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Concept to Concrete: Building a local Interlibrary Loan special interest group in a metropolitan area Friday, May 1, 2015 Colorado ILL Conference Presented by: Jan Brooks, Johnson College Community College Ellie Kohler, Rockhurst University Kari Sime, Johnson County Library

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Concept to Concrete: Building a local Interlibrary Loan special interest 

group in a metropolitan area

Friday, May 1, 2015

Colorado ILL Conference

Presented by: Jan Brooks, Johnson College Community College

Ellie Kohler, Rockhurst University Kari Sime, Johnson County Library

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Why a SIG?

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Meet Jen

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So why a SIG? For the group!

• Collaboration

• Sharing

• Best practices

• Leadership opportunities

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Ok, the real reason: It’s personal

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How we did it… with no budget

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Technology

• Online meetings

• Online documentation

• Email

• Blog

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MALA: Mid American Library Assn

• Email address

• Facebook posts

• Newsletter

• “Featured” on Website 

[email protected] 

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Getting the Word Out

http://malalibraryloan.wordpress.com

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Mentor List

• Untapped talent everywhere

• Promote libraries

• Make connections

• People love to share expertise

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Print Resources List

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Member Spotlights

• Meet Kate, future ILLSIG Chair

• Her patronus is a housecat

• She’s loaned a book to DLC!

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Events

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Future Events

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Future in Flux

• What will we look like next year? Or in 5 years

• How much should we push our vision?

• All our committee members are leaving! Local vs regions

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The MALA Issue

• January 2015

• Pros and cons

• Fee vs free

• Sponsorship vs self-directed

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MALA Issue Today

•Unconference• Go ahead as planned (free conference)• Assess after conference

•Decide whether to become an independent group

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Attracting Participation

• Committee positions

• Event attendees

• Blog traffic

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Lessons learned