MembersCall_22feb2018
February 22 Conference Call
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Attending:
Carolyn Sheffield, David Iggulden, Judy Warnement, Neil Romanosky, Connie Rinaldo, Susan Fraser, Doug Holland, Jane Smith, Barbara Ferry, Monica Aguilar, Nancy Gwinn, Kelli Trei,
Regrets:
Graham Higley, Gildas Illien, Martin Kalfatovic, Christine Giannoni
AGENDA and NOTES
- Secretariat Update
- 2019 Annual Meeting.
- Agendas will be distributed and moved to more prominent location on wiki page for meeting
- Please sign up for Discussion topics: https://goo.gl/forms/9hPTrHPvxgnJdF9y1
There will be opportunities to submit comments to any topics you're not able to participate on via Google documents and through discussions following report-outs.
- BHL Member Dashboards: A new Members-only benefit to be unveiled at the Annual Meeting!
Dashboards will present usage statistics on content contributed by your institution. An electronic copy will be distributed prior to the meeting and a print copy will be provided at the meeting. Based on discussions about the need to add more compelling benefits at the Members' Only level and the anticipated value of these dashboards, these will be provided as a Members' Only Benefit.
Comments: "It's a nice benefit." "Thank you."
- Topics from the Chair and Members (Connie)
- Affiliate application for Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (Senckenberg Nature Research Society). Results to be announced.
- Discussion Groups at Annual Meeting:
- Topic Areas - Please be prepared to participate in one or two of the following discussion groups (Day 1 and Day 3):
- Topic 1: Print Retention (Barbara Ferry)
- Topic 2: Partnerships and Membership (Doug Holland)
- Topic 3: Relationship of BHL and Your Library Workflow/load How does BHL fit? (Gildas Illien)
- Topic 4: Sustainability of Moving wall workflows (Susan Lynch)
- Topic 5: Open Library Collaborations (Chris Freeland)
- Topic 6: Reference Activities of the Future of Libraries and BHL (Tomoko Steen)
- Call for agenda items for Executive session
- Members only session - please send items to Connie. Past topics include discussion of Secretariat and services they provide; Membership benefits.
- Any other information they might want the Secretariat to present or be prepared to discuss
- Please also send to Connie
- Annual Meeting Update
- Day by Day Draft Agenda Here
- To help with planning, please let us know where you'll be staying + any dietary restrictions:
2018 BHL Annual Meeting Attendee Info - Please be sure to RSVP for Monday and Friday tours if you haven't already
- Recent/Upcoming Conferences/Meetings (Connie/All)
- BCoN Data Integration and Attribution Workshop (Kansas). 13-14 February 2018 (Carolyn Sheffield, invited and funded by BCoN)
- ALA Midwinter (Denver). 9-13 February 2018 (Martin Kalfatovic)
- Ohio Natural History Conference (Cleveland). 24 February 2018 (Martin Kalfatovic will give keynote talk)
- Smithsonian Libraries hosted a group of FEDLINK librarians and Grace presented the BHL Overview
- New York Botanical Garden hosting a joint convening of 3 groups in June, bringing together the 50th Annual meeting of CBHL, the 25th of EABHL; 22nd Annual of Linnaeus Link partners, June 19-22. This will be co-hosted w Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Lost of opportunities for presentations and some great speakers already lined up. Registration opening soon.
- New Grants Submitted/Received (Connie)
