Video Round Table (VRT)

Johan Oberg, Chair
Digital Scholarship and Services Librarian
DeWitt Wallace Library
Macalester College
651-696-6003
joberg@macalester.edu

Mission

The Video Round Table (VRT) provides leadership within the American Library Association (ALA) on all issues related to video collections, programs, and services in libraries. The VRT supports video advocacy within ALA, within the profession, and within our libraries. We understand ‘video’ to include all formats, analog and digital; multimedia that includes video content; and the network delivery of digital or digitized video. The VRT will work with other organizations within ALA to promote video collections and services in all types of libraries. The Video Round Table is committed to forging strong alliances and relationships with the film and video production and distribution community to ensure the continuation of a diverse, high-quality universe of video programming.

Responsibilities

Offer information and support to everyone who provides video collections and services in libraries and to the vendor community that supports this endeavor.
Strengthen the ability of members to provide superior collections and services to all library users.
Work within libraries, within ALA, and within VRT to receive the same support for video collections, programs, and services as print and other library collections and services.
Assure that library education involves the necessary components to prepare its graduates for collecting and managing video collections or other video content accessible in the library.
Help libraries recognize the specialized skills needed to be an effective media librarian.
Assist librarians to provide access to diverse collections through resource sharing and available technologies.
Promote the significance and value of moving image media as historical, cultural, and educational artifacts.
Work to gain recognition as the broadest-based organization within the ALA that represents video librarianship and video vendors and as such, contact us for advice and support on issues that relate to video collections and services in libraries.
Provide information and support to all members, both active and inactive, and ample opportunities for involvement for librarians and vendors who want to participate in the work of the organization.

Initiatives & Projects

Membership: Responsible for promoting membership in the Video Round Table and for outreach activities with other professional organizations. Has conducted user surveys and organized the VRT booth at ALA Annual Conference.
Nominating: Seeks candidates for the Video Round Table's elected offices and presents a slate of candidates each year.
Notable Videos for Adults: Screens nominations and selects the list of "Notable Videos for Adults," which occurs at the Midwinter meeting.
Conference Program(s): Plans programs at the ALA Annual Conference.
Gala Program: Plans and oversees all activities relating to the Gala Program held at the Annual Conference. Usually includes members who live in the city where the conference will be held.
Web/Communication: Oversees the creation of all Video Round Table publications, including website content.

Staff Liaison

Danielle M. Alderson
American Library Association
50 E Huron St
Chicago, IL 60611-2788
Work: (312) 280-3213
Fax: (312) 944-6131
E-mail: dponton@ala.org

Popular Resources

Social Networking

VRT wiki: This is place where video librarians who work with media can share information.

Officers

Chair:
Johan Oberg
Digital Scholarship and Services Librarian
DeWitt Wallace Library
Macalester College
651-696-6003
joberg@macalester.edu

Vice Chair/Chair Elect:
Monique Threatt
Indiana University
mthreatt@indiana.edu

Secretary:
Meghann Matwichuk
Instructional Media Dept.
Univ. of Delaware Library
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717-5267
(302) 831-1475 FAX: (302) 831-6197
mtwchk@udel.edu

Treasurer:
Sarah Beasley
Manager, Film and Audio Department
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-622-1918
beasleys@carnegielibrary.org

Immediate Past Chair:
Justin Wadland
Head, Media and Visual Resources
University of Washington Tacoma Library
1902 Commerce Street, Box 358460
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 692-5741
jwadland@u.washington.edu

Webmaster:
Scott Spicer
Media Outreach and Learning Spaces Librarian
University of Minnesota Library
233 Walter Library
117 Pleasant Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-626-0629
Fax: 612-625-5583
spic0016@umn.edu

Communication Committee Chair:
Justin Wadland
Head, Media and Visual Resources
University of Washington Tacoma Library
1902 Commerce Street, Box 358460
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 692-5741
jwadland@u.washington.edu

Notable Videos for Adults Chair:
Nora Dimmock
Department Head
Multimedia Center
Univ. of Rochester River Campus Libraries
(585)273-5010
ndimmock@library.rochester.edu

Nominations Committee Chair:

Membership Committee Chair:
Joe Clark
University of Maryland
jclark@umbc.edu

Digital Media Discussion Group Chair:
Carleton Jackson
Librarian, Nonprint Media Services
University of Maryland
0300 R. Lee Hornbake Library
College Park, MD 20742-7011
301-405-9226/36
Fax: 301-314-9419
carleton@umd.edu

Multimedia Production Discussion Group
Shelly McCoy
Head, Student Multimedia Design Center
Univ. of Delaware Library
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717-5267
(302) 831-6363
smccoy@udel.edu

Justin Wadland
Head, Media and Visual Resources
University of Washington Tacoma Library
1902 Commerce Street, Box 358460
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 692-5741
jwadland@u.washington.edu

Bylaws Committee Chair:
Steve Brantley
Assistant Reference Librarian and Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago,
Richard J. Daley Library M/C 234
P.O. Box 8198
Chicago, IL 60680-8198
312-996-4032,
fax: 312-413-0424
jbrant1@uic.edu

2010 Program Committee Chair:
Tom Ipri
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Tom.Ipri@unlv.edu

Best Practices for Fair Use and Video Working Group Chair:
Judith Thomas
University of Virginia
judith@virginia.edu

2010 Gala Committee Chair:
Carleton Jackson
Librarian, Nonprint Media Services
University of Maryland
0300 R. Lee Hornbake Library
College Park, MD 20742-7011
301-405-9226/36
Fax: 301-314-9419
carleton@umd.edu