Category: Program Planning Committee

Program Planning Committee – September 2019 Report


The group met 1 time this quarter.

Recent Activities

First Activity
The working list of email distribution and discussion lists was updated and revised to facilitate posting of the LITA Call for Program Proposals for Annual 2020. Members of the committee posted the call to many of the email and discussion lists to help spread the word during the month of August.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Organizational Stability and Sustainability

Second Activity
Committee meeting was held online August 26 via Zoom. Mark Beatty informed the committee of his impending retirement and briefed us on the process for reviewing program and pre-conference proposals. Next steps were discussed and John Hernandez asked members to continue to post the call for proposals. See minutes at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U0T4SN0dweNQA0S4ZCtWze-CyaQeRFlt1XllqJ2eUUY/edit?usp=sharing
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Member Engagement, Organizational Stability and Sustainability

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
Review of program proposals received.
Updating documentation for future committee work.

Submitted by John Hernandez on 10/01/2019

Program Planning Committee – May 2019 Report


The group met 0 times this quarter.

Recent Activities

First Activity
Shepherd assignments were completed. Thank you to Mark Beatty and Berika Williams for stepping up to assist in filling some of our vacant slots.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
ALA Annual is just around the corner. Committee members will touch base with their shepherd panels shortly to introduce themselves and provide PPT slides for presentations. During Annual, members will be shepherding programs to ensure everything goes smoothly, take a head count, and distribute/collect survey cards.

Is there anything LITA could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its work?
Not at this time.

Please provide suggestions for future education topics, initiatives, publications, resources, or other activities that could be developed based on your group’s work.
Nothing at this time.

Submitted by Natalie DeJonghe on 05/30/2019

Program Planning Committee – December 2018 Report


The group met 0 times this quarter.

Recent Activities

First Activity
PPC worked with Mark and Jenny to arrange pre-conferences for ALA Annual. Two were selected.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
Once the official program schedule is available, PPC will work to assign shepherds to all programs at ALA Annual.

Is there anything LITA could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its work?
Assistance securing additional volunteers to help with shepherding would be appreciated. Perhaps a call could go out during MW meetings asking for volunteers.

Submitted by Natalie DeJonghe on 01/08/2019

Program Planning Committee – September 2018 Report


The group met 2-3 times this quarter.

Recent Activities

First Activity
Program submission review and selection – Each committee member reviewed 12-13 of the submitted proposals and ranked them following the rubric. The top programs were selected and submitted via the review site.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
Pre-conference submission review will occur sometime in November. That will be all for PPC until Annual conference rolls around.

Is there anything LITA could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its work?
Not at this time.

Please provide suggestions for future education topics, initiatives, publications, resources, or other activities that could be developed based on your group’s work.
This is a larger ALA decision, but having the pre-conferences submitted for review through the review site and at the same time as the program proposals would be helpful.

Additional comments or concerns:
None at this time.

Submitted by Natalie DeJonghe on 10/15/2018