minutes from the ALI

1. ALISS AGM 22nd
May 2013
Senate House
Attending
Victoria Bird, SOAS (ALISS Committee)
Geoff Browell, King’s College London Archives (speaker)
Victoria Carolan, LSE Library
Jenny Collieson, SCIE
Laura Cowdrey, National Archives (speaker)
Justin Clegg, British Library
CJ Crenell, Science Museum
Heather Dawson, LSE Library (ALISS Committee)
Katie Edwards, University of Kent
Ed Fay Digital Library manager, LSE (Speaker)
Jane Gallagher, University of Kent
Jennie Grimshaw,, British Library (ALISS Committee)
Lisa Hawksworth, University of Liverpool
Paul Horsler, LSE Library
Anna Jones, University of Cambridge
Jo Klett, University of Liverpool
Helen Mackin, Barnardos (ALISS Committee)
Angela Joyce University of Bristol (ALISS Committee)
Robert MacLean, Glasgow University.
Norma Menabney, Queens University Belfast (ALISS Committee)
Bill Mortimer, University of Bedfordshire
Owen Munday, Birkbeck College
Sally Patalong, Coventry University (ALISS Committee)
Heather Rowland, Society of Antiquaries
Katie Sambrook, King’s College London (Speaker)
Helen Stephen, Goldsmiths College
Jo Tate, LSE Library (ALISS Committee)
Angela Upton, SCIE (ALISS Chair)
Nick White, LSE Archives
Farzana Whitfield, SOAS
Elizabeth Williams, Goldsmiths College
Committee membership
The following were re-elected as officers by the AGM
Angela Upton – SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) stood down as
chair due to her impending early retirement. The committee thanked her for all
her hard work over the years. Sally Patalong Coventry University took over as
the new chair.
Heather Dawson – LSE Library (Secretary)
Jennie Grimshaw - British Library stood down as Treasurer due to her
impending retirement but remained on the committee as an ordinary member.

2. Her place as treasurer will be taken by Jo Tate LSE
Helen Mackin - Barnardos
Norma Menabney Queens University Belfast
Angela Joyce, University of Bristol
Victoria Bird, SOAS library
The following new volunteers were accepted to the committee
Jenny Collison, SCIE
Lisa Hawksworth, University of Liverpool
Independent member Brenda Spooner stood down from the committee
ALISS Finance
A thorough report and statement of accounts for the year up to march 2013
was presented by Jennie Grimshaw. This has been verified by the
independent financial examiner John Helm ACA and was approved by the
AGM
Income
Corporate and personal membership fees and sale of ALISS Quarterly extra
copies totalled £4361 and so covered the cost of producing the journal
(£3,691). Printing costs of the journal were significantly reduced by a decision
to cut the number of copies produced to 150 from 200. The 2013 Summer
conference made a surplus of £1,460, an increase from £608 in 2012.
Expenditure on the AGM totalled £1,289 comprising £75 in prizes for ALISS
Quarterly best articles, £1138 for catering and £76 speakers’ expenses.
Expenditure on the Summer Conference consisted of £628 for catering (the
room was free) and £62 travelling expenses. Expenditure on the Christmas
Event consisted of £184 for room hire, £94 for speakers’ expenses and £15
for refreshments.
Office costs consisted of £50 for Finance Coordinator technical support and
£384 for accounting advice and assistance.
Cash at bank at 31 March 2013 amounted to £8,135.
Review of Activities.
Heather Dawson Presented a review of events
Conferences
ALISS One Day Summer Conference 2012: Supporting Diverse
student populations http://alissnet.org.uk/pastpaperarchive/aliss-2012-
conference/

3. Xmas event: Selection Policies in the Digital Age – Building a Hybrid library
http://alissnet.org.uk/pastpaperarchive/december-2012-selection-policies-in-
the-digital-age-building-a-hybrid-library/
Visits
Visits took place to the following social science libraries/ information centres
and continued to prove very popular.
Royal College of Physicians Library,
Wallace Collection Archive
Wiener Library
School of Slavonic and east European Studies Library
Croydon College
BFI Library
Courthauld Institute Library
British Library Mughal Exhibition guided tour and India Office visit
Institute of Education Archives
Bethlem Hospital Archives- University of Sussex Library and mass
observation archive
Membership.
2013 2012
Membership
Corporate membership 101 108
Individual 33 31
Student 1 1
Total 135 140
Attendance
Attendance at AGM 32 28
Attendance at Summer
Conference
35 26
Attendance at Christmas event 27 28
Total 94 82
.
Journal
ALISS continues to publish the journal ALISS Quarterly
Special issues were on
Engaging with users: new and innovative approaches
Supporting diverse library user populations
Collections in the digital age
Supporting the new research environment
This year we nominated

4. First prize “Help! I’ve Got an Assignment to do…” Info Skills at the
University of
East London
http://www.uel.ac.uk/infoskills
Catherine Walsh
Interim Director of Library and Learning Services
University of East London
Aliss Quarterly January 2012 vol.7 no.2
In July 2011 UEL’s Library and Learning Services team received the UC&R
Innovation Award
for its web based resource, Info skills,
This article outlines the background to the
project and the development of Infoskills.it was particularly commended for its
emphasis in involving subject librarians in ‘owning and developing’ the
resource, using a range of media to attract different types of student’ and
using videos of students and lecturers to encourage interest
Second Prize Historical Baggage: Taking the librarian to the learner
vol.7 no.4 July 2012
Thomas Butler, Head of Libraries and Learning Resources, Croydon College
This paper was given at the ALISS 2012: Engaging with Library users: New
and innovative approaches. The powerpoint slides can be viewed online at
http://www.slideshare.net/ heatherdawson/historical-baggage.
It describes in an entertaining way how Croydon College developed a roving
librarian service while maintaining high levels of customer service.
Past issues of ALISS Quarterly can be viewed online
http://alissnet.org.uk/aliss-quarterly/
The second article is on open access http://alissnet.org.uk/aliss-
quarterly/aliss-quarterly-past-issues/
Website
The website was revamped and moved (due to the outstanding assistance of
Victoria Bird) to a free word Press service. http://www.alissnet.org.uk Back
issues of the journal made available on issu. And a free conference archive
established on slideshare. Twitter updates sent out regularly. A freescoop.it
higher education news service created and monthly new letters sent out.
Forthcoming Activities

5. A series of visits are planned including: Royal Asiatic Society, William Morris
Gallery Archive
Summer conference July Senate House: Librarians supporting evolving
research needs
Heather Dawson.
ALISS Secretary
h.dawson@lse.ac.uk