General Membership Discussion Group Agenda – 2009 Midwinter

ALA Midwinter Meeting, Denver

Monday, January 26, 2009
8:00 – 10:00am
Sheraton Denver, Tower Court D


Convener

  • Laura Dale Bischof, Chair

Agenda

I. Announcements 8:00-8:15

  • Andy Alferovs, Vice President of Global Sales for Coutts, on the Coutts Nijhoff Award

II. General Reports 8:15-9:00

  • Introduction of Officers
  • Report from the Chair, Laura Dale Bischof

III. Discussion Group Reports 8:15-9:00

  • Cataloging, Marcus Richter
  • Romance Languages, Birdie MacLennan
  • Classical, Mediaeval & Renaissance, Paul Carns
  • College & Medium-sized Libraries, Michelle Emanuel
  • Germanists, Kizer Walker
  • MLA International Bibliography in Academic Libraries Discussion Group, Shawn Martin
  • Scandinavian, Anna Sveinbjornsson
  • Social Sciences & History, Thea Lindquist
  • Special Topics, Louis Reith

IV. Committee Reports 9:00-9:45

  • Coutts-Nijhoff Award Jury, Sarah Wenzel
  • Fundraising, Tom Izbicki
  • International Conference Planning, 2010, Adán Griego
  • Membership, Paula Carns
  • Program Planning 2010, Gordon Anderson
  • Publications + WESSweb Editors, Jonathan Marner & Brian Vetruba
  • Recruitment to the Profession, George I. Paganelis
  • Research & Planning, Tim Shipe

V. Other Business and Announcements 9:45-10:00