Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Council III
Council III
Tuesday January 28, 2014
9:30am
Meeting documents are available here:
http://www.ala.org/aboutala/council-documents-midwinter-2014
The following people were elected to the ALA Executive Board
Peter Hepburn
Gina Persichini
Gail Schlacter
Mike Marlin
Intellectual Freedom Report
Working on a 9th edition of the he Intellectual Freedom Manual
Whistleblower resolution
Passed.
Committee on Legislation
Resolution Curbing Government Surveillance and Restoring Civil Liberties
Passed.
Resolution: Government websites will remain up during a government shutdown
-Questions about - will these government workers be expected to work for free? Who is and who is not paid? Who is and who is not essential personnel?
-Recognition that government documents are essential.
From the Committee on Legislation: The concern was government information was not available during the shutdown. Some information is so essential that there needs to be a plan so this never happens again. No one could tell what was up and what was down and what resources were still being updated.
The word "paid" was added to the first section of the resolution
The resolution passed as amended.
This is the 40th anniversary of National Library Legislation Day. There are usually about 400 people who come to support the day. Legislative Day is May 5-6, 2014
Question about why it is too soon to be taking action on net neutrality. There isn't enough understanding about the action. It will be a point of discussion at Annual. It has been discussed a lot at Midwinter, but the decision was made not to bring forward a resolution.
ALA Awards
New award: Establish the Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity
Passed.
ALA Executive Director Report
Attendance at Midwinter
8407 - registered
3800 - exhibitors
12,207 - total attendees
Monday, January 27, 2014
Chapter Councilors Forum
Monday January 27, 2014
4pm
Philadelphia, PA
Midwinter
-With virtual conferences, should Midwinter continue? Can it be reduced? If Midwinter was reduced and always held in Chicago would that help revenue?
-Most organizations have council meetings twice a year, not conferences
-Midwinter is a revenue stream for ALA
-If Midwinter starts to include lots of programs, it will hurt local programming for state organizations.
-There are programs happening at Midwinter that are "hidden" behind the title of "discussion group."
-Can Council I and II be combine into one day so the Council meeting time can be shortened. People are in favor of changing/moving the Tuesday morning meeting.
-At Annual can someone from ALA come and speak to the group about the pros and cons of having Midwinter.
Snowden Resolution
There was continued discussion about the Snowden vote. Only one state council rep at this meeting voted in favor of the resolution.
Readers Advisory
They are starting a Readers Advisory Roundtable in Iowa and they are interested in finding similar roundtables in other states. Texas has a roundtable. Other places have interest groups and others are interested in learning more about these organizations.
Chapter Relations office is available to support Chapter Councilors and is the place to go for information for state chapters.
Representation on Taskforces
Chapter Councilors are asked to think about volunteering on other taskforces and committees. Announcements are made in August about committee needs. Announcements will be made on the Council listserv. Recommended to put Councilor as a primary involvement in ALA. They are looking for diversity. Fill form out in August and will learn about committee appointments in late spring.
Tangable Benefits of Belonging to Chapters
Washington is looking at benefits to give people who join as members.
Discussion: Member rates to attend neighboring conferences in other states, liability insurance for individual members, instutions can file POs for conference registration, special legal advice especially in the area of copyright (Texas), patrons can pay their fines with a credit card - using the library association credit card account, health insurance available for people working in small libraries, purchased organizational copy of salary survey and shared it only with members (verified this was ok with ALA), joblist that costs $40 to post but it is free for institutional members, peer review journal available to members, corporate members have presence on the website -- 2 week advance notice on booking for conferences, trip sponsored by association and association profits for each person who takes the trip, text-to-contribute (Texas).
Declaration for Libraries
Campaign for current ALA President Barbara Stripling
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/declaration-right-libraries
-Washington DC representative talked about initiatives they have going on in February to support the Declaration project.
-Maryland - adults and children signing Declaration.
-Use an already established event. Library association meeting with a signing area.
RFP Resolution Presented
Adding something to the RFP that requires cities to state the role of libraries in their cities (public and school).
Role of Councilors
In general it is expected that the Councilor will go to ALA and vote for the association based on the discussion - but asking for association input is rare.
Educating membership about things that are happening at ALA
What do you report back to the chapter?
Forward grant opportunities, hot issues, issues to discuss, awareness is a big part of the process of reporting.
4pm
Philadelphia, PA
Midwinter
-With virtual conferences, should Midwinter continue? Can it be reduced? If Midwinter was reduced and always held in Chicago would that help revenue?
-Most organizations have council meetings twice a year, not conferences
-Midwinter is a revenue stream for ALA
-If Midwinter starts to include lots of programs, it will hurt local programming for state organizations.
