Space Planners Round Table Business Meeting

Minutes 

April 1, 2001

Art Libraries Society of North America 29^th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA

2000/2001 Round Table Coordinator: Sonja Staum-Kuniej

2001/2002 Round Table Coordinators: Sonja Staum-Kuniej and Rijn Templeton

Preliminaries

Sonja Staum-Kuniej called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. The first order of business was selection of a moderator for 2001/02. Rijn Templeton volunteered to be the co-coordinator of the group with Sonja Staum-Kuniej and the group unanimously approved them as co-coordinators. Members of the round table and visitors then introduced themselves.

2001 Conference

Carol Terry reported on the round table’s workshop, “Critical Issues in Art Library Space Planning for the 21st Century,” which she moderated with Susan Moon. The workshop was popular—more members wanted to participate than space permitted—and feedback was excellent. She suggested the workshop be presented again in the near future.

Strategic Plan

Sonja-Staum-Kuniej reported on compilation of a list of library building consultants based on responses she received from a survey she distributed on ARLIS-L. She will post the consultants list as well as a bibliography of publications cited by survey respondents on the round table’s Web site by June. The group briefly discussed the survey instrument itself and suggested ways to improve it and encourage more responses.

2002 Conference Program Proposals

Conference program proposals are due May 1. Lauren Lessing, representing the Diversity Committee, proposed the round table co-sponsor a session on art library accessibility—both physical and virtual. Her suggestion was enthusiastically received and the group suggested a variety of issues that face both library patrons and library that could be addressed by the program. Members strongly recommended that an architect specializing in access issues be included on the roster of program speakers.  The group decided to defer proposing a second space planning workshop until the 2003 conference.

Conclusions

Sonja Staum- Kuniej encouraged members to contribute articles to the society’s publications and reminded them to attend the round table’s informal discussion session scheduled for April 2 at 8:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,  
Barbara Polowy

May 29, 2001