Board Meeting Minutes – February 2018

February 15, 2018 ACRL DVC Board Meeting

In attendance

Sarah Wingo, Penny Lochner, Nancy Bellafante, Jessica Brangiel, Martha Stevenson, Stephanie Pennucci, Ellie Goldberg

Resume Review Program in March

  • Guide for Reviewers – Jess has created a rubric for reviewers, action item for the board please provide feedback on the rubric.  Review service will be open for month of March
  • Blog post coming soon on resume review service
  • Outreach – where to reach students?  Add to outreach spreadsheet

Board Positions Nominations

  • Nominating Committee – Martha, Sarah, Jessica B. and Ellie
  • Open positions VP, treasurer and director at large positions, ballot last time went out when PaLA ballots went out

Travel Award for Professional Librarians

  • Nancy proposes uses remaining funds for attendance at a professional conference for ACRL DVC members, they would provide a report or presentation after attendance
    • Amount – ask applicants to give an idea of expenses – we can then fund entirely or partially
    • Open up the application in February and then the grant is good for use during the following year
    • Require ACRL DVC membership and a follow up report
    • Motion to allocate $2000 for travel award – motion passes

Legislative Day Grant

  • Sarah has blog post ready seeking feedback from the board before publishing
  • Grant can be used for 2 people from the same institution
  • Amount has been $700 in prior years

Spring Program Updates

  • 7 proposals have been received so far.  Deadline for submissions is approaching.  Nancy will anonymize and provide rubric for board members to review
  • Board members continue to publicize the spring program
  • Title and description needed (Ellie will start this process and ask for feedback)
  • Location – Penny has confirmed speaker accommodations, menu has been selected, dollar amount so far is below budget
  • Program will start at 10am for registration, keynote at 10:30, chapter meeting, lunch and after lunch proposal presentations

March ACRL Webinar

Applying Information Literacy to Digital Humanities Projects – idea to partner with Drexel to watch together and then can promote the resume review service to students

Old Business

  • Online Journal Club – starting up late spring/summer
  • Member listserv
  • Summer program – conference round up idea

 

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