Technical, Electronic, & Digital Services IG (TEDSIG)

Upcoming Event

TEDSIG & SCAig Virtual Coffee Chat - April 24, 2026 - Save the Date!

How are ALAO members enabling users and reference/research staff to discover special collections, rare books, and archives materials following OhioLINK’s LSP migration?

Join ALAO Interest Groups SCAig (Special Collections and Archives Interest Group) and TEDSIG (Technical, Electronic, and Digital Services Interest Group) for an informal "coffee chat" panel discussion. Three panelists will speak to different aspects of the prompt, and there will be ample time for Q&A and group discussion.

Crissandra George
Digital Collections Librarian, Case Western Reserve University
Migrating digitized collections to Alma’s Specto

Eve Kausch
Outreach Librarian for Special Collections & Archives, Kenyon College
Discovery tutorials for users

Tim Keller
Head, Discovery and Metadata Services, Oberlin College
Troubleshooting bound-with records and EAD-MARC conversions

Don’t miss this opportunity to gather with colleagues from special collections, archives and technical services to learn from changing and continuing practices. This event is free, but registration is required. Registration opens early to ALAO members. We hope this event will build supportive networks for the diverse professionals stewarding and fostering engagement with special collections and archives of academic libraries.

Purpose, Goals, Objectives, and other guidelines: 

Consult the Procedures Manual.

TEDSIG Co-Chairs

• The primary responsibility of the two (2) TEDSIG Co-Chairs is to increase opportunities for TEDS librarians and staff to participate in ALAO. This is accomplished through the delivery of member services such as program planning for the annual TEDS Meeting and the ALAO Conference, through the distribution of information of interest to TEDS librarians and staff, and in other ways.
• TEDSIG Co-Chairs are elected by TEDSIG membership to two year terms, commencing in alternate years to facilitate overlap in leadership. TEDSIG Co-Chairs do not have to have previously served as Committee members, but it is recommended. If only one candidate for Co-Chair has stepped forward at the end of the call for candidates, the election will be considered uncontested. No formal vote will be held for an uncontested election. The candidate will automatically be elected as the next TEDSIG Co-Chair. Co-Chairs can serve an indefinite number of consecutive terms.
• Members are expected to attend at least one meeting per year.  Meetings are held during the annual conference and at the annual TEDS Meeting.  Ad hoc meetings may be called at the discretion of the Co-Chairs to plan events or discuss topics of interest.  All other communication will take place electronically.
• One Co-Chair will focus their activities on growing the ALAO TEDSIG membership and serve a one year term as TEDSIG Membership Chair.  The Membership Chair may be reappointed by the Co-Chairs for successive years.