Project Management

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This page contains a list of all official projects and is a forum where we can keep current on our progress.  Please use this page to add your name as a project manager or participant, provide timelines, post status updates, and include any comments, suggestions or questions.  If you have any questions about this page, please contact officers individually or at the general email address: plg.ua.sirls@gmail.com. 

 

We are always open to new ideas and suggestions, so list new, potential projects in the comments section, email an officer, or bring it up at a meeting!

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Possible Projects and Events for Summer/Fall 2009:

(Some of these ideas may be repeated elsewhere on the page)

 

• Organize and catalog collection at Read Between the Bars
• Tree planting w/Sahuaro Girl Scout Council --fall or spring-- (with the possibility of doing this with other organizations, as well)
• Panel Discussion on Traditional Cultural Expression with Kay Mathiesen
• Web Accessibility Workshop (review + new material) with Dawn Hunziker from the Disability Resource Center
• More Fundraising for the Belize Literacy and Library Project
• Collaboration with the Sahuaro Girl Scout Council on Internet Skills and Savvy Workshops for parents and youth
• Providing Free workshops/skillshares
• Banned Books Week Event
• Organize Activist Web Resources (cataloging/pathfinder)
• Semester Social Event

  Please add any suggestions or ideas here or in the comments section!!

 

Short Listing + Next upcoming date (events can be repeated):

• A "Make Your Own Zine" workshop, possibly with youth
• Collaborate with the Community Food Bank on organizing and building their community resource library (grow the Spanish part of their collection)

• Organizing a Zine Fest

• Inviting Speakers

• Providing free workshops/skillshares 

• Yoga Workshop Fundraiser

• PLG Panel

• Accessibility Workshop 

• Read Between the Bars (Ongoing/anytime)
• Dry River: Organization of their library (Ongoing/anytime - mostly through Spring 2009 semester)

• Rad Ref "Teen Angst & Library Horror" Fundraiser

• Banned Books Week Event (Fall 09)

• Organize Activist Web Resources (cataloging/pathfinder)  (Ongoing/anytime)
• Rad Ref Archives + Activism

• Semester Social Event
• International Library Development -- Books to Belize (Ongoing/anytime)

 

 

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• Traditional Cultural Expressions/Information Panel

 

When:

Fall 2009

 

Timeline: 

 

Project Manager(s):

Steven

stevenphalen@yahoo.com, phalen@email.arizona.edu

 

Project Support Team:

Kristen

 

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

7/3/09: Kristen created this section

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

Kay Mathiessen was interested in collaborating with us on this. Who else can we invite? Patti Overall? -Kristen

 

 

 

• Accessiblity Workshop

 

When: 

Fall 2009 -- September?

 

Timeline: 

 

Project Manager(s):

Angelina

 

Project Support Team:

 

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

• We will ask Dawn Hunziker (Disability Resource Center) present a workshop on web and PDF accessibility in the Fall.

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

 

 

 

 

• Read Between the Bars

   

When:

Summer 2009 and ongoing?

 

Timeline:

 

Project Manager(s):

 

 

 

Project Support Team:

 Rebecca (Blakiston),  Nicole, Kristen

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

8-20-08: Still waiting to hear back to see when a convenient time to meet will be

10-23-08: We can contact this group at any time to meet up, so if anyone is still interested, we should email them; also, FYI, a page is being created on the Rad Ref site, as a wiki for books to prisoners groups that could be useful.

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

We will be meeting with this group to help organize the collection to prisoners

 

 

 

• Banned Books Week Event

 

 

When:

Date: Banned Books Week is September 26–October 3, 2009, so some time in there

 

Timeline:

Planning will begin summer 2009, through date of event

 

Project Manager(s):

Rebecca Blakiston

blakistonr@u.library.arizona.edu

 

Project Support Team:

TBD

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

The idea is this will be something held at the UA Main Library. It could be a display/exhibit, a panel discussion, a faciliated discussion group, a film screening, a speaker or speaker series. The UA Library has not generally done anything to celebrate this week and I want that to change!

