Attendees
Jim Andrews, Ana D. Cleveland, Cheryl Dee, Gale Dutcher, Ruth Fenske, Charles Greenberg, Julie Kwan (Secretary/Treasurer), Elizabeth LaRue, Charles Lonelyss, Irene Lovas, Steven MacCall, Joanne Marshall, Michelynn McKnight, Carol Perryman, Cynthia Vaughn (Chair)The meeting was called to order at 4:37 pm by Cynthia Vaughn.
Attendees introduced themselves.
The minutes of the 2006 meeting were approved.
Annual Report
Cynthia presented her report on the state of the section. She announced that she had submitted the section’s quilt square for the Section Council quilt. She encouraged everyone to stop by the Section Council booth, view the quilt, and pick up a section sticker.
Cynthia announced the election results:
The MLES list will be moved from yahoo.groups to the MLA list. Julie Kwan will update Carol Perryman’s access to moderator of Yahoo list; Carol will manage the transition to the new system.
Annual Report
Cynthia announced the election results.
Treasurer’s Report
Julie distributed copies of the Treasurer’s Report which included a balance of $ 7,783.83 as of May 21, 2007. After the meeting, during an informal audit, an error was noted in the Treasurer’s Report distributed at the meeting. Interest income was incorrectly reported as $137.70; it should have been $134.70.
Section Council
Michelynn reported on MLA’s new website and software, including Wiki and Zoomerang. The Section Council Representative role, in the future, may be moved to the Section Chair. Thirty two percent of MLA members are members of AHIP. MLA has more new members than previously. There were more jobs in the Placement Service than there were applicants.
Discussion ensued about other options for student support. One idea was to solicit donations from section members to support student travel to MLA 2009 in Hawaii. Other options include NLM and NN/LM.Library School Reunion
Steve MacCall is now responsible for coordinating the library School Reunion. Steve recognized Gale Dutcher’s contributions to this event; she was given special recognition at the Reunion.
Joanne estimated that the library schools collectively sent $3,000 to MLA for the reception, but felt that we did not get $3,000 worth of reception. She expressed the opinion that any funds not used for the reception should be returned to the section to use for student stipends. Steve will write a letter asking for an accounting. For future reunions, there does not need to be a faculty member present to represent a school. An alumnus can represent the school if there is no faculty member present.Bylaws Vote
Revised bylaws were distributed before the meeting. The purpose of this revision is to allow for electronic voting for section officers. Cheryl Dee placed a motion to accept the revised bylaws; Elizabeth La Rue seconded the motion. A vote was conducted. The revised bylaws passed unanimously.
Section Program Planning
Michelynn and Joanne will work on program planning for 2008. The two new documents – competencies and research – are likely theme builders. Session titles might be:
Other Business
Joanne discussed the possibility of doing an assessment of health sciences library education in all ALA-accredited programs to determine if their curricula include all of the competencies in the educational policy statement. At a later point, research competencies could be mapped.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 5:43 pm.
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Updated 21 January 2008 by:
MLES Secretary/Treasurer
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