ALISS AGM 1st
July
Senate House
Minutes
Attending
Sonia Bacca, University of Greenwich
Shauna Barrett, UCL/Shakespeare’s Globe.
Maria Bell, LSE Library, Speaker
Nazlin Bhimani, UCL Institute of Education
Victoria Bird, SOAS, ALISS Committee
Valerie Boyle, American International University in London
Nicola Cook, Wellcome Library
Ian Cooke, British Library Speaker
Annemarie Frank, University of Brighton
Andra Fry, LSE Library, Speaker
Jennie Grimshaw, British Library, ALISS Committee
Shauna Harris, Cafcass
Wendy Lynwood, Birkbeck College
Helen Mackin, Barnardos, ALISS Committee
Emma Mires-Richards, London South Bank University
Hannah Morgan, Corpus Christi College
Sally Patalong, Coventry University (ALISS Chair)
Sarah Puzey, Cardiff University
Helen Stephen, Goldsmiths, University of London
Joanna Wood, Cafcass, ALISS Committee
Antonella Yarnold, City University
Apologies
Jane Alderson-Rice, University of Kent; Norma Menabney, Queens University; Angela
Joyce, University of Bristol; Joanna Tate LSE
Committee membership
The following were re-elected as officers by the AGM
Sally Patalong - Coventry University, Chair
Heather Dawson – LSE Library (Secretary)
Joanna Tate, LSE Library. Treasurer
Jennie Grimshaw
Helen Mackin - Barnardos
Norma Menabney Queens University Belfast
Angela Joyce, University of Bristol
Joanna Wood, Cafcass
Standing down
Lisa Hawksworth, University of Liverpool
Victoria Bird, SOAS library
The committee thanked them for their contribution.
Co-opted to the Committee for the period of one year .
Antonella Yarnold, City University
Catherine Ure, Heriot-Watt University.

Chair's report
Sally gave an overview of the year's activities. In particular she highlighted progress
made by the committee in reaching out to the non-HE, government and NGO sector by
co-opting Joanna Wood from Cafcass to the committee and the running of an event on
supporting social care practitiners. She also highlighted the role of Vicky Bird in training
other committee members to take on an enhanced role in developing the website and
using social media. It was emphasised that the committee intends to build on this in the
future.
ALISS Finance
A thorough report and statement of accounts for the year up to 2015 was
prepared by Jo Tate with the assistance of Heather. This was presented at the
AGM by Jennie Grishaw. The statement has been verified by the independent
financial examiner John Helm ACA and was approved by the AGM.
Income
Income was affected by the collapse of the agent Swets. A number of corporate
members paid Swets and the fees were not passed onto us. However throughout the
year we were able to recover these. Due to increasing postage and catering costs a
decision was made to increase individual and corporate membership fees for 2014/2015
to £25 for individual, £40 for corporate, £25 for students. This was the first increase since
the creation of ALISS in 2005. Corporate and personal membership fees totalled £5,038
and sale of ALISS Quarterly extra copies totalled £14 and so covered the cost of
producing the journal £2395. The 2015 Summer conference income was £735, costs
£578 with a surplus of £157. February event income £970, expenditure £405 with a
surplus of £565.
Expenditure
Expenditure on the AGM totalled £325 comprising £75 in prizes for ALISS Quarterly best
articles, and £240 for catering and room hire. Expenditure on the Summer Conference
consisted of £548 for catering and room hire and £30 travelling expenses. Expenditure
on the Christmas Event consisted of £267 for catering and room hire. Expenditure on the
February event was £303 for catering and room hire and for £102 travelling expenses.
Office costs included £396 for accounting advice and assistance. £6 web domain hire
Review of Activities.
Heather Dawson Presented a review of events
Conferences
The 2014 AGM was held on 11th
June 2014. The theme was “Developing Digital
Literacies for a Digital World”. It comprised three presentations:
• Reflecting on Digital Scholarship competencies – Dr Charles Inskip report on the
Rilads Project which examined the delivery of digital information literacy skills in
UK Higher education.

