September 2001 Newsletter Highlights
(from vol. 19, no. 3, Sept. 2001)
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2001
JAY LADD DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD NOMINATIONS DUE
Carolyn Radcliff,
Past President
Kent State University
The ALAO Awards Committee is seeking nominations
for the 2001 Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award. This award
recognizes an ALAO member, of at least 5 years, who has promoted
academic libraries and librarianship not only on her or his
own campus, but within the state as well. It also recognizes
someone who has provided leadership in the promotion of ALAO
through service such as committee membership, executive board
office, or interest group office.
The ALAO Distinguished Service Award was
renamed the Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award in 1998 to
honor the memory of Jay Ladd, 1932-1997, who was among the
founding members of ALAO in the early 1970s.
Past recipients of this award include:
| 1984 Virginia Tiefel |
1993 Ann Allan |
| 1985 Hannah McCauley |
1994 Kathy Wright |
| 1986 Marian
Winner |
1995 Julie Houston |
| 1987 Martha Laury |
1996 Susan Phillips |
| 1988 Charles Maurer |
1997 Sara Bushong |
| 1989 Jay Ladd |
1998 Margy Kramer |
| 1990 Sr. Deborah Harmeling |
1999 Greg Pronevitz |
| 1991 Linda Landis |
2000 Pat Walker |
| 1992 Peri Switzer |
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This is a wonderful way to recognize a colleague
who has provided leadership in ALAO and in the profession.
The award recipient will receive an honorary 5-year membership
in ALAO and will be recognized at the 2001 ALAO Annual Conference
to be held October 26 at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio.
The deadline for nominations is October 1,
2001. You may print and fill out the nomination form from
the Web or
send me the following information:
(1) name of nominee, (2) nominee's position
title, (3) nominee's college or university, (4) nominee's
ALAO activities, and (5) your reasons for nominating this
person. NOTE: You may nominate more than one person.
President's Report
THE LEADERSHIP RETREAT
Marcia Suter, President
University of Toledo
The ALAO Executive Board met in Columbus
on June 11-12 for the annual Leadership Retreat. All incoming
and outgoing voting Board members were invited as well as
all non-voting committee and interest group chairs, and other
appointed members. The Leadership Retreat provides a relaxed
setting where new and veteran Board members can reflect on
the past year and make plans for the coming year.
New members attending were:
Donna Jacobs, Board Member at Large; Deborah Carter Peoples,
Board Member at Large; Alisa Mizikar, Collection Management
IG Chair; Ann Raney, Curriculum Materials Center IG Chair;
Gaynelle Predmore, Support Staff IG Chair; Pat Breno, Manual
Revision Coordinator; and Susan DiRenzo, Co-Web Master.
Outgoing President Carolyn Radcliff thanked
all retiring Board members for their contributions to ALAO.
Those in attendance were: Jerome Conley, Past President; Julie
Deardorff, Collection Management IG Chair; Laura Brendon,
Curriculum Materials Center IG Chair; Mary Ayres, Support
Staff IG Chair; and Mary Konkel, Archivist. The Board expressed
its thanks to Mary Konkel for her many contributions to ALAO.
Mary recently left the University of Akron for the College
of DuPage in Illinois.
After hearing annual reports from each officer
and chair, the following actions were taken at the Retreat
Board meeting:
· Adoption of 2001/2002 Objectives and Directions
· Approval of a draft budget (the budget will be finalized
at the September 13 Board meeting)
· Approval of guidelines for transferring records to
Archives
· Approval of a job description for the Public Relations
Coordinator
· Presentation and approval of a Request for Proposals
(RFP) for a web-based membership database
· Approval of guidelines for updating the Web Manual.
