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Texas Library Association Electronic Resources and Serials Management Round Table Annual Conference Meeting – April 4, 2005 Minutes
Call to Order: by Jeff Coyle, Chair, at approximately 2:07 p.m. in Room of the Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas.
Attendance: Susan Andrews, Evelyn Brass, Clint Chamberlain, Jeff Coyle, Sheila Ross Henderson, Janice Lange, Jill Mason, Mary McCoy, Teri Oparanozie, Janetta Paschal, Linda Waggener, Jingshan Xiao.
The meeting agenda and the minutes of the Annual Assembly meeting of July 11, 2004, were distributed.
Minutes of Annual Assembly: Members were given a few minutes to read through the minutes, which were subsequently approved.
Treasurer’s Report: presented by Clint Chamberlain. The revenue for July 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005 was $235.00 from membership dues plus a previous balance of $88.98 for a total ending balance of $323.98.
Liaison Report: presented by Sheila Ross Henderson. · Reminder about the rally at the capitol building on April 6 at 4:30. Bring someone; wear red if possible. · Reminder to subscribe to TexLine if you haven’t already. · There is now a May 15 deadline for conference planning materials to be submitted; this is a permanent change. · Reminder that TLACast is electronic only. · You can already sign up for the conference hotel for the 2006 conference to be held in Houston.
Councilor’s Report: no report given.
Old Business
2005 Conference Program Report: presented by Evelyn Brass. Evelyn reported that E-SMART was co-sponsoring two programs at the conference, for a minimal contribution: one on MARC Mapping (4/6/05) and one on the Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative (4/7/05).
New Business
2006 Conference Planning Report: presented by Evelyn Brass. Evelyn reported that a possible program topic for the 2006 conference in Houston would be on the stability of e-journals and would deal with questions such as whether it was truly desirable to cancel print in favor of electronic formats. Speakers would include Gary Ives (Texas A&M), Jill Mason (EBSCO), and October Ivins (independent consultant). Proposed title: “’E’ is for Emerging: Stability Concerns for E-Journals.”
By-laws: discussion led by Jeff Coyle. Jeff noted that currently all programming for the conference is handled by the new vice-chair/chair elect. As the results of elections are announced in March or April, depending upon the timing of the annual conference, and the new deadline for submitting all program planning is May 15, this does not leave a lot of time for newly elected vice-chairs to plan for the following year’s conference. Therefore, Jeff proposed that the round table’s by-laws be amended to give more duties to the chair. It was decided that a subcommittee to review the by-laws be formed, consisting of Jeff Coyle, Janice Lange, Jill Mason, Mary McCoy, and Teri Oparanozie.
Officers: Janice Lange reported on the results of the elections for E-SMART officers:
Chair: Jill Mason Secretary/Treasurer: Kathy Harden Councilor: Teri Oparanozie Councilor Alternate: Linda Waggener
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at approximately 2:50 p.m.
Submitted by: Clint Chamberlain, Secretary/Treasurer, 2004-2005. |