AFL-CIO/ALA JOINT COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY SERVICE TO LABOR GROUPS
Saturday, June 28, 2014
10:30 – 11:30 am
Las Vegas Hotel, Conference Room 13
Las Vegas, NV
AGENDA
Welcome
Introductions
Review and approve minutes from Midwinter 2014
Programs at Annual
 Program 2014: Labor Solidarity in a “Right-to-Work” State (Monday, June 30, 10:3011:30am in LVCC N236)—update; publicity, photos, etc.; distribute committee
brochure
 Program 2015: discuss potential topic: Mining Labor History Resources in the West;
description, potential speakers
Booth (location: #1911)
 Staffing
 Materials for distribution
John Sessions Memorial Award
 Update (http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/sessions) on winner: Local History and Genealogy
Department of Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (Ohio)
Committee Review by RUSA
 Committee name change, committee charge, and RUSA members
Social Media
 Wiki (http://aflcioala.pbworks.com )
 Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/AFL-CIO-ALA-Library-Service-to-LaborGroups-RUSA/386228008071012)
 Twitter (@aflcioala)
Committee membership changes
Good of the Order
“A fifty-five year partnership: ALA and the AFL-CIO - American Library Association, American Federation of Labor, Congress
of Industrial Organizations” by Arthur S. Meyers, Library Trends, Summer 2002
(https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/8452/librarytrendsv51i1e_opt.pdf?sequence=1)