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6 Automatome 1 (1987)

handle is hein.lbr/aallautoma0006 and id is 1 raw text is: Automatome The newsletter of the Automation and Scientific Development SIS of AALL Vol. 6 no.1 April 1987 Minutes of the Annual Meeting - Byron Cooper The annual business meeting of the Special Interest Section on Automation and Scientific Development was held on July 6, 1986, in the Congressional Room of the Sheraton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C. Chairperson Thomas Steele presided. After the minutes of the July 7, 1985, annual meeting were read and approved, Byron Cooper, Treasurer, reported the the Section's balance on June 29, 1985, was $3,188.23. After receipts from the Section's share of members' dues ($987.50) and expenses for the 1985 convention ($36.34) and the publication and mailing of Automatome ($393.41), the balance on hand June 30, 1986, was $3,745.98. For old business, Mr. Steele raised the question of whether the section should be discontinued. He pointed out that attendance at the business meeting has been very low even though membership continues to grow and the Section's programs are always among the best attended. No one present at the business meeting, however, believed that the section should be discontinued, especially in view of the fact that over twenty people were present at this business meeting. The second item of old business was the amendment of the bylaws proposed at the1985 business meeting. Article V, Section 2 of the bylaws had provided for two year terms for officers, with elections occuring every two years at the annual convention of the Association. The proposed amendment allowed for an election every year at the Association's annual meeting. There had been discussion at the 1985 meeting. Mr. Cooper moved the adoption of the amendment, which was supported unanimously. Susan Roach, representing the Nominations Committee, presented the slate of officers. Patricia Rempel, who was elected Vice-chairperson/Chairperson elect at the 1984 business meeting, will be chairperson until the 1987 annual business meeting. The Nominations Committee proposed the following slate: Laurel Wendt as Vice-Chair/Chair elect and Linda Proudfoot as Secretary/Treasurer.- There were no nominations from the floor, and the committee's slate was unanimously elected. There followed a discussion of topics for the 1987 annual meeting. The following topics&were suggested: Laser video disks, planning and budgeting for automation projects, survey of new developments, database management, conversions from microcomputer to minicomputer, public access microcomputers, and computer ergonomics. Linda Proudfoot suggested that a survey be taken through the newsletter to compile a directory of members. It was also suggested that the newsletter be used to solicit members to work on the automation handbook proposed at earlier meetings. Kamla King, the Board Liason, suggested that one avenue for publication of the automation handbook might be the new AALL Occasional Papers series. From the Vice-Chair - Laurel Wendt The Section is sponsoring two programs at the 1987 Annual Meeting in Chicago. We hope they will be of interest. The first on the schedule, Tuesday at 10:45, is on electronic documents delivery services--telefacsimile and electronic mail. It focuses on law libraries' experiences with using these high-tech alternatives to the post office for conveying textual material to another location. The second program is Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. It takes an experience-based approach to user-friendly online interfaces. People who have had experience in designing and/or using interfaces will speak on what worked out well and what didn't and what advice they would give others. It is not too soon to think about possible programs for 1988. If there are areas that you would like to see explored, please drop a note to the newsletter editor or one of the officers. We are together so briefly at the annual meeting

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