MINUTES
MINUTES OF SECOND MEETING
METROPOLITAN LIBRARIES COMMITTEE MEETING
JANUARY 19,2002
AM MEMBERS ATTENDING:
TOM ALRUTZ, RUTH COLLINS, DONNA MORRIS, GERDA KAHN, MIMI MORRIS, ROBB MORSS. MEMBERS NOT ATTENDING: JOHN FARIA, JANET KINNEY, LAURA KLINE (SEE PM SESSION), SHARON KAY SNOW, THERESE BIGELOW (ELECTRONIC MEMBER), SUSAN STUDEBAKER (ELECTRONIC MEMBER).
VISITORS ATTENDING:
RAYMOND SANTIAGO (LDC LIAISON), ROBERT BELLINGER (PLA EMERGING ISSUES DISCUSSION GROUP CONVENOR), JOANNA HAZELDEN (CHICAGO PL), CAROL JOHNSON (HOUSTON PL).
The Chair passed out the Agenda, Committee Roster and Minutes of the two previous committee meetings.
The committee members reviewed the evaluation of its San Francisco conference program. Two presenters were rated good, one OK and one bad. It was recommended that if a speaker doesn?t participate and respond to messages in the program preparation process, then we should change speakers.
The committee-sponsored program on Volunteers is scheduled for Saturday, June 15, from 10:30 AM to Noon in Atlanta. The committee received no notice about the program, and the chair had to contact the program coordinator to get an update on program approval by PLA and the status of planning for the program.
The committee then spent the major portion of its meeting time outlining a potential program for Toronto on the relationship between public service staff and network/technology/automation staff. This idea emerged at the previous committee meeting. Since program proposals are due in the PLA office today, the chair agreed to fill out the form based upon committee discussion today and Ruth Collins agreed to be the coordinator for the program. (The form was submitted and the program was subsequently approved.)
Bob Bellinger from the Emerging Issues Discussion Group presented a request for the committee to sponsor or cosponsor a Table Talk program at Annual. The committee agreed. Proposed topics include volunteers, central library versus branches, renovations, public and academic library partnerships, and 9/11 response.
The committee then discussed a proposed website or listserv for metropolitan libraries. Members questioned whether this would be too broad. It was noted that PUBLIB is increasingly oriented to small and medium libraries. It was decided that the committee would not proceed with the idea at this point. It was suggested that what we need is a PUBLIB for metropolitan libraries.
The committee discussed the need for two committee meetings in the future, since some committee members had other committee meetings at the same time as the PLA All Committee meeting which included the Metropolitan Libraries Committee meeting.
The next committee meeting is scheduled for Sunday, June 16, from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM in Atlanta.
MINUTES
METROPOLITAN LIBRARIES COMMITTEE MEETING
JANUARY 19, 2002 PM
MEMBERS ATTENDING:
TOM ALRUTZ, ROBB MORSS, AND LAURA KLINE
MEMBERS NOT ATTENDING:
RUTH COLLINS (SEE AM SESSION), JOHN FARIA, JANET KINNEY, DONNA MORRIS (SEE AM SESSION), MIMI MORRIS (SEE AM SESSION), SHARON KAY SNOW, GERDA KAHN (SEE AM SESSION), THERESE BIGELOW (ELECTRONIC MEMBER), SUSAN STUDEBAKER (ELECTRONIC MEMBER)
VISITORS:
RAYMOND SANTIAGO (LDC LIAISON)
The chair passed out the agenda, committee roster and minutes of the two previous meetings.
The purpose of this meeting was to accommodate committee members who were not able to attend all or part of the AM session. The chair reviewed the minutes of the AM session with those in attendance.
It was noted that two committee members (John Faria and Sharon Kay Snow) had missed three committee meetings.
The proposed Toronto program was discussed and suggestions were made for topics to be included in the program.
It was suggested that the committee make use of electronic members and committee meetings, rather than schedule a second committee meeting.