Dear CoHSL members:
Thanks to all who replied that they were attending the Librarians'
Meeting at the MGSA Symposium. I am looking forward to seeing all of you
there. I have attached the meeting agenda and below I have pasted the
message that I sent out to the MGSA list serv this morning. What was
formerly an "unofficial" committee of the MGSA has been formally added
to the MGSA Standing Committees. This change in our status will require
some administrative changes that we will discuss at our meeting.
Finally, a look at the MGSA Symposium's final program indicates that
Maria's lunch panel *will* take place on Friday at 1:00 after all.
Please try to attend this interesting discussion!
Looking forward to seeing everyone again. Safe travels to all.
Rhea
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Dear MGSA members:
In 1999, MGSA members, who were also librarians, formed an informal
committee to share information on building Modern Greek collections in
the U.S. and improving access to Greek materials for libraries. I am
pleased to announce that this past month the MGSA Executive Board
approved the formation of the MGSA Library Committee as an addition to
the existing MGSA Standing Committees. We are scheduled to meet on
Friday morning, October 19th 9:00-12:00 at the Beinecke Rare Books &
Manuscript Library, 121 Wall Street, Yale Campus. All MGSA members are
welcomed to attend this meeting, the agenda for which is pasted below.
We will discuss the draft mandate, committee structure and objectives,
which will be presented to the MGSA Executive Committee for approval. If
you are interested in serving on the committee, please come to the
meeting to learn more. If you are unable to attend but would like to be
considered for committee membership, please send me, Rhea Karabelas
Lesage (karabel(a)fas.harvard.edu) or incoming Chair, George Paganelis
(paganelis(a)csus.edu) an email stating your interest. After
introductions, we will spend the first part on the MGSA Library
Committee "housekeeping" issues. The remaining 2 hours will be spent
reviewing the Modern Greek Resources Project (MGRP) goals, objectives,
bylaws, and working groups. For background information on the MGRP see
the Global Resources Fall 2006 Newsletter:
http://www.crl.edu/grn/newsletter/GRN_7.pdf#page=10
For those who would like to learn more about the MGRP, the 2006 MGSA
Bulletin published the preliminary report on p.48-51.
I look forward to seeing you at the meeting!
Sincerely,
Rhea Karabelas Lesage
Chair, MGSA Library Committee 2005-2007
MGSA Librarians' Meeting
Friday Oct. 19, 2007
9:00-12:00
Beinecke Library, Yale Campus
AGENDA
1.
Welcome and introductions (10 min.)
2.
MGSA Library Committee: (50 min.)
1.
Status update
2.
Mandate, Structure---draft approval
3.
Committee---call for participation
1.
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2007-2009 term)
2.
Five other members
4.
Future activities/projects
3.
Modern Greek Resources Project (MGRP) (1 hour 50 min.)
1.
Executive Committee Draft: MGRP objectives, by-laws, working
groups
2.
Discussion
3.
Working groups---call for participation
4.
Next steps---Meeting in Crete 2008/2009?
IV. Wrap-up (10 min.)
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Rhea K. Lesage
Head and Bibliographer for Modern Greek
Modern Greek Section
Collection Development Department
Widener Library
Harvard College Library
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617)495-3632
FAX (617)496-8704