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ELD Business Meeting Minutes
Chicago Illinois
June 20th 2006, 8:30 - 10:15 am
Agenda
Call to Order: Division Chair Jill Powell called the meeting to order and thanked Morgan & Claypool publishers, for their sponsorship of the ELD Annual Business Meeting.
Approval of Minutes: Motion was made to approve the minutes from Portland, Oregon, June 14th, 2005. It was seconded and approved with no changes.
Special Guest: Jill introduced PIC IV Chair, Sarah Rajala. ELD is in the Professional Interest Council (PIC) IV. Sarah has served as the PIC IV chair for two years. Sarah described PIC IV as an eclectic group of 11 divisions. PIC IV is the largest council within ASEE. She announced that Mary Anderson-Rowland as the new PICIV Chair. She thanked ELD for its dynamism and appreciated for being one of the most active divisions of ASEE. She encouraged ELD to look for a distinguished lecturer again for the conference.
Announcements: Carol Brach reminded ELD members to bring boarding passes with them to be able to board the cruise for the banquet. She also pointed out that those members who did not have tickets and who wish to have them could contact her to receive them.
Jean McKenzie, Bob Schwarzwalder, Michael White, and Deb Kegel announced position openings at their institutions. For more information, contact them directly.
Jill announced locations of the future ASEE conferences upto 2013. These are:
2007 Honolulu, Hawaii
2008 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2009 Austin, Texas
2010 Louisville, Kentucky
2011 Vancouver, Canada
2012 San Antonio, Texas
2013 Toronto, Canada or Seattle, Washington
Officer and Committee Reports: Jill also announced the new appointments for committee members
for the coming year:
Awards - John Teleha, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (reappointment)
Development - Stephen Stich, Johns Hopkins University (reappointment)
Liaisons Program - Tom Volkening, Michigan State University
Membership - Julie Cook, University of Washington
Nominating - Jill Powell, Cornell University, 2006-2007; Kate Thomes, University of Pittsburgh, 2007-2008
Publications - Craig Beard, University of Alabama at Birmingham (reappointment)
Webmaster - Bob Heyer-Gray, University of California, Davis (reappointment)
Program Chair: Kate Thomes reported that ELD had 32 author/presenters at the Chicago conference and 15 events, including technical sessions, poster session, and business meetings. There were a total of 19 posters this year. This year is the first time when the Best Poster Award will be announced. This was the second year for a morning Annual Business Meeting and the time change was again well received by the membership. Highlights of the Program include: Scholarly Communication in Engineering, Engineering Librarianship 101, Staying Relevant to Our Users, Assessment of Information Literacy Programs for Engineers, and a Forum on Collaborative Information Literacy Programs.
Treasurer: Jay Bhatt reported that as of May 31st the ELD Operating Account had $511.00 and the BASS account had $16,705.15.
Accreditation and Standards: Kevin Drees said that there were no updates to his report in the May 2006 ELD Newsletter.
Archivist: Paige Gibbs invited members to send their memories of past conferences to her for the archives.
Awards: John Teleha thanked Jill Powell and Kate Thomes for their support and encouragement to the Awards committee.
The 2006 ASEE Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award was presented to Roger G. Harrison, Paul W. Todd, Scott R. Rudge, and Demetri P. Petrides for the book titled Bioseparations Science Engineering.
Bioseparations Science and Engineering.
Roger G. Harrison, Paul W. Todd, Scott R. Rudge, and Demetri P. Petrides.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0195123409
The Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award recognizes published "work that contributes to the advancement of technical and professional competence at the undergraduate or graduate level."
John also thanked Jill Powell for her inspiration in establishing the Best ELD Poster Award this year. There were a total of 19 posters presented this year.
The 2006 Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award was presented to Linda Musser for her strong professional service, assistance to colleagues, energy for management and committee work, her wisdom, her inquisitive mind and her sense of humor. Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service recognizes work that contributes to the advancement and development of excellence in engineering libraries. Two examples of cited comments are included below:
"In her career, Linda has taken the brave path - choosing to stay where we as a profession so desperately need colleagues and friends - middle management … She is an outstanding individual who evokes admiration and respect."
"Linda is not just active at the ASEE annual meeting; she is an inspiration … role model to me with her positive outlook and cheerful support of others…. it is her openness, approachability, positive attitude, and mentoring skills that have made me a fan…. her support of members outside the meeting rooms ... endears her … and this supportive collegiality may be her greatest contribution to our profession."
The 2006 Best Reference Work Award was presented to Information Sources in Engineering, 4th edition, edited by Roderick A. MacLeod and Jim Corlett (Series Title: Guides to Information Sources) and published by K.G. Saur, 2005. Roddy MacLeod flew all the way from Scotland to receive the award. The Best Reference Work Award honors the best new reference work in engineering information.
The 2006 Best Publication Award was presented to Gül E. Okudan- Kremer, Ph.D. and Bonnie A. Osif, Ed.D. for their article "Effect of Guided Research Experience on Product Design Performance," Journal of Engineering Education 94, no. 2 (2005): 255-262. The Best Publication Award honors the best new paper or non-reference monographic work in engineering information.
Electronic Discussion Lists: Mel DeSart mentioned that there were no updates to report in addition to what was reported in the May 2006 issue of the ELD Newsletter.
Development: Stephen Stitch thanked the development liaisons and our sponsors for their work during the past year. He also encouraged ELD members to visit their booths in the Exhibition Hall.
Duplicates Exchange Program: Orion Pozo had no updates to report.
JSTOR: Larry Thompson reported that the Task Force had a meeting planned with the JSTOR representative during the scheduled committee meeting.
Liaisons: Elizabeth Mengel appreciated all the liaisons for successfully promoting the Punch List to all other organizations.
Membership: Amy Van Epps reported that there were 110 ELD members including 18 new members present at the conference this year. Amy also requested members to confirm their name and affiliation with Jim Van Fleet who maintains the ELD Directory listing. Jill Powell suggested that the Mentoring page that lists membership experts can be updated on the an ELD wiki to be developed. Members can also include past committee affiliations and years of service information on the wiki.
Mentoring: Karen Andrews reported that the new conference buddy program was well received by the participating members. The Mentoring Committee will continue to work on the wiki and is in the process of identifying a list of key topics where the members can contribute their ideas. The committee plus selected ELD volunteers will continue to offer their expertise in giving authors feedback on their papers prior to submission to journals and conferences for publication. Those members desiring this help should email a copy of their paper to Karen Andrews, klandrews@ucdavis.edu, who will forward the paper to a reviewer. Their comments do not guarantee publication. The experts list will also be updated. The list and consultations are available only to ELD members.
Nominating: Andy Shimp announced that the incoming Secretary/Treasurer Amy Van Epps, and the new 1st year Director is Michael White. Andy explained that the Director serves for 2 years. The 1st Year Director organizes the Annual Banquet at the following conference, and the 2nd Year Director organizes the Welcome Reception at the following conference.
Publications: Craig Beard invited people to please talk with him or Janardan Kulkarni about ideas for Literature Guides. Some proposed ideas included Cryptography, and Engineering and the Law.
Scholarly Communications: Mel reported that there were going to be a few openings in the committee. Those interested were also invited to come to the meeting during the scheduled slot for all committee meetings.
Webmaster: Bob Heyer-Gray reminded presenters to send all presentations to him to be uploaded on the ELD web site.
Old Business: There were no items.
New Business: See above under individual reports.
Adjournment: The Annual Business meeting was adjourned.
Notes submitted by Jay Bhatt, Secretary/Treasurer, bhattjj@drexel.edu
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