-There are programs happening at Midwinter that are "hidden" behind the title of "discussion group."
-Can Council I and II be combine into one day so the Council meeting time can be shortened. People are in favor of changing/moving the Tuesday morning meeting.
-At Annual can someone from ALA come and speak to the group about the pros and cons of having Midwinter.
Snowden Resolution
There was continued discussion about the Snowden vote. Only one state council rep at this meeting voted in favor of the resolution.
Readers Advisory
They are starting a Readers Advisory Roundtable in Iowa and they are interested in finding similar roundtables in other states. Texas has a roundtable. Other places have interest groups and others are interested in learning more about these organizations.
Chapter Relations office is available to support Chapter Councilors and is the place to go for information for state chapters.
Representation on Taskforces
Chapter Councilors are asked to think about volunteering on other taskforces and committees. Announcements are made in August about committee needs. Announcements will be made on the Council listserv. Recommended to put Councilor as a primary involvement in ALA. They are looking for diversity. Fill form out in August and will learn about committee appointments in late spring.
Tangable Benefits of Belonging to Chapters
Washington is looking at benefits to give people who join as members.
Discussion: Member rates to attend neighboring conferences in other states, liability insurance for individual members, instutions can file POs for conference registration, special legal advice especially in the area of copyright (Texas), patrons can pay their fines with a credit card - using the library association credit card account, health insurance available for people working in small libraries, purchased organizational copy of salary survey and shared it only with members (verified this was ok with ALA), joblist that costs $40 to post but it is free for institutional members, peer review journal available to members, corporate members have presence on the website -- 2 week advance notice on booking for conferences, trip sponsored by association and association profits for each person who takes the trip, text-to-contribute (Texas).
Declaration for Libraries
Campaign for current ALA President Barbara Stripling
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/declaration-right-libraries
-Washington DC representative talked about initiatives they have going on in February to support the Declaration project.
-Maryland - adults and children signing Declaration.
-Use an already established event. Library association meeting with a signing area.
RFP Resolution Presented
Adding something to the RFP that requires cities to state the role of libraries in their cities (public and school).
Role of Councilors
In general it is expected that the Councilor will go to ALA and vote for the association based on the discussion - but asking for association input is rare.
Educating membership about things that are happening at ALA
What do you report back to the chapter?
Forward grant opportunities, hot issues, issues to discuss, awareness is a big part of the process of reporting.
Chapter Relations Committee II
Monday January 27, 2014
1pm
Philadelphia, PA
Chapter Relations Committee II
Doug Evans - Ohio Library Council Executive Director Report
Ohio went to Congress to see what they were interested in doing in regard to library access to eBooks. Libraries have hired a lobbyist that is funded by several organizations including the metropolitan libraries in Ohio. They are planning a public hearing this spring. Looking at creating legislation that would create tax incentives for publishers that provide digital content to public libraries. Starting a public relations campaign. Asking for library chapters around the US to have state resolutions similar to the Ohio resolution that calls for affordable access to digital content.
James G Neal - Executive Report Liaison Report
ALA is going to have these priority areas in the long range planning process:
Freedom to Read Foundation Report
Membership is up from last year, but not as high as the numbers were in 2013.
Legislation Assembly Report
Working on resolutions including:
Resolution to support strengthen whistleblowers
Resolution to keep government websites up even if the government shuts down
RUSA Report
Beginning an ambassador program. Contact RUSA if this is of interest.
Online courses and webinars are being offered to anyone interested (not just RUSA or ALA members)
Developing best practices for financial literacy. Guidelines will be available by the end of the year.
LITA Report
Goal of collaborating funds and people to improve technology
LITA has a lot of free resources on the website
ALA In-Coming President Program - Courtney Young initiative
-Career development is one of the items she is interested in addressing. Librarian Career Facilitator Development Program
-ALA will work with chapters to fund up to 25 librarians to become career development certified librarians. The people going through this training will be ambassadors to the chapters and regions Program will be a 2-day workshop at next Midwinter and will continue through annual conference 2015.
-Career Development Facilitators, don't have masters degrees in counselng, but have experience working in libraries and assisting people looking for positions. Assist in the field and assist in the placement center at ALA.
-After the Midwinter conference is over participants will be in a 12 week course in Moodle to learn about career planning, ethics, etc. 12 competencies students will learn.
-Goal is for people to have a career designation.
-Will be to help colleagues locate jobs as well.
-Asking chapters to support the program and recommend participants.
