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MEMBERSHIP MEETING
ALA MIDWINTER CONFERENCE
San Antonio, Texas
Saturday, January 21, 2006

Minutes


  1. Welcome, Introductions, Announcements

    President Rebecca Lubas called the meeting to order. She introduced herself and the Board Members introduced themselves. There were 31 members in attendance.

    Board Members present: Rebecca Lubas, Steve Miller, Robert Freeborn, Robert Bothmann, Amy Weiss, Jain Fletcher, Lisa Bodenheimer. Ex Officio members present: Greta de Groat, John Attig.

  2. Secretary’s Report (A. Weiss)

    The minutes of the Membership Meeting from the ALA Annual Conference, June 25, 2005, in Chicago, Illinois, were approved.

  3. Treasurer’s Report (B. Bothmann)

    See the full Treasurer’s report elsewhere in this issue.

  4. Newsletter Editor’s Report (J. Fletcher)

    Deadline for the March Newsletter is in early February.

  5. CAPC Report (L. Bodenheimer)

    Please see the meeting minutes elsewhere in this issue.

  6. OLAC 2006 Conference Update (R. Lubas)

    The next OLAC Conference will be held during the last week of October 2006 and will be hosted by Arizona State University. The theme will be "Preparing for a Brave New World: Media Cataloging on the Threshold of RDA". Speakers will include Barbara Tillett and a representative from the JSC. There will be workshops on traditional cataloging and also on creation of non-MARC metadata. There will be a preconference given by SCCTP on Electronic Serials.

  7. Elections Committee (C. Gerhart)

    Cathy Gerhart could not find volunteers for this Committee, so ended up being the entire nominating committee this year. Next year, Robert Freeborn, as Past Past President, will Chair this Committee. Cathy was very pleased at the pool of candidates this year, with two people running for each position.

    Candidates for Vice President/President Elect are: Amy K. Weiss and Vicki Toy Smith.

    Candidates for Secretary are: Katherine Rankin and Kate James.

    There were no nominations from the floor, and the nominations were closed.

  8. Nancy B. Olson Award Committee (R. Freeborn)

    Robert chaired this Committee, with the members consisting of Meredith Horan, Kay Johnson and himself. Next year, Rebecca Lubas, as immediate Past President, will be Chair.

    Due to the lack of nominations received, there will not be an award presented this year.

  9. Liaison Reports

    1. Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) (M. Huismann)

      The Music OCLC Users Group will be meeting February 21-22, 2006 at the Peabody Hotel, in Memphis, Tennessee, immediately prior to the Music Library Association Conference. The Conference will focus on sound recordings, and will conclude with the sessions "Ask MOUG" and with Enhance and NACO Participant’s meetings.

    2. OCLC (J. Weitz)

      See highlights from the OCLC news elsewhere in this issue.

    3. CC:DA (G. de Groat)

      See the full CC:DA report elsewhere in this issue.

    4. MARBI (J. Attig)

      See the full MARBI report elsewhere in this issue.

    5. LC Update (R. Lubas for D. Reser)

      David Reser from CPSO attended the CAPC meeting and reported on the Library of Congress’s current initiative to create form/genre headings. Please see under "Subject Headings" in the LC Liaison Report for LC’s announcement of this initiative and under "New Business" in the CAPC meeting minutes for an informed discussion of this issue.

  10. New Business

    There was no new business.

  11. Adjournment

    The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. It was followed by the traditional question and answer session, with Jay Weitz, John Attig, Paige Andrews, and Robert Freeborn serving as the panel.
Respectfully submitted,
Amy K. Weiss
OLAC Secretary

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