• Introduction of Speaker: Cherié Weible, Acting head of IRRC at the University
• entered Librarianship as a second profession
• advises to find a mentor
• volunteer to intern on a committee, sit in on meetings at conferences (sit around outside of their tables)
• join New Members Round Table (NMRT) and start with poster presentations to gain confidence/experience
• when publishing, keep a cohesive body of work
• Favorite Part? Data collection, discovering the results
• Least Favorite Part? Revisions... but don't be worried about editing your work
• Treasurer's Report
o Approx. $1,044 in RSO account. More to come as round two of the t-shirts are being sold now. Deadline Friday, Feb. 17th.
• Meetings: Approval of December and January Minutes
o Best day/time survey results show Monday evenings best for most people!
• Social Committee
o Friday, Feb. 17th at Krannert Center: Tons O' Fun Band, free admission, food & drinks available there for purchase. Meeting at GSLIS at 5pm to walk there.
• Lecture Committee
o Fran Miksa - to speak on cataloging, March 6th at 5:30pm, room 126 GSLIS (refreshments begin at 5pm)
o Bill Hamer - High Strung is beginning their annual tour. Bill is open to dates to come speak, post ideas to the ALA bulletin board
o Tom Lipinski - Legal Issues, March 9th SLA ice cream discussion (5pm room 131 GSLIS), March 10th "To Mentor or to Monitor..." lecture (314 Illini Union, 10-11:30am)
• International Committee
o Dr. Weech will speak at an upcoming meeting, Thursday March 9th
• Conference Committee
o Julie & Karla gathering information on people attending National conference. Planning meeting with Sue Searing to talk about conference attendance.
• ACRL
o Bake sale coming up in March
o Proposed Bylaws change available, email Katie to see them. Will mean a change to ALA's Bylaws too (coming soon).
• Announcements
o Committee chairs, send reports of minutes to Katie (kkopchok@uiuc.edu). Remember to ask the ALA Publicity Officers to advertise your event at least one week in advance
o March 9th Meeting with Dr. Weech. April 3rd meeting - any speaker suggestions? April 24th, last meeting of the year.
o Student Chapter of the Year Award! Time to write-up our nomination, will need summaries from chairs.
• LEEP Events
o LEEP Weekend coming up, schedule online. We'll plan the annual LEEP breakfast (Social Committee) and have a table at the Dinner.
o Volunteers will be needed, more info to come.
o We hope to have a bigger presence at the LEEP Bootcamp over the summer, as well.