Reference Round Table - Minutes

Minutes of the Reference Roundtable, TLA

April 5, 1984

3:00 p.m.


Susan Hancock presided over the 3:00 p.m. business meeting April 5, 1984.  
The business meeting followed the program on "Bibliographic Instruction 
in the Electronic Age."

There were approximately 60 members present for the business meeting.  

The 1983 minutes were read and approved as read.

The Treasurer reported a balance on hand of $859.05

There were 407 members of the Roundtable at the end of March, 1984.

Old Business:

	Reports on Bibliographic Efforts.

		Charles Smith reported receiving a letter/announcement for a Texas 
		Periodical Index postmarked from the Dallas area.  There was no 
		response to his letter of inquiry about the index.  The Red River 
		Index is still being published.  Its editors have invited the 
		TLA Bibliographic Committee to be an advisory committee for them.  
		The TLA committee has not done any "advising" to date.

		Lois Bebout reported on the status of Texas Reference Sources.  
		The 1984 supplement had over 800 titles submitted for inclusion.  
		It was cut to 700 titles (approximately 130 pages).  She proposed 
		that a new edition be published combining the 1975, 1978, 1984 
		editions and supplements included in Texas Library Journal. 
		Subject editors for the various editions were recognized if they 
		were present.  Some have been involved with the project from the 
		very beginning.

New Business:

	The nominating committee presented a proposed slate of officers for 
	the coming year.  They asked for nominations from the floor.  There 
	were none.

	The slate was as follows:

		Vice-chair/Chair-elect

			Marta Lange - Asst.  Head, Reference Dept., University of Houston,
			University Park Library

			Judith N. McArthur - Collection Development Online Services
			Librarian, Victoria College/University of Houston, Victoria
			Campus Library
 
		Secretary-Treasurer

			 Joanne Connelly - Reference Librarian, Business, Science and
			Technology Dept., Houston Public Library

			Lynne Hambric - Asst.  Professor/Social Sciences Reference
			Librarian, Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A&M University,
			College Station

		Nominating Committee

			Judith Droessler - Science and Technology Reference Librarian, 
			Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A&M University, College Station

			Janet Kent - Information Services Librarian, Victoria Public 
			Library

			Paula Kugle - Reference Librarian, Humanities, Houston Public 
			Library

			Margaret Rose - Reference Back-up Librarian, South Texas Library 
			System

		New Officers for 1984-85

			Vice-chair/Chair-elect - Marta Lange 
			Secretary-Treasurer - Joanne Connelly
			Nominating Committee - Judy Droessler, Janet Kent, Margaret Rose

Judy Droessler gave a brief Counselor's report.  The move of the TLA Office 
from Houston to Austin will be during the summer of 1984.  Jean Dixon, the 
featured speaker for the 1984 convention, was canceled.  Barbara Bush will 
give the speech at the final general session.  Everyone must be in and seated 
by 2:15 even though the session doesn't begin until 2:30.  This is for security 
reasons.

The Friday Counselors Meeting will deal with resolutions on Intellectual Free-
dom and matters to be brought to the attention of the Legislative Committee.

Complete minutes of all TLA business meetings will appear in the summer issue 
of Texas Library Journal.

Charles Smith, the Chairman for 1985, asked for input from the members for 
activities for the coming year.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynne Hambric, Acting Secretary
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