ACRL CHAPTERS COUNCIL
REPORT
ALA Annual Conference
San Francisco, June 2001
Pat Walker, Liaison to ACRL
Wright State University
Evelyn Minick, Chair of the ACRL Chapters
Council, welcomed chapter representatives and presided over
the following reports and activities:
ACRL Leadership
Betsy Wilson, ACRL President, announced a major change of
leadership for the association: After ten years at the helm,
ACRL Executive Director Althea Jenkins will be leaving to
direct the Florida State University libraries and replacing
her, effective August 1, 2001, will be veteran Senior Associate
Director, Mary Ellen Davis. Wilson also briefly discussed
the current review underway to evaluate the effectiveness
of the Initiative Fund program, originally designed to implement
the ACRL strategic plan at the local level.
Past-president Larry Hardesty alerted chapter
leaders to the upcoming request for program proposals for
the 2003 ACRL national conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.
President-Elect Mary Reichel announced the theme for her term
would be "Learning Communities for Excellence in Higher
Education," and newly elected President-Elect, Helen
Spaulding, talked briefly about planning for her president's
program in Toronto 2003, tentatively titled, "New Realities,
New Relationships".
ALA Midwinter Scheduling
The ALA Conference Committee is considering shortening the
midwinter schedule by one day. Realizing that more committees
are using technology to facilitate ongoing work between meetings,
the Conference Committee is soliciting feedback for a late
Friday afternoon to Monday afternoon schedule. Chapter leaders
were asked to comment on the impact on committee work/meetings
with such a schedule change.
Legislative Update
Carol Ashworth, UCITA Coordinator from the ALA Washington
Office, reported that UCITA was not expected to pass in any
state during 2001 but is expected to come back with a vengeance
in 2002. Pat Walker, ACRL Legislative Network Coordinator,
reported about developments with efforts to increase the LSTA
appropriation, the progress of the E-Government bill (S.803),
and the passage in the House of the TEACH bill (S.487) to
extend fair use into modern Web-based distance education.
Chapters Council Election
Former ALAO president, Sherri Edwards (now at the University
Of Notre Dame) was elected Vice Chair/Chair-Elect of Chapters
Council, and Tom Dodge, Auburn University, was elected Secretary.
Congratulations Sherri!
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
TEAM: NEWS AND CHANGES
Susan Collins, Govt.
Relations Team
Ohio University - Lancaster
Statehouse Connect Day was held on May 16,
10am-3: 00pm, in Columbus. Thirteen ALAO members attended,
and all felt that it was a worthwhile experience. Robert Hickey,
Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs at Wright State
University, spoke on various ways of effectively communicating
with legislators. Tom Sanville spoke about OhioLINK funding
issues and the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act.
Participants visited with 12 legislators and their aides during
the afternoon, primarily to thank them for OhioLINK and to
advise them about upcoming legislation to protect Ohio citizens
from the effects of UCITA laws enacted by other states.
As most of you know, I retired as of June
30 from Ohio University-Lancaster and resigned as a member
of ALAO's Government Relations Team. It has been my privilege
to serve ALAO in many capacities during my almost 20-year
membership, and supporting our profession as a legislative
advocate has been one of my most important contributions.
Please continue to support strong advocacy goals and programs
within our organization, and I wish you all the best. Susan
Collins (new email address:
susiecollins@adelphia.net)
Note: Replacing Susan Collins on the Government
Relations Team is Susan Scott from Denison University. Please
contact Susan (scott@denison.edu)
or Pat Walker (pat.walker@wright.edu)
to find out how you can participate in this important work.
MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
Betsy Blankenship,
Membership Chair
Ohio State Univ. - Marion
Thanks to all who have continued to renew
their ALAO memberships since our last newsletter. Thanks also
to all recently added liaisons. We currently have 77 liaisons
providing information about ALAO and ACRL to colleagues at
their institutions. Liaisons are still needed at the following
institutions: John Carroll University. Kent State (Geauga
Campus), Kent State (Tuscarawas Campus), Kenyon College, OCLC,
and Ohio University (Main Campus). If you are interested in
serving as a liaison, please contact me at blankenship.5@osu.edu.
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