The evolution of a documents digitization project within the American Library Association’s new members round table

• Main Authors: Ferris, Anna M., Armstrong, William W.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Library and information science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152594
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This article describes an exploratory exercise in knowledge management and database development undertaken by a task force of volunteer members of the New Members Round Table (NMRT) of the American Library Association. The authors will show how the group defined its mission, established priorities, drew up procedural guidelines, and developed a searchable database to serve the organizational needs of their fellow NMRT members while making use of the basic skills and equipment available to the group at that time. The steps in this exercise are replicable, provided that volunteers can be identified within an organization who are willing to commit their time and resources to a project as challenging as this one proved to be.