SIG-LAN Planning meeting
Nov. 19, 2002
Salon A
Wyndham Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
In attendance:
Janet Arth
Cindy Campbell
Colleen Cuddy (Chair)
Ann Eagan
Mark Needleman
Liz Perlman (Recorder)

Discussion of officer slate:
Colleen discussed the officer slate. At the beginning of the meeting, the Secretary and Chair-elect positions were still vacant. Ann Eagan was elected secretary, and Mark Needleman as chair-elect. It was noted that Meg Rheingold and Janet Arth were rotating out of their positions. Many thanks to Meg, Janet, Lydia Ievins and Scott Stevens for serving on committees in the past year and to Lydia for putting together the web petition for our name change.

The officers for 2003 are:
Chair-- Colleen Cuddy
Chair-elect-- Mark Needleman
Secretary-- Ann Eagan
Email List Manager-- Ranti Junus
Web Manager for Communication-- Cindy Campbell

Review of past year and proposals for coming year:
Colleen discussed the past year’s activates and possibilities for the upcoming year. We discussed why our SIG is so inactive. It is a very large SIG with very few active members. We need to figure out ways to get more involvement from our members. Very few members were at the annual meeting, which may also have been smaller overall; we didn’t yet have the official numbers. Virtual meetings are one possibility. Some people present were not receiving listserv messages.

The SIG cabinet approved name change to SIG-LT. Pending approval from the board the name change would be official. Colleen briefly talked about the name change rationale and new mission statement.

Annual meeting discussion:
Colleen mentioned the sessions that we sponsored at this conference there were 2 sessions sponsored solely by SIG-LAN and several that were co-sponsored with other groups. There was a discussion of panels that we should organize for the next meeting. Mark mentioned that the ASIST Standards Committee would like to co-sponsor a session with us. Possibilities include:

FRBR
MARC-XML/Zing
Virtual Reference standard for interoperability
Other options discussed for SIG-LAN organization are:
E-commerce within the library (paying fines, purchasing photos)
“Information Commons” model
Vendor panel to discuss databases and/or OPACs
Authentication and proxy servers
Internet 2
Open source
BI on the Web
Wireless in libraries

Session proposals are due by Jan. 28. The members in attendance will try to flesh out suggestions and look for speakers.

• Ann Eagan will work on an E-Commerce panel
• Cindy Campbell will look into an Information Commons Panel
• Mark to follow up with Standards on a panel
• Input and suggestions from members not present should be solicited via the listserv. Colleen will attend the all SIG Planning Session to discuss our ideas with other SIGs and see if there are possibilities for joint planning.
• The idea of a social event to promote our new identity was discussed. Volunteers to work on this will be solicited.

New business:
None

Colleen suggested that all members look at the Website and make suggestions. It will be revised to reflect our name change. What else should we make available via the site?
http://www.asis.org/sig/siglan

Submitted by Elizabeth Perlman, Nov. 26, 2002