The RSF Community Engagement Standing Group focuses our community’s efforts on events, training, and mentorship under one dedicated group. We explore new opportunities and current topics of interest as well as continuing the events and calls that are such a large part of our community’s interaction.
In September of 2025, look for an Orbis Cascade Alliance Recruitment email. If you love planning conversations and topics and are willing to help this group determine emerging issues and ideas in the fields of resource sharing, circulation, reserves, public services, and more, we’d love to talk with you about serving on the CEG!
Meetings & Documentation
The CEG typically meets twice a month as a working group to fulfill our charge and plan event content, and once per month to lead the monthly RSF Community Call. Community Call recordings and agendas are available here, and the CEG running agenda for each year will be linked below.
Recently Completed Projects
- Presentation and voting process to implement Multi-Part Shipping in Summit
- Recruitment and training of mentors for the 2026 Mentorship Program
Charge
The RSF Community Engagement Standing Group is charged with:
- Coordinating and facilitating monthly RSF Community Calls including presentations, demonstrations, discussions, and other informative sessions from member staff, standing and project groups, and where affordable, outside speakers.
- Maintaining awareness of concerns and impacts in the RSF community and developing panel or stand-alone training sessions that address emerging issues and priorities.
- Continuing the work of building capacity in RSF membership by maintaining the RSF Mentorship Program and its curriculum materials, including assessing every two or three years for interest in a renewed training and, where desirable, recruiting mentors and mentees for the year.
- Coordinating the biennial planning and delivery of Summit & Fulfillment Day/s including scheduling, promotion, and facilitation, or where necessary, forming a committee to oversee these aspects.
- Coordinating RSF community participation in biennial Alliance-wide Summer Meeting events.
- Collaborating with the Consortial Training Coordinator to streamline content and training opportunities where possible.
- Investigating grants and other funding opportunities when possible to stretch the reach of our programs and our budgets, including but not limited to Helmer Grant applications, speaker and presentation funding, and Summit & Fulfillment Day funding.
