From bushra.jaswal at gmail.com Sat Feb 4 02:14:02 2017 From: bushra.jaswal at gmail.com (Bushra Jaswal) Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 12:14:02 +0500 Subject: [Asia-pacific-asist] Vote for Bushra A. Jaswal at OCLC Regional Council Elections Message-ID: Dear OCLC Asia-Pacific Regional Council Members in Asia-Pacific ASIS&T, I am Bushra Almas Jaswal, from Lahore, Pakistan. I am a candidate for Executive Committee Member in the upcoming election of OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council. b The reason for me to stand up for this election is to highlight the issues faced by the developing country librarians, specially those listed in Lower Income Economies, while using the OCLC Products and Services. They may be, the language, the technology, the quality of education or lack of budget. But these issues are the reason for lesser memberships and lesser usage of OCLC Cooperative Services by these countries. There is a need to increase OCLC focus on identifying and understanding the problems of libraries and librarians in less developed nations and find ways to overcome them. For example, about my country, Pakistan, I found 41 institutions from Pakistan, listed in OCLC Website with OCLC Symbols. It reflects their interest in OCLC. But only five of them are currently, listed as OCLC Members. If elected, I will especially, work for finding ways to increase representation of developing countries institutions in OCLC. I am writing to let you know that the Elections are now open until 15 March, 2017. Members across Asia Pacific have received their ballot to vote. If YOU happen to be a voting member of OCLC APRC, and you agree with my point of view, *Please vote and support me, as candidate for Member Executive Committee.* I encourage you to spread the word among other OCLC Members in your networks. You can also View and share Candidates' Videos Here! Best Regards -- Bushra Almas Jaswal Chief Librarian & Associate Professor, Ewing Memorial Library, Forman Christian College (a Chartered University), Lahore Phone 99231581-8, Ext-424 E-mail: bushra.jaswal at gmail.com Moblie (92)0300-5117435 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: