[Sigdl-l] SIG Digital Libraries (DL) wins 2011 ASIS&T SIG of the Year Honors!

[Martens, Betsy V.]

My apologies: in all this excitement, I managed to misspell "libraries" in the original message header!

- Betsy Martens

The SIG-DL Officers are delighted to share the following announcement from K.T. Vaughan, ASIS&T SIG Cabinet Director, 2009-2011:

SIG-DL Wins ASIST SIG of the Year Honors!

SIG Digital Libraries (DL) is the 2011 ASIS&T SIG of the Year.  SIG DL presented an impressive array of year-round programming, membership recruitment and retention, and leadership development activities.  This SIG not only presented panels and a workshop at the 2010 Annual Meeting, but also planned and sponsored two webinars during 2011.  This programming represented a range of interests, particularly in the institutional repository community.  SIG DL kept in contact with members and interested non-members through their Facebook and LinkedIn pages and Twitter feeds, and officers followed up by email after the Annual Meeting with attendees of their business meeting.  Officers and interested members held planning meetings online multiple times during the year; one of these was archived so non-attendees could view the discussion after the fact.  SIG DL was the only SIG, to our knowledge, to come to the 2010 Annual Meeting having already elected their 2010/11 officers.  By holding their elections online rather than in person at the meeting, they dramatically improved SIG member participation in the election.  The SIG particularly noted their ongoing relationship among the leadership and their New Leaders Program awardee, Tina Jayroe, highlighting her role in the increase in the SIG’s Twitter followers because of her outreach work.  Finally, they are working to develop members and potential members through an analysis of the membership lists of the SIG, the SIG listserv, and the Facebook and LinkedIn pages.  SIG DL showed unusual activity, both in programming and in communication with members through social media tools in 2011.  They are a role model for other SIGs looking to develop their membership, particularly among members unable to attend annual meetings.  Congratulations to June Abbas, Chair, and the officers and members of SIG DL for their excellent work in 2010/11 and, we trust, continuing into the future.


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