Emerging Technologies and Services Committee Annual Report 2023

submitted by Amy Jackson

Current Roster

  • Amy Jackson, chair (2024)
  • Ellwood Colahan (2024) 
  • Tiffany Gillaspy (2024)
  • Christopher Schiff (2024)
  • Kathy Essmiller (2025)
  • Karen Berry (ex-officio) (2025)
  • Nurhak Tuncer (2026)
  • Marianna Czeisel (2027)

List of Previous Goals and Progress Made

  • 1. TechHub 2023 
    • ETSC offered TechHub at the 2023 Annual Meeting. Tables included: Twine, Intro to Audacity Realtime Effects, PressBooks, Caption editing software, and an open table to discuss AI in music libraries
  • 2. ETSC blog on Humanities Commons
    • ETSC members are working with the web manager to create a blog on the Humanities Commons (https://mlaetsc.hcommons.org). Initial posts included videos from 2022 TechHub. Members contributed four posts over the year with additional posts scheduled through 2023. 

List of Future Goals

  • 1. TechHub
    • 2024 Strategic goal area 2 (Develop and retain membership): Objective 2.2: Offer mentorship and networking opportunities for members at all stages of career
    • The Committee recognized that attendance at TechHub in 2023 was lower than previous years and brainstormed ideas to increase attendance. The proposed session starts with lightning talks by table leaders, and moves to breakout tables. We suggested that we be scheduled at the same time as the Poster Session to encourage attendees to rotate between both sessions. 
  • 2. ETSC Blog on the Humanities Commons
    • Strategic goal area 2 (Develop and Retain Membership): Objective 2.3 (Explore education and networking opportunities beyond annual and chapter conferences)
    • The blog has been set up and initial posts are created. Members have committed to posts through the rest of 2023.