Reference Round Table - Minutes - 1990

REFERENCE ROUND TABLE
TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, JULY 27, 1990
MINUTES


Maurice Fortin presided.

Introduction of Officers.

The 1990/91 Reference Round Table officers were introduced.

Texas Reference Sources, 1987 edition

Margaret Nichols announced that 59 copies were still in print.  
The board agreed to reduce the cost to $5.00 per copy, then send 
the remaining copies to Maurice Fortin following Annual Assembly.

Secretary/Treasurer's Report

The minutes of the April 3 executive board meeting were approved.

As of June 30, the RRT has a balance of $1,945.50 in its regular 
account and $834.48 in the Texas Reference Sources account.

Budget Request Report

Maurice Fortin presented the report to the executive board.

Nominating Committee Report

Nancy Anderson, Chair of the Nominating Committee, announced that 
Donald Buchwald and Pat Stinson-Switzer were being nominated for 
Chair-Elect for 1991/92, Cherry Beth Ludtke and Kathy Mehan for 
Secretary/Treasurer, and Karen Kendrick and Mary Ann Higdon for 
Councilor.  There was a discussion of the need for continuity 
on the nominating committee and it was agreed that the outgoing 
chair should meet with the incoming chair to pass on information.

Newsletter

John Hepner, editor of the RRT newsletter, indicated that an 
issue would appear in November which will announce the officer 
nominees.  October 25 is the deadline for members to send John 
information to be included in the fall newsletter issue.  A 
spring issue will appear immediately before the annual 
conference.  Because ballots will be going out to members in 
January and will not be due until March 10, the election results
will not be announced until the annual conference.  The spring 
issue will primarily advertise the annual conference program.  
The deadline for submission of material for this issue will be 
February 8.

Lois Bebout Award

Theresa Trost announced that Lois Bebout would be presented a 
plaque at the annual assembly luncheon.  She has already received 
an honorarium.  It was agreed that a committee needed to be 
formed to establish guidelines for future awards.  Melinda 
Townsel-Winston was appointed by Maurice Fortin to chair the 
committee, which will work closely with the Awards committee.

Texas Reference Sources

It was announced that Walter Bell of the University of North 
Texas has agreed to serve as editor of the new edition, which 
should appear in 1992.  He will be contacting former section 
editors to see if they wish to continue.  A call for participants 
will appear in issues of the newsletter, Texas Library Journal, 
and TLACast.

Annual Conference Program

Melinda Townsel-Winston announced that she had located a speaker 
to present a program on the evaluation of reference services.  
Three panelists will be selected to respond to the speaker.  
Attempts will again be made to schedule the program so that it 
will not conflict with other major programs at the annual 
conference.

RASD Council of State and Regional Groups

John Hepner reported on the meetinq at the ALA annual conference.  
As editor of their newsletter Reference Roundup, he will be 
placing a notice in it regarding our sale of remaining issues of 
Texas Reference Sources.  The Council is preparing a directory of 
state and regional groups and is attempting to obtain copies of 
all by-laws.

Progress Report

A copy of the progress report was distributed by Pat Stinson-
Switzer.

Planning

There was a brief discussion of the TLA planning process and the 
role of the Planning Committee in long range planning.
The meeting was then adjourned.
				Respectfully submitted by
				Martha K. Tarlton,
				Secretary/Treasurer
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