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Jan.-Mar. 2001 Volume 22 Number 1
Letter from the Chair- Janice Bacino
Well, spring may be here technically, but for those of us in Montana, all we have seen for the past three days is snow! Please release us from the winter season. Luckily, I did see some pansies last month when the PNC Board met in Portland.- Janice Bacino
One of the advantages of accepting the responsibility of being Chair is that one gets to direct, to a certain extent, issues dear to the heart. I am a nuts and bolts sort of librarian, more attentive to the small improvement rather than the broad plan. As such, I see ILL as still at the heart of the service many of us provide, and I think we can make some incremental improvements in this basic and integral part of our service. My pet project for this year is to begin an initiative to promote more use of electronic document delivery in our region. I am please to announce that Susan Barnes (with the help of Cathy Burroughs) has agreed to chair the Automation/Technology Committee with the following charge:
"How do we increase our use of electronic document delivery in our region"? This might include exploring:
- Who is now delivering documents electronically? Additional charges?
- What have been the technical barriers? How have they been overcome?
- What products have people used?
- How has this affected the work process?
- What are the copyright issues?
The results of their exploration may be:
- A series of articles in Northwest Notes
- A Website of practical information -- basic terminology, product information, hardware and software considerations, resource people, etc.
- A class at a future PNC conference
- Recommendations to RML for education or demonstration projects
I am very excited about this effort and hope you will contact Susan, Cathy or me if you have some insight to share or if you are interested in contributing to this project. And thank you Susan and Cathy for agreeing to serve!
Please remember to mark your calendars for the fall conference to be held on the Oregon Coast at Salishan Lodge in Gleneden Beach, Oregon, September 10-14. More detail of the conference will be published in the next newsletter. And if you are a detail person that plans way in advance, Diane Helmer and the folks from Vancouver will be hosting us for the 2002 conference at the Coast Plaza Suite Hotel in Vancouver by Stanley Park and English Bay October 19-22, 2002.
Have a lovely spring and do plan on joining us all in September in Oregon!
JCB