• Start with the Staff - Sally Patalong introduction to the digital fluency initiative at
Coventry University - a practical project to upskill library staff.
• Information literacy for researchers at SOAS – Beth Clark and Victoria Bird report
on their work in preparing, delivering and promoting digital literacy training for
trainee Graduate Teaching Assistants at SOAS.
A summer event was held at the University of South Wales, Cardiff on 1st July 2014. The
theme was Developing Staff: Innovation and Creativity. The presenters were:
• Rob Challis, Deputy Branch Supervisor, University of Bristol. “Librarian or
Information Manager? Studying for an MSc at UWE”
• Judith Stewart, Associate Lecturer, University of the West of England.
“Knowledge, Skills and Reskilling – where does the MSc fit in?”
• Sally Earney, Aberconway Librarian and Louise Harrington, Subject Librarian,
Cardiff University. “Doing Something Different – Staff Development & Workplace
Learning at Cardiff University”
• Lou Wallace, Assistant Librarian, University of South Wales. “Ask a question.
Manning a virtual chat service through a university merger”.
This was the first time ALISS had attempted to organise an event in Wales and due to
low local demand and transport problems it proved difficult to attract as many delegates
as would have been liked. As a result of this, and the potential impact upon revenue, it
was decided to organise a second half day workshop event in London in February 2015.
A Christmas half day event was held in London on 16th December 2014. The theme was
‘Legal Deposit in the Digital Age.’ It included the following presentations:
• Legal Deposit in a Digital Age: an overview- Andrew Davis, Legal Deposit
Publisher Relations Manager, The British Library
• Building a Collection of the Historical UK Web for scholarly use Helen Hockx-Yu,
Head of Web Archiving, The British Library
• The Digital Documents Harvesting and Processing Tool (Document Harvester)
- Jennie Grimshaw, Lead Curator, Social Policy & Official Publications, The British
Library
Supporting Practitioners in Health and Social Care. Half Day Conference was held in
London on 11th February 2015. It was particularly designed to attract interest from
outside the higher education sector. Speakers included:
• Sue Jardine, Information Specialist, on How SCIE supports the information needs
of health and social care professionals
• Jo Wood, Cafcass – on developing an in-house library service for practitioners at
the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
• Margaret Anderson, Trials Search Coordinator, at Queens University.
Attendance at the AGM and Christmas event is free to members; the non-members fee is
£20. Attendance at the Summer Conference 2014 cost £90 for members and £105 for
non-members, £25 for students. The February half-day workshop cost £40 for members,
£30 for non-members.
Visits.

ALISS also has a very active programme of professional visits to libraries open to
members free of charge and to non-members at £5. Visits in 2014/15 included London
Zoological Society Library and archives; RIBA Library; Bodleian Library of
Commonwealth & African Studies at Rhodes House; Kenneth Ritchie Wimbledon Library
(part of Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum); Shakespeare’s Globe Archives; Royal
Holloway, University of London Archive Service; London Guildhall Library; Iniva (Institute
of International Visual Arts) Library; TUC Historical collections; Vaughan Williams
Memorial Library (English Folk Dance and Song Society - Library and archive) British
Library Newspaper and moving image collections; Lambeth Palace Library; St Paul’s
Cathedral Library.
Membership.
3. Membership & Attendance
2015 2014
Membership
Corporate membership 98 95
Individual 31 27
Student 1 0
Total 130 122
Attendance
Attendance at AGM 29 31
Attendance at Summer Conference 17 35
Attendance at Christmas event 28 28
Attendance at February workshop 34 28
Total 108 94
Journal
ALISS continues to publish its journal ALISS Quarterly which offers short topical articles
on recent professional developments. ALISS Quarterly is available in print (free to
members) and online. The current online issues are password protected and available to
members only. An archive from 2009- 2014 is freely available. Special Issues for 2014/15
included: Supporting staff and student development; 21st Century innovation; Creativity
and innovation in staff development; Supporting changing information needs.
This year we nominated for our best articles prize
“What did I do wrong”? Supporting independent learning practices to avoid plagiarism by
Helen Hathaway
Volume 9 (1)
University of Reading Library
https://alissnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/52034-vol-9-no-1-oct-2013.pdf
The University of Reading’s Teaching and Learning Development Fund supports a
number of projects each year to develop teaching and learning enhancements in line with

the university’s objectives and in 2012 funded the project What did I do wrong?”
Supporting independent learning practices to avoid plagiarism” - a joint bid from
International Study and Language Institute (ISLI) staff, a Study Adviser and the Library
Information skills
co-ordinator.
the second prize £25 was awarded to
Aston LIS experience of working with the Students’ Union’ by Angela Brady
Volume 9(2)
https://alissnet.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/52624-vol-9-no-2-jan-2014-proof.pdf
which gives examples of collaborative working with the student union to improve library
services
Website
Developed by Vicky Bird provides information on events and activities.
http://www.alissnet.org.uk. Twitter updates sent out regularly. A freescoop.it higher
education news service created and monthly new letters sent out.
Forthcoming Activities/ priorities
12th August Half day workshop on crowd sourcing and the Library
Visits to Institute of Development Studies, Museum of Rural Life (university of Reading)
Cafcass
.
Heather Dawson.
ALISS Secretary
h.dawson@lse.ac.uk

the university’s objectives and in 2012 funded the project What did I do wrong?”
Supporting independent learning practices to avoid plagiarism” - a joint bid from
International Study and Language Institute (ISLI) staff, a Study Adviser and the Library
Information skills
co-ordinator.
the second prize £25 was awarded to
Aston LIS experience of working with the Students’ Union’ by Angela Brady
Volume 9(2)
https://alissnet.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/52624-vol-9-no-2-jan-2014-proof.pdf
which gives examples of collaborative working with the student union to improve library
services
Website
Developed by Vicky Bird provides information on events and activities.
http://www.alissnet.org.uk. Twitter updates sent out regularly. A freescoop.it higher
education news service created and monthly new letters sent out.
Forthcoming Activities/ priorities
12th August Half day workshop on crowd sourcing and the Library
Visits to Institute of Development Studies, Museum of Rural Life (university of Reading)
Cafcass
.
Heather Dawson.
ALISS Secretary
h.dawson@lse.ac.uk