Section Representative -- Connie Machado reported on the Section Council
meeting held Saturday. Elections for Potential Candidates for the MLA
Nominating Committee were conducted electronically saving time at the Section
Council Meeting. The question was raised as to whether sections have open or
closed listservs. Section Council is asking for input on the independent reading
project and requesting information on any international activity in sections.
They are always looking for section volunteers to sit at the MLA booth to
encourage section membership.
Committee Reports
Past Chair/Bylaws – In addition to the changes to the bylaws already reported,
Virginia Lingle updated the Technical Services Manual.
CE Committee – Xiaoli Li became chair of the Committee in January, taking
Sue Trombley’s place. CE opportunities continue to be reported in the newsletter
and through the listserv. The call for CE’s for MLA 2008 will be coming in
August or September. A webcast on Emerging Technologies is scheduled for
November 8th.
Membership Committee – Jan Cox reported for Hanna Kwasik, Chair of the Membership
Committee. This committee has done a great job despite hardships during the
past year as result of Hurricane Katrina. There are 151 members in the
Technical Services Section with 23 new members.
Newsletter Co-Editors – The newsletter co-editors are Connie Machado and JoLinda
Thompson with JoLinda taking Jan Cox’s place. Three issues were published
during the year. Connie thanked all the members for their submissions and
encouraged others to write articles for the newsletter.
Nominating Committee – Maggie Wineburgh-Freed distributed copies of the
Nominating Committee Report. She thanked those members who voted and those who
volunteered to run and serve the section. The committee sought nominations for
the offices of Chair–Elect, Secretary-Treasurer, and TSS Nominee to the MLA
Nominating Committee. Ballots were distributed by email with 40 votes returned.
The results of the elections were Chair-Elect, Nancy Burford,
Secretary-Treasurer, Linda Flavin and Nominee to the MLA Nominating Committee,
Virginia Lingle.
Standards Committee – Nadine Ellero distributed her report on Standards
Committee activities. Seventeen standards were reviewed during the past year
with eleven of those reviewed during the last six months. Nadine thanked those
members that helped review standards and thanked Leopoldo Montoya for his
continued help. Volunteers are still needed to help review standards; contact
Nadine if you can assist.
Listserv -- There were no consequential actions or issues for the chair to
report.
Web Site – Jan thanked Walter Morton for his many of years of service. Walter
will be retiring as web site editor after MLA 06 and Connie Machado has agreed
to continue to maintain the website on an interim basis.
MLA Liaison Reports
ALA Committee on Cataloging:
Description and Access (CC:DA) - Karleen Darr submitted a report that was made available to
attendees.
North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG)
– Maggie Wineburgh-Freed submitted a report on NASIG which was published in the
spring issue of Technical Trends.
National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
– Nadine Ellero reported for Leopoldo Montoya, the NISO representative. The
NISO website is undergoing renovations. Other areas of development include
Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) and counter
standards. NISO will be sponsoring a workshop this fall on standards for
managing electronic collections.
OCLC SIG
-- Virginia Lingle and Ginger Saha are the co-conveners of
the OCLC SIG and Ginger Saha is the MLA Liaison to OCLC. The group met on
Sunday and had good participation; another meeting is scheduled for Tuesday.
The SIG would like to find a website coordinator to help with communications and
will also be looking at cooperating with sections to plan meeting programs.
New Business
Web Editor Vacancy -- The TSS will be looking at steps to initiate a transition
for the TSS website to the MLA website. If anyone is interested in serving as
the web editor, please contact Cecilia.
Introduction of New Officers
– Maggie Wineburgh-Freed introduced the new officers: Nancy Burford as
Chair-Elect, Linda Flavin as Secretary-Treasurer, and Virginia Lingle as TSS
Nominee to the MLA Nominating Committee.
MLA 07 Program Ideas – Nancy Burford asked for any suggestions and ideas for the
MLA ’07 meeting. This topic will be discussed more at the TSS planning
meeting.
The business meeting portion of the meeting was adjourned at
5:05 pm.
The TSS program followed with presentations by Carol Krueger,
Selector and Documents Librarian, Technical Services Division, National Library
of Medicine on “Resource Description and Access (RDA): A Brief Report from NLM”
and by Ed Jones, Bibliographic & Metadata Services Coordinator, National
University Library, San Diego on “Functional Requirements for Bibliographic
Records.”
Respectfully submitted,
Valerie S. Gordon
Secretary/Treasurer
Business Meeting II: Tecnical Services Section/MLA
Tuesday, May 23 2006 Phoenix, Arizona
The
meeting was called to order at 7:25 am by section chair Cecilia Botero.
Valerie
Gordon distributed copies of the Business Meeting II minutes from May 2005,
which were approved as distributed.
Officers Reports
Chair : Cecelia
Botero deferred her report.
Chair-Elect/Program:
Nancy Burford: deferred her report
Secretary/Treasurer:
Linda Flavin reported that the she had signed the necessary papers to transfer
signatories for the section bank accounts. She will attend the Section
Treasurers Meeting later in the day.
Section Representative:
June Janzen reported she would be attending Section Council Meeting.
Committee Chair Reports
Past
Chair/Bylaws: Jan
Cox reported that the Bylaws changes had been approved and that she would be
reviewing the procedures manual.
CE
Committee: Xiaoli
Li discussed the process of selecting CEs for 2007. Several hundred proposals
are narrowed down to 90 from which 40 are selected. In planning for 2008 CEs,
she suggested the feasibility of bringing LC classes to MLA, especially on
metadata and managing the digital library. She encouraged members to take
advantage of MLA’s independent reading program.
Membership Committee:
Hanna Kwasik reported 23 first time new members and 151 current members. One
thousand two hundred forty fine (1245) MLA members do not have membership in a
section.
Newsletter Editors:
Connie Machado thanked everyone for contributing to the newsletter.
Nominating
Committee: Jan
Cox had no report.
Standards Committee:
Nadine Ellero, combining her report with the NISO report, discussed ideas for
recruiting participation in standards review. Guidelines will be published and
she and Leopoldo Montoya would like to publish an article about their combined
20 years experience with standards. The group offered several suggestions for
involving others in reviewing standards.
MLA
Liaison Reports
ALA
CC:DA: The
new liaison to ALA CC:DA is Chamya Kincy. (See biographical information below:
Kincy)
NASIG: Maggie
Wineburgh-Freed has been reappointed to this position and encouraged people to
attend NASIG meetings.
NISO:
Nadine Ellero reported for Leopoldo Montoya. (See Standards report above).
Old Business 
After
some discussion Connie Machado moved that the Technical Services Section Quilt
Block be attributed to Judy Wilkerson.
The motion was approved.
2007
Strategic Planning, Objectives and Budget Plan
Cecilia
Botero led a discussion on how to make Technical Services more visible in the
MLA President’s vision of the future.
Fall
Calendar of Events
Bibliographical Center for Research
Aurora, CO
Training
Calendars
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