-The selection process will happen after July 1. Training will happen the Thursday-Friday before Midwinter. It will be hosted at the ALA Headquarters in Chicago. The desire is to have this culminate at Annual Conference in San Francisco.
-The recommendation is that the Chapters select the person from their area to send forward.
-ALA is paying $950 per person for the training and 1 year membership in career counseling professional organization - and that is all - travel is not included. Most of the training is virtual.
-Stay tuned for more information.
Washington Library Association
-Interested in knowing what tangiable membership incentives other associations provide for their members.
-Reduced prices for registration at conferences
-Asked to put the question on the list
1pm
Philadelphia, PA
Chapter Relations Committee II
Doug Evans - Ohio Library Council Executive Director Report
Ohio went to Congress to see what they were interested in doing in regard to library access to eBooks. Libraries have hired a lobbyist that is funded by several organizations including the metropolitan libraries in Ohio. They are planning a public hearing this spring. Looking at creating legislation that would create tax incentives for publishers that provide digital content to public libraries. Starting a public relations campaign. Asking for library chapters around the US to have state resolutions similar to the Ohio resolution that calls for affordable access to digital content.
James G Neal - Executive Report Liaison Report
ALA is going to have these priority areas in the long range planning process:
- Advocacy
- Policy
- Professional Leadership
Freedom to Read Foundation Report
Membership is up from last year, but not as high as the numbers were in 2013.
Legislation Assembly Report
Working on resolutions including:
Resolution to support strengthen whistleblowers
Resolution to keep government websites up even if the government shuts down
RUSA Report
Beginning an ambassador program. Contact RUSA if this is of interest.
Online courses and webinars are being offered to anyone interested (not just RUSA or ALA members)
Developing best practices for financial literacy. Guidelines will be available by the end of the year.
LITA Report
Goal of collaborating funds and people to improve technology
LITA has a lot of free resources on the website
ALA In-Coming President Program - Courtney Young initiative
-Career development is one of the items she is interested in addressing. Librarian Career Facilitator Development Program
-ALA will work with chapters to fund up to 25 librarians to become career development certified librarians. The people going through this training will be ambassadors to the chapters and regions Program will be a 2-day workshop at next Midwinter and will continue through annual conference 2015.
-Career Development Facilitators, don't have masters degrees in counselng, but have experience working in libraries and assisting people looking for positions. Assist in the field and assist in the placement center at ALA.
-After the Midwinter conference is over participants will be in a 12 week course in Moodle to learn about career planning, ethics, etc. 12 competencies students will learn.
-Goal is for people to have a career designation.
-Will be to help colleagues locate jobs as well.
-Asking chapters to support the program and recommend participants.
-The selection process will happen after July 1. Training will happen the Thursday-Friday before Midwinter. It will be hosted at the ALA Headquarters in Chicago. The desire is to have this culminate at Annual Conference in San Francisco.
-The recommendation is that the Chapters select the person from their area to send forward.
-ALA is paying $950 per person for the training and 1 year membership in career counseling professional organization - and that is all - travel is not included. Most of the training is virtual.
-Stay tuned for more information.
Washington Library Association
-Interested in knowing what tangiable membership incentives other associations provide for their members.
-Reduced prices for registration at conferences
-Asked to put the question on the list
Council II
ALA Council II
Monday January 27, 2014
10am
Philadelphia, PA
Documents for the meeting are available here:
http://www.ala.org/aboutala/council-documents-midwinter-2014
Programmatic Priorities for 2014
- for budget and planning
Passed. CD #13
Policy Monitoring Committee
-A resolution refraining from public prayer at ALA meetings. Moments of silence may be observed.
Passed.
Freedom to Read Foundation Report
-Work done since 2012 in relation to the Tucson school district prohibiting Mexican-American Studies Program. Many organizations joined in supporting the amicus brief including ALA.
-Encouraged to join the Freedom to Read Foundation.
Resolution to Improve Membership Access to ALA Unit
-Drafts of meeting minutes on ALA hosted web page within 30 days of meeting
-Final versions of meeting minutes on ALA hosted web page within 30 days of approval
-Require governing bodies to maintain easily-available historical records.
-Exempt sub-units of the divisions and sub-units of round tables from the policy.
Passed.
Resolution on Whistleblower Edward Snowden
-That he is a whistleblower who has performed a valuable service in launching a dialogue about transparency, government surveillance, and overclassification.
-Discussion:
-Supporting the issue, but not to include Snowden's name, but to support the actions and issues related to what he did. The story is not over and there may be unintended consequences of supporting Snowden as an individual. Desire to support whistleblowers and revelations.
-A call for focusing on issues more directly related to librarians and libraries.
