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Fall 2003 • page 46 Business & Finance Division Executive Board Meeting Draft Minutes gratitude for their financial support declined to pay for another ad in the Spring Bulletin. The advertising manager recommended keeping ad prices the same until the overall economy rebounds. Esther GIL (Grants & Stipends) The Grants & Stipends Committee received seven professional grant applications in the past year. In 2002, the committee received eight. Stipend applications dropped from 21 in 2002 to only six in 2003 while procedures to promote the submission process remained unchanged. For the first time ever, one of the grant applicants resided outside North America. The applicant was Christine Reid who received her library science degree from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. Although the school isn’t accredited by ALA, the SLA B&F grant application procedures allow applicants from other academic institutions accredited by the appropriate library/information science accrediting body or their home country. Thus, Reid’s grant application was accepted and she was ultimately judged a winner. B&F would like to look into the possibility of encouraging students from outside of North America to apply for the student stipend. Cindy would like to discuss this further at the Wednesday Board meeting. The four professional grant winners were: Mary Beth Bobish, who works at the New York State Small Business Development Center in Albany, N.Y.; Hazel Cameron, who works at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash.; James Cohler, who works at A.T. Kearney in Chicago and Christine Reid who works at the Strathclyde Graduate School of Business in Glasgow, Scotland. Student stipend winners included UCLA student John Juricek and Verna Riley–Broome, a library student at N.C. Central University. The latter winner forfeited her $1,200 award for SLA conference expenses when a death in the family prevented her attendance at this year’s annual meeting in New York. Sylvia JAMES (Strategic Planning Chair) Sylvia reported on her progress to conduct a qualitative survey all of the past winners Business & Finance Division Bulletin • number 124 of grants or stipends to gauge their thoughts about SLA–B&F and its responsiveness to their needs as information professionals. A total of 45 winners were identified since the inception of the program in 1997. Of this group, 29 are no longer current SLA members. Originally the Strategic Planning Chair had also hoped to convene a focus group drawn from these previous winners at the annual conference in New York, but dropped the idea due to the small pool of available candidates who planned to attend in 2003. Once the survey process is completed and tabulated, the chair will publish her findings in the SLA–B&F Bulletin. Steve KOCHOFF (Awards Committee) The second annual winners of the Centers of Excellence Awards include: • For technology— the Knowledge Network Group at Microsoft • For management—Nike Design Library • For service—Kresge Business Administration Library at the University of Michigan Business School The winners will receive their awards on Tuesday, June 10. On that day, they will also conduct presentations on the innovations they’ve created to better manage and deliver information to their respective user groups and information centers. Three individuals will also be publicly honored by SLA–B&F on June 10: • For outstanding achievement in business librarianship—Anne Mintz • For being a distinguished member— Margaret Chaplin • For being a distinguished member— Carol Ginsberg Additional sponsors will need to be found if the division would like to continue offering a $125 gift to complement the award certificates. Terri BROOKS (Mentoring Co–Chair) Note: moved up on the agenda to facilitate a scheduling conflict. The Mentoring Committee now numbers seven and includes two of last year’s student stipend winners. The committee provided webmaster Kris Burk with a list of recommended changes to the mentoring Web pages [ http:// www.sla.org/division/dbf/mentor1.cfm ] on
Business & Finance Division Bulletin • number 124 the SLA site and still awaits the implementation of the necessary changes. In February 2003, it was noted that the registration form on the site had developed technical difficulties and the webmaster was notified of her need to correct the problem. As of June 7, the committee hasn’t seen an online solution. The committee knows of only two successful mentor/mentee matchings in the past year. At this year’s conference in NYC, the B&F open house on Monday, June 9, will have mentoring as its theme. Committee members and B&F board members will talk up the program to attendees. SLA–B&F board members were also urged to sign–up as mentors. Brent MAI (Nominating Chair) At the Annual Business Meeting of the SLA–B&F Division, the Nominating Committee will present the following as nominees for Division office: • For Division Chair–Elect (2003–04) and Division Chair (2004–05)— Sylvia James (Principal of Sylvia James Consultancy/West Sussex, England) • For Treasurer (2003–05)— Terri Brooks (Director of Library Services at Investment Company Institute/ Washington, D.C.) • For Director–At–Large (2003–05)— Gayle Kiss (Marketing Manager at LexisNexis Canada/Toronto, Ontario) No other nominations were received ahead of time. Marty CULLEN (Division Chair) RE: vendor sponsorship for SLA–B&F programs at the annual conference Some sponsors pulled out after making an initial commitment, but the money was made up elsewhere after much beating of the bushes. Sponsors have so far committed to provide $63,500 in financial support for SLA–B&F programs, which represents the most ever raised for division programming. Original budgeted estimates made in January anticipated a need for $64,500. The lack of direct sponsorship support from Thomson Financial was the biggest disappointment this year, according to the Fall 2003 • page 47 Business & Finance Division Executive Board Meeting Draft Minutes Chair, who noted a trend among vendors to use marketing dollars on company–sponsored parties rather than on underwriting division– sponsored programming. The division would liked to have held more sessions off–site during the annual convention to save money, however, SLA bylaws prevented such a strategy. Only open houses and breakfasts may be held off–site and several were scheduled in this manner to reduce conference–related expenses. Approximately 650 SLA–B&F members had signed up to attend the annual convention as of May 1, 2003, which represents a healthy outlook for anticipated attendance. Ticketed events sponsored by SLA–B&F also appear to have large number of pre–registered attendees. One program had to be cancelled, however, due to few sign–ups. There is hope that there will be a fair number of walk–ups on the day of scheduled programming. As of May 29, 2003, monies collected for pre–registration of ticketed events totaled almost $29,000. Of this amount, the division will retain roughly half (after expenses). Original budget estimates made in January had anticipated $49,000 in total revenue from continuing education and ticketed events. The chair said his focus this past year has been to making sure the division had lined up necessary corporate sponsorship and generated enough interest in its SLA–B&F programming to inspire registration for ticketed events. Cindy LENOX (Division Chair–Elect) The Chair–Elect said her initial focus in the past year was to contact current chairs and committee heads to try and secure their continued input in SLA–B&F governance. Continuity is very important, she stressed, even if veteran SLA–B&F members can only provide an advisory role to the new leadership team. This year the division will need an especially strong Membership Chair because membership levels are showing continued slippage. During her upcoming term, Lenox foresees much effort will be needed to offset “membership stagnation.” Although the SLA is also generating fewer new members, perhaps the SLA–B&F could recruit additional SLA members to join the division by
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