Annual Report 1999/2000 

Collection Development Section

The following is a report of section activities for 1999-2000.

MLA Goal 1. Professional Development

• The section is co-sponsoring a contributed paper session at the 2000 MLA Annual Meeting which is "Tracking the Gray Literature: Capturing the elusive dragon, tracking the non-commercially published literature and making it available" (co-sponsored with Public Health/Health Administration, Research, and Technical Services). It is also co-sponsoring an invited paper session entitled "Evidence Based Librarianship - Tools we ALL can use: Part 1" (co-sponsored with Research and Federal Libraries Sections). Both sessions are scheduled for Sunday May 7, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Eric Albright is the section’s program planner.
• The section is also co-sponsoring a Symposium on Electronic Resources to be held at MLA on May 10. Collection Development, Medical School Libraries, and Technical Services Section are the sponsors. Anne Prussing serves as our section’s representative on the Planning Committee. The section committed $1,000 to support the Symposium.

MLA Goal 2. Advocacy

• Suzanne Porter chaired the Dan Richards Prize with members Ruth Makinen and Carol Krueger. There will be not be a prize awarded in 2000, because the nominees did not meet the established criteria.

MLA Goal 3. Organization

• Officers for 2000-2001 are BJ Schorre, Chair-Elect; Naomi Fackler, Secretary and Treasurer; and Jett McCann, Section Council Representative-Elect. Jon Eldredge is the section’s candidate for the MLA Nominating Committee. Virginia Lingle chaired the Nominations Committee and was assisted by Frances Chen. Naomi Fackler, Treasurer, reported a balance of $6,233. Marjorie Smink, chair Membership Committee, wrote welcome letters to new members and worked with committee member BJ Schorre to develop a membership brochure. It will be distributed at the annual meeting. Brenda Collins, our Section Council Alternate resigned effective November, 1999. An alternate was appointed for the 2000 meeting. Frances Chen was the Governmental Relations Committee Liaison.

MLA Goal 3. Communication

• Michelle Shipley, editor of the newsletter, Developments, published and distributed the two issues, Fall 1999 and Spring 2000. The Fall issue contained a survey of members regarding electronic distribution of the newsletter. A majority of respondents indicated a desire to move to an electronic format. The proposal will be decided at the annual meeting in Vancouver. The electronic newsletter, BLAB, was produced twice this business year. Eric Albright is editor and also serves as Web master for the section’s Website
• He also set up an electronic list that is available to distribute information to all members.

MLA Goal 4. Research

• Collection Development Section will co-sponsor the Research Section's program "Evidence-Based Librarianship: Tools We ALL Can Use, Part 1" which will include a paper on cohort studies that uses book and journal use studies as examples. Also see Goal 2.

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This report is informational and requires no action by the Board of Directors.

Judy Rieke, Collection Development Section Chair for 1999/2000