ALISS AGM 14th June 2010
British Library
Attending
Jane Alderson-Rice University of Kent
Christine Bradford University of Warwick
Rachel Browning, University College Falmouth
Euan Bull, HM Revenue and Customs Library Services
Ian Cooke, British Library
Heather Dawson LSE
SarahFieldUniversity of Westminster
JuliaFlorinKingsFund
CholeFurnivalUniversity of Nottingham
HarryGibbsUniversity of Southampton
Jennie Grimshaw British Library
AngelaJoyceUniversity of Bristol
MarkJanesUniversity of Oxford
PeterKaneUniversity of Warwick
Anna Kassman-McKerrell National Childrens Bureau
John Kaye British Library
Rob Kirtley UCL Library school
Jeremy Larkin Action for Children
Helen Mackin Barnardos
JudyMcSorleyMiddlesexUniversity
JanetMortonUniversity of Leeds
SallyPatalongCoventryUniversity
JeanPortmanUniversity of Surrey
KirstynRadfordUniversity of York
Julie Robinson SCIE
Vimal ShahKingsCollege
Joanne Tate SOAS
Angela Upton SCIE
Anne Weist, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Katherine Widdows, University of Warwick
Apologies
Norma Menabney Queen University Belfast.; Diane Kearns ,University of
Bradford
Committee membership
The following were relected as officers by the AGM
Angela Upton – SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) Chair

Heather Dawson – LSE Library (Secretary )
Jennie Grimshaw - British Library (Treasurer)
Helen Mackin - Barnardos
NormaMenabneyQueensUniversityBelfast
Joanne Tate SOAS
Angela Joyce,University of Bristol
DianeKearnsUniversity of Bradford
SallyPatalongUniversity of Coventry
Julia Florin Kings Fund volunteered and was accepted as a new committee
member.
ALISS Finance
Jennie Grimshaw presented the draft accounts for 2009/10This showed that
ALISS continued to maintain a firm financial basis. John Helms had been
appointed as a financial adviser to transfer the accounts to an electronic
format and ensure compliance with tax liabilities. After reviewing the accounts
he advised that ALISS registered with HM revenue and operated as a mutual
society . The latter required a change of the constitution which in the event of
the winding up of the group would cause remaining funds to be distributed
amongst ALISS members. This change to the constitution was debated at the
AGM and agreed by a majority vote.
Review of Activities.
Heather Dawson provided a brief summary of ALISS Events during 2009/10
Membership.
Despite the financial recession membership had remained relatively stable.
Individual membership had increased. It had been decided to hold a reserve
of funds in the current account to cushion against any future cancellations
caused by the recession.
Journal
ALISS continues to publish the journal ALISS Quarterly
Special issues were on mobile learning and EU information resources.
The winner of the annual prize for the most inspiring and informative article
was Katharine Widdows, Warwick University for her article In your Face book,
not your face which described the implementation of Facebook by the Library
The runner up is Ian Cooke, Lead Content Specialist, International and
Political Studies, British Library for his article on the results of user research

Website
A new website is currently under development with SCIE . It will incorporate
more news RSS feeds.
Conferences
July 2009 Summer conference Marketing in a time of crisis –
CoventryUniversity
December 2009 event EU information resources
Papers online on our website at: http://www.alissnet.org.uk/ select past
events.
Visits
Visits took place to the following social science libraries/ information centres
and continued to prove very popular.
Zoological Society Library and Archive
St JohnsAmbulanceMuseum and Archive
Horniman Library
Oxford Social Sciences Library, Bodleian Library
London Metropolitan Archives
BritishMuseum Anthropology Library
CILT Language Library
University of East London, Docklands
National Art Library, V& A
Forthcoming Activities
A series of visits are planned including: Mass Observation Archive, British
Postal Archive, Lambeth Palace Library
Summer 2010 conference planned for August at SOAS on innovations in
information provision and supporting researchers in social policy
Proposed revamp / re-design of our website to incorporate more dynamic web
2.0 features!
Enhancing the website to provide more current awareness news items
Heather Dawson.
ALISS Secretary
h.dawson@lse.ac.uk