-ALA needs to support reform in surveillance and national security.
-ALA has supported whistleblowers by name in the past
-This is a divisive issue and could be damaging to small rural and/or conservative community libraries.
Failed.
Reslution to Allow Programs at ALA Midwinter Meetings
-ALA should change policy to allow continuing education programs in the fields of library service.
-Vote to refered to BARC for budget impact consideration
Passed
Moved to closed session 11:25
Announcement: Total registered for this conference (including vendors) 12,189.
Monday January 27, 2014
10am
Philadelphia, PA
Documents for the meeting are available here:
http://www.ala.org/aboutala/council-documents-midwinter-2014
Programmatic Priorities for 2014
- for budget and planning
Passed. CD #13
Policy Monitoring Committee
-A resolution refraining from public prayer at ALA meetings. Moments of silence may be observed.
Passed.
Freedom to Read Foundation Report
-Work done since 2012 in relation to the Tucson school district prohibiting Mexican-American Studies Program. Many organizations joined in supporting the amicus brief including ALA.
-Encouraged to join the Freedom to Read Foundation.
Resolution to Improve Membership Access to ALA Unit
-Drafts of meeting minutes on ALA hosted web page within 30 days of meeting
-Final versions of meeting minutes on ALA hosted web page within 30 days of approval
-Require governing bodies to maintain easily-available historical records.
-Exempt sub-units of the divisions and sub-units of round tables from the policy.
Passed.
Resolution on Whistleblower Edward Snowden
-That he is a whistleblower who has performed a valuable service in launching a dialogue about transparency, government surveillance, and overclassification.
-Discussion:
-Supporting the issue, but not to include Snowden's name, but to support the actions and issues related to what he did. The story is not over and there may be unintended consequences of supporting Snowden as an individual. Desire to support whistleblowers and revelations.
-A call for focusing on issues more directly related to librarians and libraries.
-ALA needs to support reform in surveillance and national security.
-ALA has supported whistleblowers by name in the past
-This is a divisive issue and could be damaging to small rural and/or conservative community libraries.
Failed.
Reslution to Allow Programs at ALA Midwinter Meetings
-ALA should change policy to allow continuing education programs in the fields of library service.
-Vote to refered to BARC for budget impact consideration
Passed
Moved to closed session 11:25
Announcement: Total registered for this conference (including vendors) 12,189.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
APA Meeting
ALA-APA (Allied Professional Association) Council
Sunday January 26, 2014
10am
Philadelphia, PA
APA documents for the meeting can be found at the bottom of this page:
Treasurer Report
-Revenues are down from 2012 in 2013.
-Over $100K has been paid back to ALA for the creation of APA. About $170K in the loan remains.
There was discussion about how APA can be put more directly under ALA.
Certification Program - CPLA (Certified Public Library Administrator)
There have been 240 enrolled since the program began. 112 are currently taking certification courses. There are 75 graduates from the certification program.
Certification Program - LSSC (Library Support Staff Certification)
448 enrolled. 373 active candidates. 75 certified library support staff.
There is a call for state organizations to recognize the APA certifications as the state certification, so that people can have certification and move from state-to-state with recognized certification. APA is in a position to be a record-keeping organization for certification.
There is a call for state organizations to recognize the APA certifications as the state certification, so that people can have certification and move from state-to-state with recognized certification. APA is in a position to be a record-keeping organization for certification.
Council I
ALA Midwinter
Sunday January 26, 2014
8:30am
Philadelphia, PA
Documents for the meeting are available here:
Executive Board Report
-ALA's budget has stabilized. ALA management salaries had been reduced by 10% to meet budget shortfalls. They have now been returned to former levels. ALA staff will receive a 2% COLA this year.
Digital Content and Libraries Working Group
-All 5 big publishers are now selling digital content to libraries. Pricing is still a concern.
Resolution on Electronic Communications for ALA Council - ALA CD #34
-Resolution is to form a task force about ALA Council documents, how and where should they ideally be provided to Council members.
-Resolution Passes
Resolution to Improve Member Access to ALA Unit Governing Information
-Resolution concerns connecting ALA Divisions and Round Tables meeting minutes via the ALA website and be available to the average ALA member.
-Postponed to Council II
ALA Midwinter Midwinter Stats
8091 people have registered as of Sunday morning
3000 exhibitors
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Chapter Relations Committee I
Saturday January 25, 2014
Philadelphia, PA
Washington DC office will be building capacity over the next 3 years. The first piece will be an environmental scan. Chapters may be able to participate in this part of the project in the late spring. There will likely be more ways.
Suggestion that each chapter do an annual report.
