Meeting Minutes July 22 – June 23 – ACRL, Maryland Chapter

SEPTEMBER 2022

ACRL Business Meeting

Thursday, September 15th, 2022

Zoom Link:

Attendees- Bria Sinnot (Towson), Brianna Hughes (Stevenson), Alex Dodd (UMD), Kate Strain (LNDL), Rashid Robinson (Salisbury), Martha Zimmerman (Salisbury), Jaimee McRoberts (LNDL), Sean Hogan ( ), Amanda Kramer (LNDL), Nicole Kulp (), Andie Craley ()

Welcome & Brief(er) Intro’s

What’s Up Josh? – MLA President Josh Stone visits to brainstorm ways to up Academic Lib engagement

Josh couldn’t join us today due to a conflict
His main question -how do we get more membership and participation in MLA?
- Institutional membership options
- Less expensive membership fees
- More representation could lead to better changes.

President’s updates & Conference Updates

We tried for a fall program, but the office lost our proposal.
- We have withdrawn the proposal, and will resubmit for January date
- Program “New Opportunities for Academic Libraries: Student Success and the Student Employee”
- Keynote Carissa Tomlinson, past ACRL MD president and current Director of Student Experience, Learning, & Outreach at the University of Minnesota.
Leah Sims, our new Member Engagement Associate! Leah is currently working towards her Masters in Library and Information Science at the University of Maryland, and has a rich background in libraries, museums, and education. As the Member Engagement Associate, Leah will be the point person to assist with memberships, MLA Connect, programs, and CEUs.
Virtual MLA Event Coming Soon: Presentation Idea to Stellar MLA Presentation – 9/27 Free drop-in feedback and workshopping
- Virtual MLA Event Coming Soon: Presentation Idea to Stellar MLA Presentation – 9/27 Free drop-in feedback and workshopping
MLA/DLA Conference Proposals can be submitted here, now open!
- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvDkgH84DJmCjE4_7snpMxuw0ExWHP3sRYBTEhUiJdmWoJkg/viewform

Open Idea Share

Chat Club- If you have a podcast, paper, article, whatever that you’re hoping to discuss, please send it our way! We’re always looking for additions to the chat club

Chat Club – Safe Discussion of the article “Nice White Meetings” by Nataraj, et. a

AUGUST 2022

ACRL Business Meeting

Thursday, August 18th, 2022

Zoom Link:

https://towson-edu.zoom.us/j/99211061374?pwd=UUN3TVRRR1JKeXk4ditMWlk4d0UxQT09

Attendees- Bria Sinnot (Towson), Brianna Hughes (Stevenson), Kate Strain (LNDL), Nay Keppler (MLA President), Elizabeth Schlackman (Montgomery), Mike Kiel (Univ Balt), Suzzette Spencer (Montgomery College), Sean Hogan (Univ Baltimore), Chris Drolsum (MICA), Allison Jennings Roche (Towson), Kelly Banya (Washington College), Andrea Boothby Rice (Washington College), Kate Newton (LNDL), Jaimee McRoberts (LNDL), Sam Eddington (Lyrasis), Laura DeMarco (UMD),

Agenda

Welcome and Introductions
Hey, Nay! Meet MLA President Nay Keppler
1. Presidential Goals
  1. Updating the Strategic Plan
    1. Please fill out either of these surveys
      1. Members: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdN5E8PViZMwprpOxM6FrG7hEnZvHCtwWmEZNidXYM4dpEgJw/viewform
      2. Non-Members: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccNIbIpGtRBZ1eb7HDHeI2hGLhU2koQAEWlBAvX_uACRpXRw/viewform
2. Centennial Celebration
  1. Be on the lookout for updates around this, kicking off this November
  2. If your interested in helping plan this, please reach out to Nay Keppler at nay.keppler@HCLIBRARY.ORG
3. Updating the MLA Due Structure
  1. Looking into options for group/ institutional memberships, engaging with library leaders
4. MLA Connect
  1. This is the new message board/ social media system for MLA.
  2. There is an ACRL Subgroup to this as well
  3. Please go in and introduce yourself and play around!
Executive Board & Conference updates
1. ACRL MD has a work plan with goals that will be created by October 1st.
  1. As always, outreach and engagement are at the top level
2. ACRL Exec Board Nominations due in October
  1. Interested in getting involved with ACRL MD & MLA? Let’s talk bsinnott@towson.edu
3. Conference Planning
  1. MLA presentation proposal forms live August 19th
  2. Poster presentation proposals will come later in the year.
  3. Theme this year “Level Up”
  4. If you have any ideas for Keynote speakers please let Brianna (add email) know, they still looking for ideas.
2022-23 Roadmap & Discussion Group
1. Is this time (Thursday at 11am) still a good time for the group? SHould we alternate?
  1. No issues raised, keep at this time.
2. Podcast Club is returning starting with the September meeting!
  1. Articles/ Podcasts will be sent out closer to the meeting gates
    1. September Article – “Nice White Meetings” Unpacking Absurd Library Bureaucracy through a Critical Race Theory Lens
  2. If you have any ideas for podcasts or articles, please send them our way.
3. Group Social Event
  1. Last year we did a tour of LoC which was very popular.
    1. 20 people attended, self-guided tour of Jefferson in the AM, lunch, then the PM had two groups of 10 for guided back room tours.
  2. Ideas for this year?
4. Back to School Program
  1. This has typically been promoted in the fall, sent to library and other ischools, letting current students and new grads have an opportunity to present to the group research or projects they’re currently working on.
  2. This is virtual, so students from all over the country are welcome!
  3. Do we have any ideas towards this? Is anyone interested in managing or spearheading outreach for this? If so please reach out!
5. Josh Stone (MLA) and Andrew Pace (USMAI) will be joining us for the September meeting.
6. Back Up chat and reference
  1. A few folks use Springshare libchat service/ libanswers global chat, with good reviews
  2. Some folks use/ used to use AskUs Now, and some folks have no current alternative service.
  3. Towson and LNDL use library help, LNDL is part of AJCU consortia for this.
  4. Is this something we could bring up to USMAI or a higher level?
What would you like to see for ACRL MD or MLA Con this year?
From the floor

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