PRESENT:

Officers: Lillian Mesner, Chair; Hope Tillman, Chair-Elect; Erlinda Compton,Treasurer; Lynne Bidwell, Secretary

Committee Representatives: Dee Magnoni, Networking Section Chair; Karalyn Kavanaugh, Microcomputers Section; Trudy Katz, Minneapolis Program Planner; Debbie Hatfield, Indianapolis Program Planner; James Manasco, Awards;Charlotte Kohrs, Archives; Pat Wilson, Government Relations; Christie Robinson, Government Information Section Chair; Ellen Mimnaugh, Past Past Chair; Deb Wiley, Online Section Chair; Holly Chong-Williams, Government Information Section, Joyce Baker, Government Information Section Chair-Elect.

CALL TO ORDER:

Chair Mesner called the meeting to order at 8:15 a.m.

MEETING AGENDA:

The meeting agenda was circulated by Mesner.

MINUTES:

Bidwell circulated the minutes of the Board's June 11, 1997 Executive Board meeting. Mimnaugh moved for approval of the minutes as corrected; Tillman seconded the motion; the motion carried unanimously.

TREASURER'S REPORT:

Compton presented the Treasurer's Report.

Checking/Operating Account	$14,052.47
Reserve/Savings	$36,500.54
Total	$50,553.01

Comments: b/ITE averages $4,300 per issue; survey and officer reimbursement costs new this year; sponsorship responsible for Seattle Conference not being a financial drain.

Compton requested that the conference planners communicate with the Treasurer regarding the costs associated with the conference so there are no unexpected expenditures. Officers and Committee Chairs need to submit invoices otherwise the Treasurer can't send the check. Quicken software will be used by the Treasurer. Bidwell moved for approval of the Treasurer's report; Magnoni seconded the motion; the motion carried unanimously.

OFFICER'S REPORTS:

Chair:

Current Division membership is 2,819 as of May 30, 1997.

Board Membership:
Vinita Singh resigned from the Microcomputer Section. Jean Crampon agreed to take the Microcomputer position. Bob Craig has agreed to take on Public Relations.

Chair's Discretionary Fund:
This was suggested this year as a way for the Chair to make some quick money appropriations when needed. It was based on a situation that came up this fall. This will be discussed at the Board meeting in June 1998.

SLA Virtual Organization:
The SLA Board chose two units, one Chapter (Western Canada) and one Division (ITE), to be demonstration units for the SLA "Virtual Organization." The Association has launched a huge initiative to begin communicating with the membership via the Web site. The initiative is spelled out very clearly in the new Strategic Plan. The Association is developing and implementing new web pagesand services. The Division has been selected to be one of the groups to use and test the online products as they are being launched. Maurice Harris is the Director of Computing for the Association.

DACOLT considering moving to Wednesday at the Annual Conference: The Chapter Cabinet voted it down. The Division Cabinet approved it. The Board of Directors will make the final decision.

Request for Divisions to submit proposals for sessions at the Second International Conference entitled The Information Age: Challenges and Opportunities at the Brighton Metropole Hotel in Brighton, Sussex in the fall of 2000:
David Bender sent a letter to Division Chairs requesting that proposals for sessions at Brighton be submitted by September 1, 1998. Mesner authorized Tillman, who will be ITE Chair in September, to get started on the planning for the Brighton conference. The session proposals for the Brighton conference will be discussed and voted on at the Executive Board meeting in June.

Chair-Elect:
Tillman is putting together a committee to begin planning for the 'Virtual Division.' She will be working on session proposals the Brighton conference.

Past-Chair:
Mesner reported for Piety that the Ballot for the 1998/1999 is shaping up.

Candidates:
Chair-Elect: Karen Bleakley, Janet Mathers
Treasurer: Dee Magnoni, Deborah Hatfield
Online Section: Melanie Long
Government Information Section: Holly Chong-Williams
Microcomputers: Karalyn Kavanaugh
Networking: Open
Technical Services: Open

b/ITE:
No report.

Indianapolis Program Planner:
Hatfield reported that the program planning is going well.

