AGENDA [PDF format]
ASERL Fall 2018 Membership Meeting
November 28 – 30, 2018 – Atlanta, Georgia
November 28, 2018
3:00pm – 5:00pm
ASERL Board Meeting
Hyatt Centric Midtown Atlanta – Avalon 1 Room
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Informal Drinks & Snacks for Early arrivals
The Consulate Atlanta, Ten 10th Street NW, Atlanta GA 30309 [map]
November 29, 2018
9:00am
Optional Library Tours. Pre-registration is required.
Emory/Georgia Tech Library Service Center or Georgia State University Library.
Meet buses in front of Hyatt Centric hotel by 9am.
12:00pm
Buffet Lunch
Diversity & Inclusion Committee Meeting / Working lunch.
Avalon Ballroom, Hyatt Centric hotel.
1:00pm
ASERL Fall 2018 Membership Meeting
Welcome / Call to Order – Yolanda Cooper, Emory University
Avalon Ballroom, Hyatt Centric hotel.
FYI: Member News & Notes | ASERL Work Status Report
1:15pm
Presentation & Discussion: ASERL — Where We Have Been, Where We Are Now, Where We Are headed?
1) Review of current finances & budget projections – Tim Pyatt, ASERL Secretary-Treasurer
2) Update on key activities – ASERL staff
a. Shared Print – Collaborative Federal Depository Program | Scholars Trust | CRL Collection Analysis
b. Resource Sharing / Document Delivery
c. Professional Development Interest Groups: Collection Assessment, Scholarly Communications, Special Collections
3) Review of Member Inputs – Yolanda Cooper.
a. Results of Deans’ Valued Consortia Survey (Oct 2018)
b. Deans’ Long-Term Planning Survey (July/August 2018)
c. Feedback from ‘New-ish’ Deans Focus Group (December 2017)
d. Evaluation of Miami Meeting (December 2017)
e. Evaluations of Knoxville Meeting (May 2018)
2:15pm – 2:30pm
Break
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Results of ASERL’s Organizational Research Project – John Burger, ASERL
3:00pm – 4:15pm
Member Input – Future Directions for ASERL
* Small Group Discussions led by Board members: Members’ desired goals & outcomes for ASERL.
* Report–outs from small group discussions
* Large Group Polling via Slido.com
4:15pm
Recess for the day
4:45pm
Members’ Reception
4:45pm: Bus departs Hyatt hotel for Emory
5:15pm: Arrive Emory University campus.
6:15pm: Bus departs Emory campus for Hyatt hotel
Our sincere thanks to Emory University Libraries for sponsoring
our reception and the transportation to it.
Evening
Dinner. See sign-up sheets in meeting room for dinner groups as desired, or on your own. Recommended area restaurants.
November 30, 2018
8:00am
Continental Breakfast
Hyatt Centric hotel – Fork & Juniper restaurant
8:30am
Reconvene. Follow-up items from previous day?
Hyatt Centric hotel – Avalon Ballroom.
8:45am – 10:00am
Presentation/Discussion: Diversity & Inclusion: Building Community in Higher Education – Michelle Garfield Cook, Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer, University of Georgia
10:00am – 10:15am
Break
10:15am – 10:45am
Member Info Sharing / Discussion: How to effectively communicate with University Administrators re: Ongoing annual cost increases for journals?
Library journal expenditures as proportion of Total Library Expenditures over time – Stanley Wilder, LSU
10:45am – 11:15am
Review of Next Steps in ASERL Planning & Development – Yolanda Cooper & Anne Prestamo, Florida International University
Housekeeping / Draft Changes to ASERL Bylaws – Tim Pyatt, Wake Forest University / ASERL Secretary-Treasurer
11:15am – 11:45am
Program Updates / Late-Breaking News
1. ASERL Diversity & Inclusion Committee Update – Initial Steps, Assessments, Future Goals – Chris Cox, Clemson University & Martin Halbert, UNC Greensboro
2. Re-Use of ASERL Salary Survey data – John Burger
3. Disaster Response Inventory – John Burger
4. Guidelines for Loaning Special Collections Materials – John Burger
11:45am – 12:00pm
Q & A / Wrap-Up / Adjourn
NEXT ASERL MEETING: May 30-31, 2019. Reston, Virginia – George Mason University