Technical, Electronic, and Digital Services Interest Group (2007-)

Submitted by Rocki Strader

Quarterly Report

11/21/2008

During the fall TEDSIG focused on preparing for the ALAO Annual Conference held on October 24 at the Roberts Centre, Wilmington, Ohio. TEDSIG was delighted to sponsor Margaret Maurer’s presentation, “Uncorking the varietals: social tagging, folksonomies, & controlled vocabularies.” TEDSIG was also happy to have a new poster presentation for itself in the display area for the interest groups.

It was also TEDSIG's pleasure to award its first annual TEDDY Award to Margaret Maurer.

During the conference, the TEDSIG co-chairs called a meeting at which several members attended. Several ideas were generated for the Spring workshop, and consensus was reached to concentrate on electronic journal issues and challenges. It was agreed that the interest group should pursue a NASIG grant to help meet expenses for hosting a nationally recognized speaker for the Spring meeting. It was agreed that Regina Reynolds of the Library of Congress would be our first choice.

Respectfully submitted by Rocki Strader