ALA UCLA Student Chapter
Chapter Meeting
Thursday, January 16, 1-1:30pm
Minutes

Officers Present: Teresa Bocanegro, Web Designer
Laura Duncan, Publicity Officer
Loren Frant, Secretary
Greg Padilla, Co-President
Kelly Proudfit, Co-President
Ajit Pyati, Vice President
Chisa Uyeki, Treasurer

10 Members Present, including: Heather Daugherty
Joy Feldman
April Harmon
Lupie Leyva
Kerry Lum
Mary Menzel
Linsday Ommen
Claire Scarborough

Officer Introductions:
• Officers introduced themselves, told their names, positions, etc.
• Ajit announced the upcoming RORA training

Member Introductions:
• Members introduced themselves, told their names, year in program, etc.

Student Ambassador:
• Kelly describes the Student Ambassador opportunity and requirements
Work requirements
Criteria for participation
• Member of student chapter
• Enrolled thru Spring 2003
• Not previously attended a national conference
• Must join ALA national if selected
• 20 hours of work
• Report back to ALA student chapter and other sponsoring groups (Alumni Association or department if required for travel funding)
Method of selection
• Box in lab Jan 16-27
• Drawing from box by Beverly Lynch, ALA faculty advisor by Jan 31
ALA covers hotel, registration fees, and per diem
Greg is confident we’ll get funding for travel expenses for the Student Ambassador
Officers and members described past experiences at national and other conferences and the opportunities and advantages of participation

Upcoming Panel:
• Academic Libraries, Feb 13th
• Professionals representing many different types of academic libraries and roles in those libraries
• To give a sense of academic librarianship in California
• Non-UCLA professionals, to take advantage of the opportunity to bring people to campus
Community college, private college, large universities, archives, catalogers
5-6 panelists
• Chisa encouraged people to come even if they are not interested in a career in academic libraries, still an opportunity to meet professionals and ask them about current issues in their jobs and the job market
• Mary Menzel suggested Ken Lee at West LA Community College
Mary will contact him if Chisa’s contact cannot participate in the panel

Other Panel Ideas:
• Librarians and the Law
What librarians need to know about current legal issues
• Recent Alumni
Graduates from within the last 5 years
To see what they’re up to, how they conducted job searches, life after the MLIS
• Received very positive feedback from the membership on the recent alumni panel, so the chapter will try to plan this panel for the spring
Mary Menzel mentioned the upcoming alumni mixer, sometime this quarter

Other Topics:
• Chisa mentioned other ways to get involved in ALA national than the Student Ambassador opportunity
Committees
• Joy Feldman asked for an explanation of the difference between the ALA Midwinter and ALA National conferences
Greg & Kelly explained:
• Midwinter
o Working meeting, smaller, less programming, fewer vendors, fewer recruitment activities, fewer students
• Annual
o ALA general business, awards, ceremonies, official functions, banquets, more social activities, more people, lots of vendors, lots of programming, lots of recruitment, students present, etc.
• Joy Feldman asked if this was the first time the national conference would be held in Canada
This will be a joint conference of the ALA and the CLA (Canadian Library Association)
2004 national conference will be in Orlando