MLA Annual Meeting
Las Vegas, NV
20 February 2002
The meeting was attended by 43 chapter members.
Chapter Chair
Rick Jones, Chapter Chair, has asked to step down from office for health reasons. After some discussion, it was noted that the bylaws permit the Executive Committee to appoint someone to fill the remainder of the term. The Executive Committee will take that action.
An election for Chair-Elect/Chair will be held in the fall as usual.
Library School Outreach project
The chapter’s Library School Outreach project has reached the end of the national grant money that has been supporting it. Laurie Probst met with several individuals from institutions with library schools. Some suggestions were to create a new committee on outreach that would coordinate the library school visits, to utilize local librarians and include School of Music students whenever possible. Another alternative emerged during the discussion—outreach is already part of the Membership Committee’s activities. This project could possibly be coordinated by the Committee.
Retirees’ Scholarship Fund
The suggestion was made to rename the fund. The purpose or audience isn’t clear from the current name.
It was announced that Don Roberts will be retiring from Northwestern University this summer.
Next chapter meeting
The next chapter meeting will take place in Bloomington, IL at Jumer’s, Oct. 17-19, 2002. Illinois Wesleyan will be the host institution, and Bob Delvin is Local Arrangements chair. Programs will include a tour of the new building at Illinois Wesleyan, technology issues in reference service, and a reference refresher.
Newsletter editor
Greg Fitzgerald has accepted the position of chapter newsletter editor.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Huismann
Secretary-Treasurer