ITE Sponsored Programs:

Monday:	'Intellectual Capital,' Tom Stewart, Author w/B&F, LMD "What's in the Box? A Look at the Future of Microcomputers," Walt Crawford Microcomputers Section, Telecommunications Resource - Tillman
Tuesday:	Finding and Accessing State Government Information: Latest Innovations, Panel Discussion Government Information Section "Technology with a Human Face," Michael Gorman Networking Section w/COM Doris Kearns Goodwin Keynote Address w/Soc. Sci., EDU, MAH, MIL, PAM, TRN "Technical Support for Virtual Patrons," Robert Hulshof, OCLC Technical Services Section Live Blues at the Slippery Noodle w/Legal, PAM, TRN, KY Chapter
Wednesday:	"Using the Web as a Teaching Tool" Online Section "Future Focus," Wendy Schultz w/Information Futurists Caucus "Choosing and Using Internet Search Engines," Mary Ellen Bates, Joan Liu
Thursday:	Field Trip: Children's Museum

Minneapolis Program Planner:
Katz reported that the deadline for the CE course is August 1998. She is working on session ideas for the conference.

Archives:
Kohrs reported that she is analyzing the Archives and is in the process of determining what needs to be kept. Kohrs suggested that the Division may want to put the Archives on CD-ROM in the future. Tillman moved that the Division send an honorarium of $100 to Joe Ann Clifton for expenses and effort in shipping the archives to Kohrs; Magnoni seconded; the motion carried unanimously.

Web Masters:
Tillman reported that the Division's web page needs to be moved to the SLA server. The web page address will be www.sla.org/division/dite. P. Michael McCulley's role as Web Master will be decided later. Content for the web page needs to be sent to Tillman or Bidwell. Tillman will be doing the posting. Tillman requested more pictures for the web page, especially pictures of the Chair Elects. The position of Web Master needs to be assigned, and the position will be discussed at the Executive Board meeting in June 1998.

Awards:
Manasco reported that the announcement for the Student Award was sent out to all accredited library schools in the U.S. and Canada in mid-November with an initial deadline of December 30, 1997. It was posted to several SLA and ALA listservs as well. No essays had been received by the December deadline, so the deadline was extended to March 20, 1998. New notices were sent in January to all the library schools and to the listservs. A notice will be placed in the next Information Outlook. Manasco recommended that in the future the deadline should be in mid-March with notices sent in December. Manasco will send the essays submitted for the Student Award to the Executive Board to read and to vote on.

Manasco will pursue reinstituting the ITE Award to recognize a member of the Division each year for service to the Division. Mimnaugh will send Manasco the past history of the ITE Award.

Government Relations:
Wilson reported that she distributed messages to the ITE listserv which John Crosby, Director of Government Relations for SLA sent out.

SECTION REPORTS:

Government Information Section:
Robinson reported that the Government Information Section session, "Finding and Accessing State Government: Latest Innovations," will be a panel discussion with three panelists. The panelists will address the latest trends of how citizens can get the information they need from their state governments. The focus will be on electronic access, front ends, funding and innovations. Speakers: Doug Robinson, Kentucky Information Resources Management; Sydney Jensen, Northstar Project,Minnesota; Ron Gardner, OCLC; and Brad Bradley, Access Indiana Information Network.

Microcomputers Section:
The Microcomputers Section is sponsoring the session, "What's in the Box? A look at the Future of Microcomputers." The speaker will be Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group, Inc. Crawford will discuss the many changes the PC has been through in recent years and some of the changes we can look forward to in the future.

Online Section:
Wiley reported that the Online Section session, "Using the Web as a Teaching Tool," will focus on how librarians are using the Internet to deliver training on library resources, online databases and software packages.

Networking Section:
Magnoni reported that the Networking Section and the COM Division are co-sponsoring the session, "Technology with a Human Face." The speaker is Michael Gorman, co-author of "Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness and Reality" and author of "Our Singular Strengths: Mediations for Librarians." He will discuss ways to maintain humanity and lasting values in our profession and daily work.

There will be a book signing for Michael Gorman and Walt Crawford at the hospitality suite on Monday night.

The Information Futurist Caucus will be sponsoring the session, "Future Focus: Emerging Issues of Change." The speaker is Wendy Schultz, University of Houston at Clear Lake.

OLD BUSINESS
There was no old business.

NEW BUSINESS
Listserv and Chat Room:
The Board decided to use the Division listserv for agendas and documentation for the discussions and the chat room for the actual discussion. Mesner plans to cover two agendas via the chat room; the first is how to restructure and reorganize the Division itself, and the other is to determine the future directions that our programming and continuing education should take. Division members can contact Mesner for access to the Board listserv, lmesner@pop.uky.edu.

Survey Results:
The survey results were received, but there wasn't enough time for discussion. The survey results will be discussed at the Executive Board meeting in June.

ADJOURNMENT:
Tillman moved to adjourn the meeting; Magnoni seconded the motion; the motion carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 a.m.

Respectively Submitted,
Lynne Bidwell, Secretary
January 1998