After 1 year of piloting a new jury appointment format (Board Document #30), the Board analyzed member survey feedback to evaluate how well the change from a 1-year to a 3-month jury appointment structure is going. Overall, it appears to be working and members like the new structure, finding it efficient and easier to keep on task. The Leading the Transformation of Teen Services Standing Board Committee (Crystle Martin, Trixie Dantis, Melissa McBride, Candice Mack, Jessica Snow, Mega Subramaniam) shared that twenty of the 30 jury members responded to the survey.
Going forward, the chairs will become the only appointed member while other members will function on an opt in basis. Several chairs had previously operated under the year round structure, and found that the new structure helped keep the energy of the group and the pacing of the work up. These small tweaks that were made also removed the onerous form requirement for appointments, using an opt in volunteer form instead.
As a reminder to jury members, please keep private who is nominated for the committee. Also, guidelines will be shared for what criteria are used to be a part of the selection committee.
We thank the jury members for all of your hard work!
Kafi D. Kumasi is an associate professor of library and information science (LIS) at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, where she teaches in the areas of school library media, urban librarianship, multicultural services and resources and research methods.
