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Executive Committee Minutes
January 25, 2003

Present: Jared Ingersoll (Columbia), Mischa Buczkowski (Oregon), Jackie Byrd (Indiana), Joanna Dyla (Stanford), Diana Greene (NYU), Inna Gudanets (Stanford), Pat Kreitz (Stanford), Tim Larson (Indiana), Sandra Levy (Chicago), Terri Miller (Michigan State), Janice Pilch (Illinois), Cathy Zeljak (George Washington)

Minutes: The minutes of the June 2002 meeting were approved, with the correction of the spelling of Soobum Kim's first name.

Committee Reports

  • Automated Bibliographic Control: Janice Pilch reported on the activities of the committee, including:
    • Robert Maxwell's report as ACRL liaison from CC:DA
    • The Slavic Cataloging Manual
    • The ABC Webpage
    • LC's guidelines on cataloging materials in the Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian languages
    • Working with system vendors on the problems of diacritic display and inputting

  • Continuing Education: Inna Gudanets reported on the activities of the committee, including:
    • Janice Pilch's report on the Slavic Librarians' Workshop
    • Terri Miller's report on the Moscow Book Fair
    • The Continuing Education Committee's Webpage

  • Electronic Resources/Preservation: Cathy Zeljak reported on the activities of the committees, including:
    • The presentation on the Krushchev Audio Archive at the 2003 Annual Conference
    • The inclusion on a archive of past SEES offices on the SEES Webpage
    • Investigating the use of the ACRL web server for SEES webpages
    • Investigating titles to be suggested to JSTOR for digitization. The AAASS B&D Committee doesn't seem to be interested in the project.

  • Newsletter: Terri Miller reported that the committee's business was done via email in advance of the conference. She also reported that the committee was allocated $1,323, a $75.00 increase from last year. She said that the next newsletter should be lengthy, due to several reports. The University of Toronto will be profiled in the issue.

  • 2004 Program Planning: Terri Miller reported that the committee is planning a Tech Services/Cataloging program for the Orlando conference in 2004. The program will be focus on the non-Roman alphabet languages, looking at costs, staffing, access/instruction, and input/search/display.

  • 2003 Program Planning: Jared Ingersoll reported that planning for the program, "The Square Peg Problem: Specialized Material in a Streamlined World" has been finalized. The speakers will be Steve Corrsin (Wayne State University), Brad Schaffner (University of Kansas), and Jim Neal (Columbia University). Jared will work with the committee on publicity for the program.

Frankfurt Book Fair: Gordon Anderson reported on the Frankfurt Book Fair, which will be Oct. 8-13, 2003. Gordon said that some travel funding may be available from ACRL, and he encouraged SEES members to attend. He will send information to slavlibs on the book fair. Gordon also reported that WESS will again sponsor a cruise in Toronto and that the WESS program at that conference will be "Research Library Networks across the Pond."

Membership: Jared Ingersoll reported that SEES membership is currently 213, down from 227 last year.

ACRL: Pat Kreitz reported on ACRL activities, including:

  • The Task Force on the Association of the Future will be looking at what ACRL should be in 5 years. Pat encouraged SEES members to take advantage of input opportunities.
  • Vice-President, President-Elect Tyrone Cannon will be responsible for developing a new ACRL strategic plan that will guide the Association. The plan is used for justifying expenditures and activities. There will be a survey for members, non-members, and former members and a breakfast at the Toronto conference. Pat encouraged input from SEES on this.
  • Divine-Row.com Crash: Pat reported that ACRL may loose money due to unpaid subscriptions, but the Association will honor all subscriptions through March 1st.
  • Budget: The 2002/2003 budget for ACRL is in deficit. There will be an extra $3,000 allocated for program planning. An increase in funding for sections is part of the 2004 budget. Another funding initiative for sections will be made available, and it will be less restrictive than the last initiative and can be spent over a 2-year period.
  • Virtual Meetings: Jared Ingersoll reported that the College Library Section met virtually for the mid-winter meetings, trying both an online chat approach and an email meeting. The section felt that both methods worked well. Some issues identified for this topic were:
    • SEES may be able to consider this in the future
    • There are financial and other implications for ALA and ACRL if attendance at the conferences drops
    • ALA policy on this will need to reflect the differences in e-capability among libraries
Submitted by Jackie Byrd

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