OLAC Membership Meeting
ALA Annual Conference Hyatt Regency Chicago, Room Columbia IJ Chicago, Illinois Friday, June 23, 2017 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Started at 3:11 pm Present: Annie Glerum, Jeremy Myntti, Autumn Faulkner, Marcia Barrett, Stacie Traill, Bruce Evans, Jay Weitz, Jeannette Ho, Nancy Lorimer, Mary Huismann, John Galdun, Neil Robinson, Rosemary Groenwald, Yoko Kudo, Karen Peters, Chris Diamond, Rachel Maxwell, Mary Ann Maxwell, Debra Spidal, Jessica Robertson, Michele Fenton, Maggie Dull, Amy Weiss, Bryan Baldus, Emily Creo, Michele Zwierski, Trina Soderquist, Julie Moore, Josh Moorman, Netanel Ganin, Ethan Fenichel, Jessica Colbert. o
Welcome and Introductions Annie Glerum welcomed the attendees and called the meeting to order.
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Announcements: • Increase in membership fees o Annie announced that the increase of membership fees has been voted on by OLAC members and approved.
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Officer Reports: •
President’s Report (Annie Glerum): Annie summarized major accomplishments during the past year: o Successfully planned the upcoming OLAC Conference 2017 o Opened a discussion regarding the possibility of an OLAC-MOUG merger o Formed a task force to come up with a unified OLAC “mega” best practices document for all formats that will be incorporated within the RDA Toolkit o Began to publicize OLAC member presentations at ALA conferences o Began a review of the OLAC Handbook o Initiated the creation of OLAC member ribbons to wear with badges at ALA Conferences
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Vice President’s Report (Jeremy Myntti): Discussions about the potential OLAC-MOUG merger are continuing. Jeremy is working on a white paper that will compile all of the feedback he has received concerning a merger. It should be made available during the next several months. Jeremy thanked all of the OLAC members who submitted information about their presentations in advance of the ALA Annual Conference so they could be announced on the OLAC-L list and in the September newsletter. 23 | P a g e