<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5c3c70b1-13f6-cef5-79e9-e26e182664c5"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The ALCTS Collection Management and E-Resources Interest Group (CMERIG) is seeking a volunteer to serve as vice chair (2016-17) / chair (2017-18). Created in 1991 under the auspices of the Collection Management Section, CMERIG addresses issues related to collection management and development of electronic resources, their funding, and selection. Links to previous CMERIG-hosted conference sessions can be found online at </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/mgrps/cms/grps/ats-cmdigcmer" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">http://www.ala.org/alcts/mgrps/cms/grps/ats-cmdigcmer</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Vice-chair / chair: This position serves a two-year term, as vice-chair from July 2016 to June 2017 (the close of the ALA 2017 Annual Conference) and as chair from July 2017 to June 2018 (the close of the ALA 2018 Annual Conference).</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Responsibilities include planning and facilitating a conference session at both the ALA Midwinter and ALA Annual Conferences. Annual and midwinter conference attendance is strongly encouraged.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">If you are interested in this opportunity, please send a short bio and a few sentences about why you are interested in the position to the current chair and vice-chair at the e-mail addresses below.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Sincerely,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Jennifer Bazeley (Chair)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="mailto:bazelejw@miamioh.edu" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">bazelejw@miamioh.edu</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Sunshine Carter (Vice-chair)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="mailto:scarter@umn.edu" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">scarter@umn.edu</span></a></p><br></span>
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