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NJLA Member Services Annual Report 2016-2017

Submitted by shrubes on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 1:26pm

The committee took part in the following outreach opportunities: Rutgers library student LISSA meeting, Rutgers SC&I Career Fair, League of Municipalities.

Co-sponsored a poster at the VALE conference advertising NJLA Annual Conference and soliciting NJLA membership.

Solicited 2016 non-member Conference attendees to join NJLA and attend the 2017 Conference.

Updated institutional and individual membership flyers.

Updated membership letter targeted at library directors to be implemented during 2017-2018 NJLA session.

Partnered with the Public Policy committee to attend library system consortia meetings to encourage institutional memberships as well as promote NJLA’s advocacy efforts.

Hosted the following fundraising events: Silverball Museum, Adventure Aquarium.

Hosted the following social events: New Brunswick mixer, Montclair Art Museum, Marlton mixer

Sponsored the following Conference social events: Library Trivia Night, Meet and Greet Mixer, Pool Party, NJ’s Funniest Library Patron Interactions Brown Bag Lunch

Sponsored the following Conference programs with committee members presenting: From BIBFRAME to the Cloud: The Future of the ILS, Having Your Voice Heard: Effectively Communicating Your Public Service

Co-sponsored the following Conference programs: Huge Impact, Low Cost, Cryptoparty Brown Bag Lunch

Section/Committee/Taskforce: 
Member Services
Goals for Next Year: 
Encourage executive action to implement new ways to pay for membership. Give members the option to pay monthly instead of paying in full. Suggest executive action for automatic renewal of membership. This action does not necessarily mean automatic invoices. Promote NJLA and its services to every Executive Director and consortia throughout the state. Member Services should take an active role in understanding members. Members needs and concerns should be reviewed through questionnaires, surveys, and feedback in order to expand membership. Member Services plans to expand on its understanding of members initiative by giving all members a platform to express their hopes and concerns for librarianship, libraries, and NJLA. Social programs/events will be promoted seasonally and under certain categories: mixer, family, and networking. All social programs/events require online registration through the NJLA website. After each program/event a survey or response will be requested from members about the activity and future programming.
Reporting Year: 
2016/2017
Report Submitted By:: 
Steve Hrubes