PDF of February 4th, 2014 ALA Meeting minutes

ALA @ UBC Student Chapter Meeting
February 4, 2014
Trail Room, 1:00pm

Attendees: Anna Ferri, Carolyn Heine, Matthew Murray, Mark Christensen, Hedda Monaghan, Chelsea Shriver, Matthew Root, Sadie Tucker, Lauren Washok, Krista Paham, and Rebecca Lahr

Agenda:

1. Seattle Recap

• Purpose of the trip: to forge ties with the University of Washington ALA Student Chapter. They are the closest viable student chapter
• Trip went well.
• Tours: included the Law Library, Odegaard (undergrad) Library, Suzzallo Library, Allen Library, and Seattle Public Library
• tours conducted by student workers
• Resulted in several invitations to present/attend conferences, including the iYouth Conference in early February and the Washington Library Association Conference.
• Matthew M. is publishing weekly blog posts about the trip
• Need to coordinate for a possible reciprocal trip
  • Mid-late April
  • Volunteers needed to host students and plan tours and a pub night

2. Freedom to Read Week

• BCLA/CLA has spearheaded the event
  • They will send a google doc around so people can sign up for reading times and/or proctoring times
    • Update: Chelsea will send Kaja (our liaison) last year’s google doc as a template
  • Posters will be created by the end of the week
  • Bookmarks will be distributed

3. Publishing Panel

• Doodle Poll: Students want to focus on Academic Libraries (how do libraries and publishers interact?)
• Chelsea is in contact with Morgan G. to secure panelists
• Each panelist: 5-10 min. introduction about themselves and what they do
• Open Q+A at the end
• Possible Google Doc for students to submit Q’s?
• March 25th: tentative date
  • Carolyn will attempt to book the Dodson or Lilloet Room from 12:00-2:00

4. T-shirt Design Contest

• Members are interested in doing something besides t-shirts
• Suggestions include buttons, patches, stickers, mugs, and tote bags
• Chelsea will create and distribute a doodle poll to decide what type of paraphernalia will be used

5. Next Meeting?

• LASSA has asked us if we can move our meeting so we are not in conflict with their event
• Wednesday, March 5th @ 12:00pm (Sadie will book the room)