See more ideas and info here: ALA Banned Books Week. 

 

Some other ideas that we could incorporate into the week's festivities:

 

• Partnering with Pima County Public Libraries for a youth event
• Closing the week´s festivities with a Burn Charcoal, Not Books potluck

 

 

 

• PLG Newsletter

 

When:

 Spring 2008 publication for 2 June 2008

 Fall 2008 publication for mid-end of November, distributed in December

 Spring 2009 publication for: June 2009

 Fall 2009 publication for:

 

Timeline:

 Ongoing

 

Project Manager(s):

 

 

Project Support Team:

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions: 

 

 

 

 

 

• Organizing a Zine Fest

 

When:

 Spring Semester 2010? (Not enough time to plan for Fall, probably)

 

Timeline:

 Starting 9/2010 through date of event

 

Project Manager(s):

Open

 

 

Project Support Team:

Kristen, Patricia

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

 3/15/2008 - Example update: Rebecca created this page

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

 Nicole - An example of one is San Francisco Zine Fest

 

 

• Inviting Speakers

 

 

When:

Ongoing

 

Timeline:

Starting 3/15/2008 through date of event

 

Project Manager(s):

 

 

Project Support Team:

 

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

3/15/2008 - Example update: Rebecca created this page

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

Bring animal rights activist, Peter Young, to discuss prison libraries, activism, and his case. Possibly collaborating with the law school (scroll down to "Student Animal Legal Defense Fund")?

 

 

 

• Semester Social Event(s)

   

 

When:

 Fall 2009 TBD

 

Timeline:

1. vote on location

2. promote

 

Project Manager(s):

 

 

 

Project Support Team:

Kristen, Yamila

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

 3/15/2008 - Example update: Rebecca created this page

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

 Skillshare/swap & potluck? Please post more ideas! Anyone can take over as project manager!

 

 

 

• Organizing Dry River's Library

 

When:

 Spring 2009

 

Timeline:

Starting 1/2009 until finished

-We presented a proposal outline for our plan on how to organize in April, DR members have chosen how they want to implement an organizational system.

-Work is ongoing, if you'd like to volunteer, contact Kristen

-meeting w/ Dry River at Dry River on Wednesday, February 4th, 5:30pm

 

Project Manager(s):

 

 

Project Support Team:

Dana, Nicole, Kristen, Brenda, Molly, Robin, Patricia, Jez, Lisa?

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

 3/15/2008 - Example update: Rebecca created this page

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

- It would be nice to plan a grand reopening or celebration event with Dry River when the library work is completed.

 

 

• International Library Development 

When: summer/fall semesters (started Spring 2009)

Timeline:

Project Manager: Molly Osborn

Status Update: PLG will support Peace Corps Volunteers in Belize working toward sustainable library development.  Four boxes of children's books have been collected, but the cost of shipping comes to around $90 per 20-pound box.  Primary objectives include fund raising and exploration of other means of shipping.

Fund Raising:

• Free will donation at the SIRLS symposium for breakfast refreshments

          Donated items:

                    3 small banana bread loaves from Bentley's (to be picked up Sat, 8 am)

                    Friday's left-over bakery items from Paradise Bakery (to be picked up Fri, 8 pm)

                    2 pots of coffee from Espresso Art (pots need to be picked up and brought back Sat) 

• Raffles

          At symposium:

                    2 bags of coffee beans from Cafe Luce and Fair Trade stand at market

          Later date:

                    $35 gift certificate to Raging Sage

I think we could make more money raffling off the Raging Sage gift certificate if we have more time to sell raffle tickets, and maybe hold the raffle on March 25 at the IP Workshop.

Other businesses that may contribute but have not committed: CoffeeXChange, Cereal Boxx, Wilko, Cafe Diva, and Dunkin' Donuts.

