Submitted by Elizabeth Smigielski, Recording Secretary
Kornhauser Health Sciences Library, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
The annual board meeting was held March 27 in Chicago. The highlights were:
The chapter will cover the wages (up to $1,500) for a University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) library science graduate student to begin working on the chapter archives, which are housed at UIC and are in dire need of management. Chapter Archivist Mary Hitchcock met with archivists at UIC prior to the board meeting to review the archive contents and create a project plan.
The chapter's contribution to the annual meeting will be increased from $1,500 to $5,000 in 2010. Other ideas considered were increasing scholarship and award amounts and creating a new award or scholarship. A general increase of meeting support was chosen because it benefits a larger number of chapter members.
A newly formed subcommittee is looking into conducting the 2010 spring board meeting virtually to save resources. We successfully test-drove a virtual meeting software program by having Allan Barclay join us via the Web. The MLA Board held its first virtual conference in February.
The chapter has decided to add password protection to more information on the chapter website. Only members may access financial information and the membership directory. Membership Secretary Rebecca Caton sent the new username and password to members in early April. Please email her if you didn't receive the email.
Finally, minutes from the 2008 fall board and executive meetings were approved and are available on the chapter website.