Affinity Group Library Directors Meeting Agenda
Loyola University New Orleans
June 21-22, 2006
Boggs Center Conference Room
Monroe Library
June 21, 2006
2:00 p.m. Tour of the J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library
3:00 p.m. Introductions and review of agenda
3:15 p.m. Welcome by Dr. Walter Harris, Provost
3:30 p.m. Session I ~ Digital Projects (John McGinty, discussion
leader)
What kinds of projects to produce digital content is your library
undertaking? Examples might include undergraduate theses, institutional
archives, and faculty scholarship. What software are you using
or do you plan to use? What have been the successes and challenges?
5:00 p.m. Cocktails ~ Colin C. Diboll Gallery and Visual Arts
Center
6:30
p.m. Dinner ~ Clancy’s
June 22, 2006
8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:30
a.m. Session II ~ We will provide several articles for attendees
to
read prior to the session and have a facilitated discussion
of current
issues facing academic libraries. Peter Deekle will
be the discussion leader.
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30
a.m. Session III ~ Business meeting (Lewis Miller, discussion
leader).
The agenda will include:
Discussion of Affinity Surveys
Suggestions for improvements in either the general survey or
salary survey
Reporting of Group Transactions
Other cooperative activities or ideas that Affinity libraries may
wish to initiate,
for example OCLC Collection Analysis, digital
projects, joint online information
literacy course, etc.
Noon Lunch/discussion of organizational issues/planning for next
year
