Type of Report: Committee Final Report

Date: 6/21/06

Committee Name: SASCO

Supervising Board Member: Nanette Donahue

Chair: Michelle Fossum, Larissa Gordon (took over as chair in May)

Committee Members: Susan Anderson Michael Bolam, Donna Colamatteo, Anne Pemberton, Robyn Rosenberg, Tanzi Sutton, Sarah Trowbridge (Jenny Cole & Sarah Evans both dropped their committee membership after I became chair. One was too busy to continue and another did not renew her membership to ALA).

Goals, Objectives, Projects completed:

• Establish and maintain relationships with student chapters.
• Update and maintain LIS program and student chapter contacts list..
• Work with other NMRT and ALA recruitment efforts.
• Keep student members informed about various NMRT activities, awards, and scholarships.

· Provide a forum for library students to meet and network.

· Work with the Student Chapter of the Year Award and Student Reception committees to help promote their activities

Action items/issues to be resolved:

• Promote NMRT membership services to students through various avenues. Several ideas have been tried in the past, but none seems to have been successful. (suggestions: newsletter, e-mail list, website, blog or another method to keep in contact with students.
• Work with library schools to get information about NMRT into library school orientations (possible collaboration with Membership, Promotions and Relations & Publicity)
• Create SASCO Handbook of sample emails, timelines, tip sheets, etc. for incoming committee members
• Create procedures list and tip sheets for future leaders of SASCO.

Report submitted by: Larissa Gordon

Email Address: Larissa.a.gordon@wilmcoll.edu