The group met 4-6 times this reporting period.
Recent Activities
First Activity
Delivered session at ARSL Conference.
Meets PLA’s strategic goals for Advocacy and Awareness, Leadership, Transformation
Second Activity
Delivered half-day pre-conference session at PLA Conference.
Meets PLA’s strategic goals for Advocacy and Awareness, Leadership, Transformation
Third Activity
Presented work of committee and PLA at various conferences and on webinars.
Meets PLA’s strategic goals for Advocacy and Awareness, Leadership, Transformation
Fourth Activity
Committee members contacted state and local congressional leaders to oppose MacMillan Publishingâs eBook embargo.
Meets PLA’s strategic goals for Advocacy and Awareness, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice, Transformation
Fifth Activity
Continue to work with Microsoft and Google to expand our existing partnerships.
Meets PLA’s strategic goals for Organizational Excellence
What will your group be working on for the next six months?
Creating a plan to update the online courses in DigitalLearn.org
Does the group have any policy recommendations, ideas with financial impact, or other items to bring to the PLA Board for discussion or action
A digital services internship with PLA would be wonderful. Our idea is to work with the ALA accredited library schools to create a âvirtualâ internship where students could get course credit for helping to vet, update, and manage content on DigitalLearn.org. This could include both the eLearning modules as well as the instructor materials.
Create a DigitalLearn.org Technology Competency learning and evaluation module to add to the Tools for Trainers site for library staffersâ to be able to acquire and test technology competencies.
Do you have any suggestions for future products or resources (excluding conference programs) to be developed based on your group’s work?
See above.
Are there other PLA/ALA committees your group might collaborate with to benefit the work of all?
LITA
Have there been any issues related to meeting participation/attendance for any of the group’s members?
No
Is there anything PLA could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its work?
No.
Submitted by Monica Dombrowski on 02/24/2020