December 1999 Newsletter Highlights
(from vol. 17, no. 4,
December 1999)
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Jerome Conley,
President, Miami University
1999 Conference Highlights
Since last fall, I have outlined plans
for ALAO's Silver Jubilee conference. You
may remember hearing the stories
throughout the past year: e-mails about
the expert panel, the names of presenters
and times of poster sessions, a newsletter
naming Sarah Long as our luncheon speaker
and discussing the business meeting
required by our constitution ... even
whispers about a gala and a digital
camera. At times, I wanted to pull out my
hair; but I discovered that I didn't have
much of it to pull. However, all of the
sleepless nights, all the drives to and
from Columbus and the constant phone calls
were well worth the effort.
Over 300 individuals awoke in the wee
hours of the morning to begin their
journeys to Fawcett Center. A few folks
shared how they had to leave as early as
five o'clock in order to arrive by the
eight o'clock start time. Of course, folks
had to deal with the constant orange
barrels that seem to have taken up
permanent residence on Ohio byways.
Recognizing that some individuals were in
dire need of a caffeine fix, members were
quickly processed at the registration
table and directed to the exhibitor's
area, where a continental breakfast,
underwritten by Bell and Howell, was
provided.
Program Committee members and Kent
State SLIS volunteers ushered individuals
into the auditorium for the opening
session. Dozens of Ohio libraries and
institutions were represented. A welcome
was extended and the expert panel
introduced. The committee invited four
dynamic individuals to offer faculty
members' perspectives about the role of
libraries in the academy and how they (the
faculty) are involving libraries in their
courses. This panel received excellent
reviews.
Following the expert panel members
chose from seven poster sessions and
seventeen different presentations arranged
in three different tracks: Technobattle,
You and Your Job, and It is the 21st
Century.
The ALAO constitution requires an
annual business meeting; highlights of
that meeting, held during lunch, are
elsewhere in this newsletter. My sincere
thanks to OHIONET for sponsoring the
luncheon. Immediately after the business
meeting, ALA President Sarah Long made an
excellent speech based on her theme
Libraries Build Community. She
personalized her speech by inviting ALAO
members Elys Kettling and Margaret Maurer
to the stage to share their stories on how
their libraries are building communities.
The anniversary gala began promptly at
3:30 p.m. Nearly 200 members stayed for
the gala, many hoping to win the grand
prize of a digital camera. A string trio
of Ohio State School of Music students
provided classical entertainment, thanks
to support from Yankee Book Peddler. It
was an opportunity to reminisce, network
and have fun. Congratulations to
first-time conference attendee Kenneth R.
Irwin (Wittenberg College), whose name was
drawn as winner of the digital camera!
Finally, I must thank nine terrific
individuals for their vision, support and
dedication to ALAO. They were a wonderful
group to work with throughout this past
year. The Silver Jubilee Committee members
were
- Lynne Downes (Toledo)
- Aimee de Chambeau (Akron)
- Phil Flynn (Wright State)
- Jessica Mize (Otterbein)
- Joe Phillips (Miami
Middletown)
- Peggy Rector (Denison)
- Lisa Santucci (Miami)
- Janet Stuckey (Miami). Thanks to
all of you!
ANNUAL BUSINESS
MEETING SUMMARY
Marcia Suter,
Secretary, University of Toledo
President Jerome Conley called the
Annual Meeting of the Academic Library
Association of Ohio to order at 12:40 p.m.
He announced that the Strategic Plan and
Goals and Objectives for the current year
are posted on the web at www.alaoweb.org,
and asked all former Presidents to stand
and be recognized.
Vice-President/President-Elect Carolyn
Radcliff spoke about Ohio Immersion, the
week-long Institute for Information
Literacy that will be held June 16-21,
2000, at Kent State University. The
Institute is being co-sponsored by Kent
State, OhioLINK, and ALAO. The 2000 ALAO
Conference theme will be Four Walls and
Beyond: Libraries in the New Millennium.
[Ed. note: more information can be
found at the Ohio Immersion web site
www.library.kent.edu/immersion]. She
asked all former Interest Group and
Committee members to stand and be
recognized.
Past President Mary Konkel announced
that the proposed amendments to the ALAO
Constitution had recently been ratified.
The revised Constitution is posted on the
web. In Spring 2000 ALAO will select a
Vice-President/President-Elect, Membership
Chair, Secretary, and three board members
at large.
Treasurer Elys Kettling announced the
current cash balance is $20,747.73. She
explained the need for the recently
approved dues increase: that our expenses
exceeded our income and that we will keep
$10,000 in reserve as a fiscally
responsible measure. She asked former
Treasurers and Membership Chairs to stand
and be recognized.
Lisa Santucci, Membership Chair,
announced that current membership stands
at 597. She asked former liaisons and new
members to stand and be recognized.
Secretary Marcia Suter asked former
Secretaries to stand and be recognized.
Mary Konkel asked former recipients of
the Jay Ladd Outstanding Service Award to
stand. She then announced that Greg
Pronevitz had been selected as the 1999
recipient. As Greg was unable to attend,
Mary read a letter
from Greg expressing his thanks and
gratitude.
Jerome Conley read a letter of
greetings and congratulations on our 25th
anniversary from Governor Taft and a
citation of recognition from the Mayor of
Columbus.
ALA President Sarah Long spoke about
her presidential theme, Building
Community. In planning to build community
we should identify our strengths, evaluate
our goals, values, and mental models, and
consider goals for partnering while being
open to change. She highlighted two
successful efforts of building community
in Ohio; Elys Kettling explained the
University of Akron-Wayne College's fund
raising efforts for a library/learning
center/computer center building expansion
and Margaret Mauer of Kent State told of
the new electronic discussion list she had
developed for technical services
librarians in both academic and public
libraries.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:25 p.m.
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