ANLTC Committee roles

Role	Person	Brief
Chair	John Cox	ü Co-ordinate meeting agendas ü Chair meetings ü Monitor main areas of activity ü Liaise with CONUL
Vice-Chair	Vacant	ü Deputise for Chair ü Incoming Chair
Secretary	Ned Fahy	ü Take minutes at meetings ü Circulate minutes within week of meeting ü Co-ordinate documentation
Vice-Secretary	Catherine Fahy	ü Deputise for Secretary ü Incoming Secretary (?)
Treasurer	Pauline Corrigan	ü Provide a financial summary to ANLTC meetings ü Maintain a spreadsheet with details of all bank account transactions ü Pay costs/expenses/honoraria etc. for each ANLTC course ü Keep copies of financial transactions for each course ü Receive and reconcile a monthly bank statement ü Provide financial information for an annual audit each Spring ü Advise on financial policies and procedures
Web Site Manager	John Cox	ü Revise design of Web site ü Re-organise organisation of content ü Ensure optimal usability of site ü Monitor supply of site content, including material from completed ANLTC courses where possible ü Remove or re-locate dated content ü Link to relevant sites ü Implement a private area, password protected, for Committee use, to include: Course evaluations Minutes (agreed) Financial reports and records Documentation archive
Events Co-Ordinator	Paul Murphy	ü Collate information on annual events programme ü Ensure publication to Web site ü Liaise with host as necessary ü Report progress of programme to Committee as standing agenda item
Events Evaluators	Miriam Corcoran Helen Fallon	ü Review events evaluation form, eg convergence between course objectives and evaluation; customer satisfaction vs. learning/information outcomes; grading methodology; quantitative and qualitative data ü Create database of evaluations to facilitate cross course evaluation and total programme evaluation ü Collect, analyse & disseminate data ü Centralise role of evaluation co-ordinator to: Collect all evaluations Enter into database · Distribute results to all committee members ü Produce end of year report on programme evaluation ü Feed into needs analysis for next cycle ü Analyse possibilities for user surveys ü Develop questionnaires ü Conduct surveys ü Report and analyse results ü Publicise results ü Co-ordinate annual report ü Publish via Web site
Research	Lindsay Mitchell	ü Encourage research activity in member institutions by: monitoring sources for funding for research in library and information studies, eg Daphne Clark prize, Elsevier/LIRG Research Award, SCONUL Award for Staff Development, CONUL Bursary, relevant EU research programmes etc publicising availability of sources of research funding via anltc Web site identifying suitable anltc training programmes in research skills evaluating possible distribution mechanisms for publication of research outcomes, including anltc Web site
Continuing Professional Development	Ursula Gavin Trevor Lyttle	ü Keep up to date with the literature in CPD ü Appraise the committee of developments in CPD ü Create a subsection of the ANLTC website dealing with CPD ü Identify useful seminars and conferences ü Recommend relevant short courses for the ANLTC programme ü Assist in setting up 2004 core skills seminar ü Create a recommended trainer list ü administer a bursary for professional excellence ü Recommend a list of core competencies for professional library staff
External Liaison and Communication	Not assigned	ü LAI Standing Committee: seek membership on Education and Training Panel ü Other consortium training groups: make contact with SALCTG, SCONUL advisory group, CILIP, PTEG, HESDA, ARL OLMS, as well as discovering other Irish groups involved in library staff training ü SCONUL: articles or news items for the SCONUL newsletter ü Promotion/marketing (newsletter; press releases to site newsletters; ü articles for “Update”, An Leabharlann etc. as well as “house newsletters” ü Report activities to Committee ü Publish conference papers

John Cox

4 June 2003