Librarians Build Communities http://www.librariansbuildcommunities.com - Report on this organization transitioning from Libraries Build Communities to LibrariANS build Communities. It is a fundraising opportunity for chapters to help support local communities. Examples are painting projects, building projects, fundraising, and food donations. You build your community through volunteer work. You can do a small project. It is an all year long possibility for helping a community. This could provide an opportunity to engage a different part of the chapter membership.
ALA has a new membership brochure. 20 reasons you should join ALA.
ALA has received a Gates grant to assist libraries in connecting with communities.
ALA will begin a new strategic planning process and will be using the methods learned by the Gates grant to connect with library communities. Focus groups will be used to broaden participation beyond surveys.
After a couple years of being impacted by the recession, ALA's budget is stabilizing.
American Alliance of Museums has a center on the future of museums. It has been a successful center - looking at trends in the next decade. The center brings this information together and shares it with the museum community. They have worked to include training and tools for museums to help them think about the future and developing long range plans. ALA has received a grant from IMLS to support a center for libraries. A summit will be held on legislative day. The summit will include people from library settings and non-library settings. The discussion will be about the trends that may be coming in the library profession. This will serve a broad set of interests in all libraries. More information coming in February and March.
Washington Office information - promoting Mobil Commons. Allows ALA to send messages to members about action items that need support and will allow members to have an immediate calling option to your legislators. To join text the word "library" to: 877877. Expect to receive 2-3 messages a month.
Network neutrality is a current issue. Up to this point everyone has had equal access. Court decision was made that Verizon could charge more for high speed access/services. FCC could choose to appeal the decision. ALA doesn't know what the next steps are but the WA Office is watching this very closely.
There has been a little increase in LSTA funding. $4M has been added back into state funding. Tribal library funding was also increased by a small amount.
May 5-6 will be National Library Legislative Day in Washingon. ALA has been advised that we need to increase our advocacy in order to get federal library funding. Other organizations are "louder" and libraries aren't being funded at the level of some of these other organizations.
The office will be contact chapters directly about pinpointing and speaking to specific senators and/or representatives on specific issues. They are interested in pinpointing with a custom message - and willing to take the time to figure out the right person and the right message that state representatives can deliver.
Philadelphia, PA
Washington DC office will be building capacity over the next 3 years. The first piece will be an environmental scan. Chapters may be able to participate in this part of the project in the late spring. There will likely be more ways.
Suggestion that each chapter do an annual report.
Librarians Build Communities http://www.librariansbuildcommunities.com - Report on this organization transitioning from Libraries Build Communities to LibrariANS build Communities. It is a fundraising opportunity for chapters to help support local communities. Examples are painting projects, building projects, fundraising, and food donations. You build your community through volunteer work. You can do a small project. It is an all year long possibility for helping a community. This could provide an opportunity to engage a different part of the chapter membership.
ALA has a new membership brochure. 20 reasons you should join ALA.
ALA has received a Gates grant to assist libraries in connecting with communities.
ALA will begin a new strategic planning process and will be using the methods learned by the Gates grant to connect with library communities. Focus groups will be used to broaden participation beyond surveys.
After a couple years of being impacted by the recession, ALA's budget is stabilizing.
American Alliance of Museums has a center on the future of museums. It has been a successful center - looking at trends in the next decade. The center brings this information together and shares it with the museum community. They have worked to include training and tools for museums to help them think about the future and developing long range plans. ALA has received a grant from IMLS to support a center for libraries. A summit will be held on legislative day. The summit will include people from library settings and non-library settings. The discussion will be about the trends that may be coming in the library profession. This will serve a broad set of interests in all libraries. More information coming in February and March.
Washington Office information - promoting Mobil Commons. Allows ALA to send messages to members about action items that need support and will allow members to have an immediate calling option to your legislators. To join text the word "library" to: 877877. Expect to receive 2-3 messages a month.
Network neutrality is a current issue. Up to this point everyone has had equal access. Court decision was made that Verizon could charge more for high speed access/services. FCC could choose to appeal the decision. ALA doesn't know what the next steps are but the WA Office is watching this very closely.
There has been a little increase in LSTA funding. $4M has been added back into state funding. Tribal library funding was also increased by a small amount.
May 5-6 will be National Library Legislative Day in Washingon. ALA has been advised that we need to increase our advocacy in order to get federal library funding. Other organizations are "louder" and libraries aren't being funded at the level of some of these other organizations.
The office will be contact chapters directly about pinpointing and speaking to specific senators and/or representatives on specific issues. They are interested in pinpointing with a custom message - and willing to take the time to figure out the right person and the right message that state representatives can deliver.
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