Academic
Library Division Meeting Agenda
Saturday, March 22, 4-5:30 pm - Schaefer
I. Welcome/ confirmation of recorder, K.C. Elhard
II. Introduction of Current Officers,
Kim Collins, 2003 Moderator
Deborah Ultman, Incoming Moderator
Rebecca Price, Update Column Editor
III. Brief report from the Executive Board
IV. JLA The 21st Century Art Librarian issue - project review,
Terrie Wilson (tentative)
V. Revisiting the Academic Library Division’s Purpose.
Please read:
http://www.pitt.edu/~frickart/arlis/acaddiv.htm
VI. Do we need/want an ALD website? - webmaster?
VII. Overview of the Visual Image User Studies(VIUS) project - Henry
Pisciotta and Ellen Kempf
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/crsweb/vius/index.html
VIII. VOTE on new ALD officers -
Vice- Moderator, Moderator Elect: Carole Ann Fabian*,
Ellen Kempf, Ray Anne Lockard*, and Rebecca Price (see below) *=not confirmed.
Column Editor: K.C. Elhard
IX. OPEN DISCUSSION--Issues of Concern in Academic Libraries
* Budget cuts – could communication/partnerships help make the hard decisions
(canceling subscriptions, etc.) easier?
* Training issues for staff – an art history tutorial?
* Does research level collecting includes undergraduate collecting? Are
our libraries really serving the survey students and the casual art user?
other?
X. Other Announcements
XI. Adjournment