Business Meeting Minutes: April 21, 2017

ACRL MD

Meeting Agenda

April 21, 2017

Attending: Sara Arnold-Garza, Robert Miller, Katy Sullivan, Elizabeth Schlackman

Recaps:

ACRL-hosted reception in Baltimore, March 24, 2017

Webinar, Intro on Acquisitions: April 20 @ Goucher, 2pm

One site was cancelled because of low number of sign-ups
Goucher had 6 attendees, who had a good discussion
Every year we should submit a member recruitment plan, to obtain the extra $10 per member.
- We need a streamlined process, however, because setting it up is a lot of work

MLA/DLA conference updates – Sara AG

Sara attended latest conference committee meeting

678 registrants so far, so the final number should at least equal last year’s conference
Visit http://www.mladlacon.com/ for more info on the conference
“Tailgating with MD Colleges” is the theme for our gift basket
Our pre-conference, “Improving Communication Through Improv,” has 14 registrants so far

MLA Crab idea: ACRL-MD column? Annual summary?

We can highlight academic library news more often
Anyone who is interested in writing something for the summer issue will have the support of ACRL MD

Summer Program Ideas:

“Former & Current Leaders’ Summit:”

Lay the groundwork for the actual summer program: “Membership Forum”

Informal gathering of as many previous officers as possible
Take stock of current organizational context
Goal to discuss and articulate consensus of ACRL-MD values & “wishes” for future

“Membership Forum:”

ACRL-MD Chapter Strategic Planning Meeting…

date, time, location TBA (late summer?)
Request an ACRL leader to facilitate? (technically past deadline but may be possible)
Alternative facilitators?
Other ideas?
Need to submit PDP program approval form once we have more info

New business?

Fall meeting ideas, potential collaborators

Contact Sara with any ideas you may have
Martha Richardson, head of Delaware Valley Chapter in PA, would like to collaborate on a program. Perhaps we could do it if there are separate registration processes for one event, so finances aren’t shared
One possible topic could be OER. We are looking for other ideas as well!

Journal Club – today, April 21

Next meetings:

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