Upcoming Membership Meetings

2025 Annual Meeting / Spring Membership Meeting

ASERL will hold its 2025 Annual Meeting and Spring Membership Meeting at the University of Arkansas on May 20-21, 2025.

• Final agenda.

MEETING MATERIALS

• “New & Noteworthy” Updates from ASERL Libraries — May 2025
• Work Status Report from ASERL Staff — May 2025
• Committee / Interest Group Updates — May 2025
• Pre-Reading for “Library Org Structures to Support Research Imperatives” discussion — see https://hangingtogether.org/examining-library-structures-to-scale-research-support-services-insights-from-an-oclc-rlp-leadership-roundtable/ 

See also:  Recommended local restaurants.

HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS:  Our hotel is the Graduate Hotel – Fayetteville, 70 North East Avenue, Fayetteville, AR  72701.  Registration, reservations, and travel costs are the responsibility of each attendee.  Meeting cancellations are available until May 8, 2025.

Please contact John Burger with any questions.

Past Membership Meetings

FALL 2024:  November 19-20, 2024 — Charlottesville, VA

• Meeting Notes
• Meeting Agenda
• Work Status Report — October 2024
• ASERL Committee & Interest Group Updates
• ASERL Member News & Notes — Fall 2024
• AI Initiatives in Select ASERL Libraries
  • • Virginia Tech — Bill Ingram
    • University of Virginia — Judy Thomas
• Reflection/Meditation Rooms
  • Clemson University – Jessica Kohout-Tailor
  • University of Miami — Kelly Miller
  • Virginia Tech — Kiri DeBose
  • Virginia Commonwealth University — Laura Gariepy
• Fundraising Resources suggsted by Kelly Graham, UVA Library Development Direector:
  • Publications by Dr. Kathryn Dilworth:
    • Philanthropy in public libraries: Its impact on community well-being missions (in press). The International Journal of Community Well-Being.
    • Building the social capital of the academic library through fundraising (in press). T. Schlak, P. Bracke, S. Corrall. (Eds), The Social Future of Libraries, Facet Publishing. (Attached)
    • Fundraising in academic libraries: Looking back and defining new questions. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(5).
    • Successful Fundraising for the Academic Library: Philanthropy in Higher Education. Oxford: Chandos Press. (Book)
      • • Jennings, K. N. & Garczynski, J. (2020). Fundraising for Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians. Rowan & Littlefield. (Book)
        • Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE): Development for Deans and Academic Leaders: Winter Session 2025 (CASE also has a library full of information, articles, examples, and subject guides)
        • UVA’s Gift Planning website with an overview of our vehicles: https://giving.virginia.edu/ways-to-give/gift-planning
        • UVA Library Campaign Website
        • UVA Friends of the Library giving society: https://library.virginia.edu/support-library/friends
      • Impact of “Brat” Culture on Library Organizations / Case Study in Organizational Culture Change — Irene Herold / Lis Pankl
      • Charlottesville Restaurant List
      • Draftsman Hotel Info
    • Meeting Minutes: View ASERL meeting minutes from November 2000 to presentAgendas and Meeting Materials: View meeting agendas and materials from 2007 to present.
      Meeting Site Selection (*.pdf format)
      ASERL holds membership meetings twice per year. To ensure maximum member participation as well as a measure of exposure to different library settings/geographic locations, ASERL strives to ensure that at least one meeting per year takes place at an airline hub location. Meetings that do not meet this requirement should consider the following criteria:

      1. Reasonable travel – Reasonable drive time / Aim for no more than one airline connection for most attendees
      2. Reasonable cost – Aim for hotels less than $200/night; consider A/V, parking & catering costs, too
      3. Quality of meeting space – Lighting, sight lines, decor, upkeep, etc.
      4. Walkability/After-hours appeal – Availability of shops & restaurants
      5. Proximity to ASERL libraries