Annual Report (2003)
ARLIS/NA Administrative Documents Editor

Ted Goodman
Goodman@columbia.edu
T: 212-854-8407
T: 212-854-8904

Meetings:

Attended annual ARLIS/NA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Mar. 20-26, 2003

ARLIS/NA Mid-Year Executive Board Meeting; Philadelphia, Aug. 26,  2003

PUBLICATIONS:

ARLIS/NA Handbook and List of Members: Revised and updated it with Vicky Roper from Headquarters and suggestions/corrections by Allen Townsend, Daniel Starr and Jeanne Brown. Published in August 2003.

ARLIS/NA Conference Proceedings: Received and formatted reports from the Baltimore conference. Reports from sessions, committees and DSRTs were loaded on the ARLIS/NA website by Jonathan Franklin throughout Spring, 2003.

I also sent Jonathan new texts to be loaded on the website as replacements for outdated text such as the new Special Liaisons list.

I also sent Jonathan the Final Reports for the Baltimore, St. Louis, Los Angeles and Vancouver conferences which the Board had decided should be placed in the Board Only area of the website. They were loaded by Jonathan in July 2003.

I also interacted with several Board members in various ways- primarily by providing copies of documents from my term as Vice-Pres. & Pres. such as financial documents relating to the LA and St. Louis conferences as well as committee records, conference-related press releases and texts.

Asked Jonathan Franklin to remove the outdated "Committee Chairs Handbook" from the Members-only section of the ARLIS/NA website following email discussion with Jeanne Brown.

COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES:

Publications Committee: met with the committee in Baltimore and contributed to the discussion.

ISSUE FOR THE BOARD:

Due to the lateness of the issuance of the Handbook and Directory of Members, I recommend issuing a 4-6 page update next year rather than doing an entirely new Handbook and expending  so much money.   I am afraid the lateness will continue year after year because of the ARLIS/NA conference and membership schedule. We give members up through the time of the conference to renew their membership and therefore it is at least April-May before the first draft is completed.

With corrections in June and Blueline copy in July, publication will probably remain in August.