ACRL MD Meeting Minutes
August 14, 2013
1. Recap of summer program
- Good attendance, and well-done lightening talks
- Some confusion about what an unconference is, how some of the presentations related to “discovery”
- Next time send emails directly to registrants as we go and explanations on the blog so format is clear
- Let people brainstorm in the morning when they are “fresh”
2. Conference planning update
- Theme: Turn it up! (Or “turnip” if you’re slurring)
- One workshop session that could turn into a pre-conference
- Ideas for invited programs:
- Teaching government documents
- First-year experience (Carissa?)
- Institutional Repositories and distance learning
- Last year:
- Proposals might not come in until the last minute – might have extended the deadline
- Push our own institutions to submit proposals
- We should this year:
- Identify two invited session in the conference program
- Identify someone from outside the field of librarianship – not necessarily a key note speaker, but other content
- Places to cull speakers:
- Baltimore TED talk (http://www.tedxbaltimore.com/2013/) StartupWeek Baltimore, http://gb.tc/
- Solicit other regional library programs for sessions – Delaware, CALD, SLA
- Review panel volunteers: – Joanna Gadsby, Alison Cody, Danielle Johnson, possibly Sara Arnold Garza, Michael Shochet
- Double-blind peer review, then Gergana will look at them unblinded to review results and make sure there’s no overlap with other conference programs
3. News from MLA
- Strategic Planning group in October – Danielle is on the committee
- PDP Panel – Alison is on the committee
- Division ReVision will not directly impact ACRL MD
4. Fall Program Update
- Theme: “Library secrets: Confessions of library fails and lessons learned”
- Friday November 8, Stevenson University Greenspring Campus – potential conflict with MILEX session
- Move to November 15? Depending on speaker
- Call for Proposals will go out mid-September
- Joanna will send Natalie an updated list of people for volunteers to help
- Alison will send a list of food items
- Natalie will contact potential list of speakers
5. I/O network
- Crab article is finished, Alison will come by Langsdale to take a photo
- Send something through Marylib this week to remind people (Natalie?)
- Send to CALD listserv and library directors/instruction coordinators/MILEX
6. Division work plan
- Joanna will work on the Google doc that David started
7. Other
- Complimentary ACRL webinars – early October: Publishing Rollercoaster
- Danielle will put together the PAF
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