and suggest related action to the board on specific issues they pass to us.
  2. Propose technology actions or policies to the board where we see a need.
  3. Implement the board's technology policies by monitoring progress and making routine decisions as needed.

Membership

LTAC does not have a formal membership except for a designated chairperson/coordinator. Library technology issues are discussed by e-mail on the library technicians mailing list which is open to anyone. Any active participant in LTAC topics on this mailing list is automatically a member of LTAC. Oversight is provided by community members who monitor this mailing list but do not join the LTAC discussions. See http://www.gustavus.lib.ak.us/computer/lists.htm for information on joining the technicians mailing list.

As of December 10, 1998, the library technicians mailing list has the following members:

   Nate Borson*  nborson@earthling.net
   Abigail Calkin  abicalki@seaknet.alaska.edu
   Judith Challoner-Wood*  challoner@netscape.net,  mwnook@seaknet.alaska.edu
   Chris Gabriele  gabriele@seaknet.alaska.edu
   T.J. Lazar  willski4food925@hotmail.com
   Kathy Leary*  kathyl@muskox.alaska.edu
   Tom McCabe* (Chair)  tom.mccabe@iname.com, (907) 697-2885
   Bruce Paige*  bbpaige@seaknet.alaska.edu
   "Doc" Pederson*  michaelp@seaknet.alaska.edu
   Chris Spute*  spute@seaknet.alaska.edu
   Ben Stroker [sp?]  ben@gustavus.com

* designates active participant in LTAC discussions.

Meetings

We work largely via electronic collaboration, using the technicians@gustavus.lib.ak.us e-mail list. Rather than formal votes on decisions, we seek consensus. We do meet face-to-face occasionally, usually in the library at 10:00 AM, either one or two Saturdays prior to the monthly library board meeting. Meeting announcements are sent by e-mail.

Electronic Files

Various working documents of LTAC are stored in the library's electronic files at http://gustavus.lib.ak.us/public/library/tech/ltac/ 

 1999-11-30

 

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