Dear AAAL membership:

I am delighted to announce that Andrea Johnston of Red Deer Polytechnic has been acclaimed AAAL Chair Elect: Andrea’s term officially began on September 27 at our Executive meeting. A few words of introduction to Andrea follow.

Andrea Johnston is a subject librarian at Red Deer Polytechnic overseeing the Nursing, Pre-Health Sciences, and the Visual Arts programs at RDP. Previously, Andrea was the Librarian at Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary and started her new adventure in Red Deer this past August. Andrea oversees the collection in her subject areas, facilitates information literacy sessions, participates in developing and reviewing the curriculum, and will also be working on RDP’s OER initiatives, as well as video creation. While she is relatively new to academia, Andrea has worked as a professional librarian since 2016 and also worked as a Reference Assistant at both the University of Alberta and MacEwan University during her time as a library student. Her research interests include ghost stories and folklore, gamification and effective teaching strategies, and the role of GenAI in academia. Andrea is eager to contribute to her community of peers and looks forward to potentially serving on the AAAL Executive Committee.

We are most fortunate to have a librarian of Andrea’s calibre on the AAAL Executive. Please join me in welcoming Andrea to our Association!

Dear AAAL Community,

I hope that you all had a wonderful summer and that your academic year is off to a great start! I am writing today about an exciting AAAL Executive opportunity which is available right now!

Are you interested in high-impact service to your regional academic library association?

The AAAL Executive has an immediate opening for the position of Chair-Elect. If you are interested in self-nominating or in nominating a colleague for this opportunity, please submit an expression of interest to duffyj@macewan.ca by 5pm MT on Thursday, September 12. PLEASE NOTE: If we have more than one expression of interest, a special election will be held per the AAAL by-laws.

The duties of the Chair Elect are listed below.

AAAL Duties: Chair-Elect

• Call for volunteers for executive and standing committee positions as needed and ensure positions are filled and elections carried out as needed;
• Communicate changes to the Executive and Committee roster, including position terms, to the Communications Committee.
• Conduct general meetings in Chair’s absence;
• Perform other duties as designated by the Chair;
• Submit written bi-annual reports to the Chair for inclusion in meeting packages three weeks prior to Fall and Annual General Meetings Revised Spring, 2020 page
• Assist the Chair in conducting the Annual General Meeting e.g. leading the roundtable discussions.
• Assist Chair in coordinating Executive and Sub-Committee meetings
• Attend Statistics & Assessments Meetings as an ex-Officio member
• Solicit applications for the Professional Development award and oversee award disbursement.

Thank you for all for considering! I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

The Alberta Association of Academic Libraries (AAAL) is seeking volunteers to fill the following Sub-Committee Vacancies: 

Learning and Development Committee – 3-4 vacancies (2-year terms) 

The Learning and Development Committee is responsible for coordinating the Spring AGM and Fall meetings, collaborating with the host institution, and facilitating the running of the meetings. 

Mentorship Committee – 1 vacancy (2-year term)

The Mentorship Committee is responsible for coordinating and supporting the AAAL Mentorship program (Sept-April), including calling for mentors and mentees, pairing participants, and soliciting feedback.

For a full list of responsibilities for each role/committee, please visit the AAAL Bylaws Page.  Any questions about the roles can be sent to Amanda Wills (awills@nwpolytech.ca)

All staff from AAAL member institutions (https://aaal.ca/membership/membership-list/) are eligible. For Sub-Committee positions, we only require an expression of interest.  

Expressions of interest can be sent to the AAAL Executive (aaal.executive@gmail.com) 

The deadline for applications/nominations is Wednesday, June 14th at 3PM. 

Please let us know if you have any questions and thank you for considering!

Thank you,
Sheena, on behalf of the AAAL Executive

The Alberta Association of Academic Libraries (AAAL) is seeking nominations for the following Executive Committee position to begin. 

All staff from AAAL member institutions (https://aaal.ca/membership/membership-list/) are eligible. We ask that for Executive Committee roles (we accept nominations or self-nominations), interested candidates include a brief statement of interest in your email.  For Sub-Committee positions, we only require an expression of interest.  

Please forward Executive Nominations and Sub-Committee nominations to the AAAL Executive (aaal.executive@gmail.com). 

The deadline for applications/nominations is Thursday, April 27 at noon.

For a brief description of the roles please see below. If you have any questions about the roles, please reach out to Amanda Wills (awills@nwpolytech.ca).

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Executive Committee Vacancies

Chair-Elect (3 year term – first as Chair-Elect, second year as chair, third year as Past-Chair – note that the first year of term is only a partial year). 

Responsibilities include: 

• Call for volunteers for executive and standing committee positions as needed and ensure positions are filled and elections carried out as needed; 
• Communicate changes to the Executive and Committee roster, including position terms, to the Communications Committee. 
• Solicit applications for the Professional Development Award and oversee award disbursements

Sub-Committee Vacancies

Learning and Development Committee – 4-5 vacancies (2-year terms) 

The Learning and Development Committee is responsible for coordinating the Spring AGM and Fall meetings, collaborating with the host institution, and facilitating the running of the meetings. 

Mentorship Committee – 1 vacancy (2-year term)

The Mentorship Committee is responsible for coordinating and supporting the AAAL Mentorship program (Sept-April), including calling for mentors and mentees, pairing participants, and soliciting feedback.

Communications Committee – 1 vacancy (2-year term): Webmaster beginning June

The Communications Committee is responsible for the coordination of all AAAL communications, including the social media accounts and the AAAL blog. The vacant position is specifically for a webmaster but will help in overall communications work as well.

Statistics & Assessment Committee – 1 vacancy (2-year terms)

The Statistics & Assessment Committee is responsible for collecting, compiling, preserving, and distributing statistics from member institutions. The committee also assesses the statistics for relevant trends and shares the findings at the AAAL Spring AGM and Fall Meeting.

For a full list of responsibilities for each role/committee, please visit the AAAL Bylaws Page. 

Please let us know if you have any questions and thank you for considering!

The Alberta Association of Academic Libraries (AAAL) is seeking nominations for AAAL Secretary and Communications Committee member, beginning mid-December. 

All staff from AAAL member institutions (https://aaal.ca/membership/membership-list/) are eligible. We ask that for Executive Committee roles (we accept nominations or self-nominations), interested candidates include a brief statement of interest in your email. For Sub-Committee positions, we only require an expression of interest.  

Please forward Executive Nominations and Sub-Committee nominations to Amanda Wills (awills@nwpolytech.ca). 

The deadline for applications/nominations is Thursday, December 8th at noon.

For a brief description of the roles please see below. If you have any questions about the positions, please contact Amanda Wills (awills@nwpolytech.ca).

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Executive Committee Vacancies

Secretary (2-year term)

Responsibilities include: 

• Take minutes of Fall and Annual General meetings and coordinate distribution with
• Communications Committee;
• Take minutes of Executive Committee meetings and distribute them to the executive;
• Create and coordinate the distribution of post-meeting evaluations to membership
• Analyze responses from post-meeting evaluations, and report to the Executive Committee and standing committees, and make recommendations as appropriate;
• Maintain Google Drive access for Executive and Committee members, as needed

Sub-Committee Vacancy

Communications Committee – 1 vacancy (2-year term)

The Communications Committee is responsible for the coordination of all AAAL communications, including the social media accounts and the AAAL blog. 

For a full list of responsibilities for each role/committee, please visit the AAAL Bylaws Page. 

Please let us know if you have any questions and thank you for considering!