Ann B. Hutton, Executive Director

I've just sent out a call for nominations to fill open seats on the ILS Operations Committee and an election will be held before the next meeting, August 21.  This provides an opportunity for new faces to come to the table.  (Always keeping in mind that every meeting is an open session and visitors are welcome to attend and participate.)

The Online Library directors elected the first ILS Operations Committee representatives and alternates in 2003 and the committee held its inaugural meeting on April 1, 2003.  As SELCO and the Online Libraries were deep in the midst of our migration to Horizon, the first joint meeting with the Board appointed Technology Policy Committee was held October 9, 2003 after the September 3 migration.

As the joint committee dealt with the challenges of a new system, the meeting structure evolved over time using a variety of options for the collaborative discussions.  These included the ILS Ops committee meeting for an hour or two before the joint meeting and the Tech Policy Committee joining ILS Ops every other bi-monthly meeting.  At a special called meeting in January 2006, the joint committee decided it would meet monthly and this practice continues today.

The ILS Operations Committee has had an interesting mix of elected representatives and alternates.  Some have been involved in this decision-making role since the committee was created and others have shared their time and talents but then moved on to other tasks.  Previous members of the ILS Operations Committee include: