Annual Report (2002)
ARLIS/SE: Southeast Chapter, ARLIS/NA

Submitted by:  Roberto C. Ferrari, Chapter President 2002 / Past President 2003
rferrari@fau.edu
561.297.3575
561.338.3863 (fax)

Report:

Leadership Update:

ARLIS/SE Elected Officers for 2003 are:

            President Moira Steven, Atlanta College of Art
            Vice-President/President-Elect Sarah McCleskey, Clemson University
            Secretary/Treasurer Grace Reid, Birmingham Museum of Art
            Past President Roberto C. Ferrari, Florida Atlantic University 

Appointments for 2002:

                Pedro Figueredo, University of Miami, Webmaster
                Cary Wilkins, Morris Museum of Art, Newsletter Editor (continuing)
                Sarah Legins, Clemson University, LoPresti Awards Committee
                Ann Lindell, University of Florida, Listserv Moderator (continuing)
                Stephen Patrick, University of Tennessee, Chapter Historian (continuing)

Brief Narrative:

During the Annual Conference in St. Louis, a Chapter business meeting was held during which the following was reported or discussed:  Treasurer, Kathleen List (past Secretary/Treasurer) reported on the status of membership, new and renewed, and the status of funds of the Chapter; Vice President/President-Elect Moira Steven reported on the plans for the conference in the Fall in Asheville, North Carolina; President Roberto Ferrari reported on the status of our archives at Duke University and the creation of an printed inventory by Lee Eltzroth; Stephen Patrick proposed the sponsorship of an ACRL ARTS panel session on artists’ books for the ALA annual conference in Atlanta, for which those present voted to sponsor monetarily with $250 to help defray costs of honoraria, etc.; Newsletter Editor Cary Wilkins reported on updates and welcomed submissions to our newsletter; Webmaster Sarah McCleskey reported on new information regarding the chapter web site, including the purchasing of our own domain – http://www.arlis-se.org; finally, there was reports from the listserv manager, chapter historian, and LoPresti Award chair, and discussion on membership recruitment.

The next Chapter event was the Annual Conference which took place in Asheville, North Carolina from November 7-10, 2002.  The Chapter meeting was attended by a record number of 45 attendees representing 9 states.  Among those present were a group of library science students from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill who have created the first student chapter of ARLIS/NA at their school.  UNC-Asheville and Clemson University were extended special thanks for their donation of space and vans during the conference.  During the business meeting, the following took place: Lee Sorensen reported that the chapter archives are permanently deposited at Duke University and the inventory guide by Lee Eltzroth up-to-date; Newsletter Editor Cary Wilkins reported on updates and welcomed submissions to our newsletter; Webmaster Sarah McCleskey reported on new information regarding the chapter web site, and was given special commendation for her hard work on the web site; Stephen Patrick reported that the ACRL-ARTS program at ALA sponsored by ARLIS/SE and hosted at the Woodruff  Center and the Atlanta College of Art Library went very well and was well-received; Kim Collins reported that membership recruitment ideas have been tabled while ARLIS/NA works on membership recruitment; Roberto Ferrari read a prepared statement from our new chapter liaison Laura Schwartz regarding ARLIS/NA Executive Board business, etc.; elections for new officers were held (see above), and special thanks were given to the 2002 chapter officers for their hard work; those present voted to sponsor $250 to ARLIS/NA to participate in the national conference Welcome Party; information on the 2003 joint annual conference in New Orleans with ARLIS/Tx-Mx was discussed; the presentation of the winners of the LoPresti Awards were given; finally, there were also reports from the listserv manager and chapter historian.  Events at the regional conference included visits to the UNC-Asheville Library to hear speakers, tour of the Biltmore Estate (including visits to their archives and the Vanderbilt library) and the Grove Park Inn, and a walking tour of downtown Asheville.  Our next chapter business meeting will be held in Baltimore at the next ARLIS/NA conference.

Issues for the Executive Board:

We would like the Board to consider offering chapters the ability to schedule in advance meeting rooms for business meetings, as divisions, sections, etc. are given that chance.  We realize that it is often difficult for planning room space at the national annual conference events, but chapters are asked to assist in sponsoring events such as the Welcome Party (which we are happy to do when able) but then not given an opportunity to schedule a meeting time for a business meeting until the last minute.