MINUTES
TEXAS COLLECTIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING
AUGUST 6, 2001
The Texas Collections
Working Group was convened at the TSLAC on August 6, 2001 at 10:45 am.
Attendees:
Members present: Ellen
Safley, Chair; Miguel Chavez, Curt Holleman, Kathy Hoffman, Susan Soy, Louise
Foster. Members absent: Sara
Ferguson, Joseph Munoz, and Clara Mound.
One position is vacant.
Bonnie Grobar and Valerie Johnson represented TSLAC.
Purpose:
The purpose
of the meeting was to revise the TexTreasures Guidelines and to revise the
draft of the TexTreasures Survey Instrument.
Action
Taken:
TexTreasures
Grant Guidelines were revised.
TexTreasures
Survey Instrument was revised and a final draft prepared.
Texas
Collections Working Group will present at the next TLA meeting.
Issues
Discussed:
Beverley
Shirley introduced the new TexShare Coordinator, Valerie Johnson.
Kathy
Hoffman reported on attending Advisory Board Meeting to report on the selection
of the TexTreasures grants. The
TSLAC Commission will approve the selection of these awards.
The working
group discussed awarding a different amount of money than the limit of $20,000
for TexShare Grants, but decided to leave it at that amount until the Working
Group has the results of the survey.
They also discussed encouraging grantees to inform their state
legislators when an award is received.
The
TexTreasures Grant Guidelines were discussed in great detail. Several detailed changes were proposed
that reflected the working group’Äôs interest in giving priority to newer
projects, in the assurance of copyright compliance, and in notification of
state legislators of the awards.
The
TexTreasures Survey Instrument was discussed and a revised draft was
prepared. It will be distributed
early in September.
The Working
Group will present a program on TexTreasures Grants at TLA. They will invite past awardees of the
grant to participate in the program.
Report
prepared by Valerie Johnson, TexShare Coordinator, TSLAC