Conference News:
We will be doing registration at the OLA/WLA-Joint Conference. We will know more details in January, so if people ask about volunteering, just ask them to check back after the new year.
Tech News:
- The blog theme for December is Web2.0. Michael Baird has provided a substantial amount of info for this endeavor.
- We want to encourage people to post feedback/comments to the blog, which will get discussions going and make people want to revisit the site.
- Perhaps we can ask people to post comments (especially those students we know will be excited about this kind of forum).
- Pinn is going to create a monthly e-newsletter, which will provide “headlines” and link to the blog.
- She is looking into using “zinester”, which is a free (though for-profit) service. Ads seem to be very minimal.
- Pinn will automatically put everything up in html so people can see the blog via email and not have to link to anything.
- Pinn will post to the wiki prior to publication for a test run.
Guest Speakers:
Rachel Bridgewater will be our next Brown Bag Speaker. Gordon will write up a bio of her and send it to Michael for publication on the blog.
Field Trips:
- Pinn has already posted about the Seattle Public Library trip to the blog. There is video footage as well, which she will send to Michael for publication.
- Next trip: OSU Library would be a great trip for those interested in archives – Monique is looking into setting up a tour.
*OSU Librarians will give us a tour, but only during the work week (M-F)
*Date possibly the 1st or 2nd week of February. We will talk with students to see what date is the best.
Social Committee:
The next activity will be bowling. Anne will head the committee on this activity, and Anika will take on the activity after that.
Finances:
- We need to raise money if we want to have any funds. Ideas?
- Making sack lunches available for purchase at speaker events
- Benefit show (perhaps student bands could play?)
Name:
What do we call ourselves? We will discuss and come to an agreement via wiki.
Next Meeting:
Saturday, January 12th, 12:15pm. Smith Memorial Hall.