Options for Shipping:

Post office or send with Kristen on her trip this summer (pay to check the extra baggage)

 

 

 

• Organize Activist Community Web Resources

   

 

When:

 Fall 2008

 

Timeline:

 

 

Project Manager(s):

  Open

 

 

Project Support Team:

 

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

 3/15/2008 - Example update: Rebecca created this page

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

Tagging/organizing all community activism resources (calendars, group pages, etc.) into a pathfinder or other location (could use our del.icio.us page for this, too) - this was suggested/requested by an activist new to Tucson last Spring.

 

 

• Rad Ref Archives + Activism

   

   

 

When:

 

 

Timeline:

 

 

Project Manager(s):

 Open

 

 

Project Support Team:

 

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

 3/15/2008 - Example update: Rebecca created this page

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

From Rad Ref description: "Join Radical Reference for a look at some of the ways libraries and other institutions

are preserving the people's history! Archivists and activists will present parts of their

collections and discuss how their work keeps the struggle alive."

 

 

 

• Providing Free Skillshares/Workshops to the Community
  *Copyright Workshop

 

When:

Spring 2009

 

Timeline:

Starting 3/15/2008 through date of event

 

Project Manager(s):

Steven

stevenphalen@yahoo.com, phalen@email.arizona.edu

 

Project Support Team:

Lisa, Nicole

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

3/15/2008 - Example update: Rebecca created this page

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

Nicole -it might be a good idea to offer one this semester or over the summer? It would really get our name out there

Rebecca - Depending on what kind of workshops we're thinking of, I'd be willing to teach workshops on yoga or meditation.  I have one I do on breath and meditation exercises and one for Desk Stretches--that one might be especially good for librarians or other people that sit in front of computers..

Sounds great to me! Maybe we could also have this coincide with ideas from a book by pattrice jones, entitled: Aftershock

, which "is for aftershocked activists and their allies, as well as for people and organizations that practice high-risk activism. It includes practical tips for individuals, organizations, and communities, as well as information about how traumatic events affect our bodies and abilities." We then could also talk about the relation between physical de-stressing and physically maintaining balance, with psychological issues and somatic issues relevant to higher-risk activism.

*It has been decided to create a copyright workshop over the summer for fall to start with

 

 

 

 

• Rad Ref Fundraiser Event (for PLG): "Teen Angst & Library Horror"

 

When:

 October 29th, 2008

 

Timeline:

 Starting 9/01/2008 through date of event

 

Project Manager(s):

  Open

 

Project Support Team:

 Patricia

 

Status updates (most recent first, please):

 3/15/2008 - Example update: Rebecca created this page

 

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

 See: http://radicalreference.info/fundraiser/angstandhorror

 

 

 

• Bringing

   

  Lost Film Fest to Tucson 

When:

Fall Semester 2008 (September 5th) - postponed

Rescheduled: 30 October 2008

Timeline:

Starting 3/15/2008 through date of event

Project Manager(s):

Jacy Bell

jkbell@email.arizona.edu

Project Support Team:

Rebecca Bliquez

Nicole

Patricia

Status updates (most recent first, please):

-Rescheduled Room: Modern Languages 350 with all A/V equipment

-Funding:

• Hanson Film Institute - reserved room & equipment; giving $222
• Marshall Foudnation - submitted application, determined 13 Oct (BOD meeting postponed - waiting to hear back)
• GPSC POD - received $778
• SIRLS - printing
• Dr. Jenkins - travel ($250)

-Promotion

• event info in print and online for the Tucson Weekly and AZ Daily Star
• PSA submitted for KXCI radio and event info on website calendar
• event info re-sent to all pertinent websites and calendars previously submitted to by Jacy
• members distributed printed flyers and posters
• event info posted on Craigslist

Comments/Suggestions/Questions:

Here is a link to their college proposal, so we can get some ideas

 Rebecca - Jacy are you wanting to manage this one on your own?  If not, I'd be happy to share project manager with you.