BCLA/CLA Student Chapter Meeting

Date:  Sept. 8th, 2004

In Attendance: Anna Chabada, Janine Jevne, Tara Matsuzaki, Paula Farrar Heather De Forest, Hope Power, Kelly Woods, Camille Callison

Regrets:  Christine Wallace

Meeting called to order: 12:20pm

  1. Small business:
    1. Tara will inquire about a location to store BCLA/CLA material at TEF
    2. Janine reported that Annie Murray passed on 2002/2003 BCLA/CLA Student Ch. material.  Janine will weed this material and pass it along to Paula
    3. Paula will create a binder of archival quality BCLA/CLA Student Ch. materials
    4. Hope and Janine responded to Brian D. ClarkÕs LASSA Orientation invitation
    5. Camille gave a budget update - approx. $50.00
    6. Camille is contacting LASSA and AMS regarding funding
  1. Listserv:

Ÿ       Tara contacted Susie and learned that approx. 35 people are subscribed to the listserv currently. 

Ÿ       After discussion about if the listserv is useful, the group came to consensus that Tara will inquire about deleting the listserv

Ÿ       Tara will establish a BCLA/CLA Student Ch. e-mail account.  Best option is an interchange account, and second option is a hotmail or yahoo account

Ÿ       Tara will contact Christine to make the necessary changes on the website

  1. ALPS Event:

Ÿ       Hope booked FNS 40 through Debra, she is now confirming with Mary

Ÿ       Hope will publicize the event by posting to the listserv, noting the event on the SLAIS events calendar, the online SLAIS calendar, publicizing at our Core presentation, create a poster for the BCLA/CLA bulletin board

Ÿ       All BCLA/CLA members will  announce this event in our classes

Ÿ       Camille will explore the possibilities of gift certification donations from the Granville Book Co. and other local bookshops

 

 

  1. BCLA/CLA presentation to core students

Ÿ       Heather will contact Richard to inquire about a suitable time, potentially Tuesday October 5th

Ÿ       Heather will update the tours section of the info sheet

Ÿ       Tara will remove our personal e-mail addresses and add the general BCLA/CLA Student Ch. address

  1. BCLA Information Session:

Ÿ       Michael Burris (BCLA Exec. Secretary) and another member will visit SLAIS

Ÿ       Hope will contact Michael about either Tuesday Oct 5th or Tues Oct 12th

Ÿ       Hope will contact Debra to book TEF for the lunch hour

  1. Mentorship update:

Ÿ       The four person mentorship team is currently recruiting mentors and mentees, will match the mentors & mentees during the week of Oct. 48, is planning a mentorship pub night potentially with our Archival counterpart in late Oct. and will create a bulletin board display at TEF

  1. Tours:

Ÿ       Heather reported that she hasnÕt heard back from the ISchool in Seattle

Ÿ       Heather communicated with Keith of the SLA@SLAIS regarding tour collaboration, potential tour locations include Electronic Arts, MOA, the Library Processing Centre, Rare Books and the Canadian Music Centre (in groups of 18-20)

  1. CLA Information Session:

Ÿ       Janine will plan the session for the 2nd term coinciding with an issue such as Freedom to Read week

  1. Calendar of Events:

Ÿ       Janine organized the calendar that is posted in TEF

Ÿ       We will evaluate at the end of November based on use

  1. Next meeting:

Ÿ       Heather will chair our next meeting in 3 weeks