ALUW Winter Quarter Meeting, March 8, 2001

The meeting was called to order by President, Chris Byrne at 3:30, Thursday, March 8, 2001.  About 30 people were in attendance.  A business meeting  preceded the progam.

Winter Quarter Business meeting

Chris welcomed everyone to the program.  She requested ALUW faculty committee representatives to please forward their reports to Tricia at hart@u.

Chris commented on the effect of the earthquake on legislative activities discussed in Andy Johnson's March 5th Legislative Update.  Many of the issues may be pushed aside as the legislature grapples with the effects of the earthquake.  As Legislative Committee Chair, Andy is working with Tom Bristow, ALUW Lobbyist.

Venta Silins gave the Treasurer's report:

  $4,974.49  Total
  $2,400.15  of the total is for the Legislative Fund

Venta thanked everyone for their contributions.  She reported that we're still short of our goal for the legislative fund and she will be sending out another solicitation mailing.

Program:  Dissipating the Purple Haze: Experiencing Information Resources at the EMP.

Kathryn Womble introduced the program speaker, Emily Hicks, Manager of Information Resources, Experience Music Project.

Emily gave a presentation on the history and current challenges of cataloging and tracking the "assets" and "artifacts" of their collection, including the digital collection, on a home grown system.  Selected results of their labor can be viewed at the EMP's website:
        http://www.emplive.com/