Advocacy Working Group Meeting Minutes

Present: Máire Lanigan (St. Mary's & Chair), Mary Nixon (Goldsmiths), Frances Norton (Wellcome Library), Barbara Spina (SOAS).

In attendance: Stephen Randall (Ocean) for first two items

Apologies: Apologies were received from Julie Howell (London Metropolitan University), Liz Hunwick (Middlesex), Janet Percival (UCL)

1. Minutes and Matters Arising from Previous Meeting 19th July 2005.

The minutes were agreed as accurate and true record of the meeting.

Action 6.1 – As the launch date for the InforM25 website had been delayed, ML had not yet contacted JP and BS about it. She would now do so.

2. Annual Report

The Group agreed on the text and style and themes for the images, and approved the ‘user feedback’ quotations.

Action 2.1 –FN to send revised text to Stephen.
Action 2.2 – MN to draft Chair’s introduction and send it to Robert Hall.
Action 2.3 – ML to send pdf of bookmark to Stephen.
Action 2.4 – SR to send the text to the Steering Group for the meeting on 28 September.
Action 2.5 – SR to commission photographer, Dave Lewis, to take pictures at SOAS and Goldsmiths.
Action 2.6 – ML to ask the new Administrator for the distribution list.

3. Top Ten Facts

MN reported that a number of libraries had not sent figures for inclusion in the statistics. These were mainly smaller libraries, and their omission would not make a large difference to the totals. The group agreed that the figures would be considered complete for this year.

Action 3.1 – ML, MN to meet Mary Davis and Angela Conyers.

4. Role and Remit of the Group

ML reported that the Steering Group had been considering the future of the working groups and she was to meet Robert Hall to discuss the role and remit of the Group on 20 September. She had prepared a brief outline of the Group’s possible new role; no further suggestions were made.

Action 4.1 – ML to report back to the Group after the meeting.

5. Next Meeting

Thursday 2 November 10.00am at Goldsmiths, University of London

Minutes by MN

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