Additional information will be available by the ALA Annual Conference in June. Finally, the Executive Committee continues to explore ways to communicate with section membership. Development of content for the new discussion list is ongoing. Those interested in a low-traffic way to stay in touch with ULS activities are encouraged to join the list. Mary Jackson from ARL reported on the status of interlibrary loan and document delivery initiatives, standards development, and upcoming conferences.
New libraries join weekly and work continues on developing quality assurance guidelines.
Experiences and results varied quite a bit. There will be ARL workshops on LibQual in Washington, D.C. and Seattle this year. Hiring, retaining, and working with Generation X and Generation Y librarians is an issue of increasing visibility to many participants. Suggestions for retention and working with new librarians were discussed, including sharing expertise and energy and developing cross-mentoring projects. Finally, Eileen Gardiner and Ronald Musto spoke about their ACLS History E-Book Project forthcoming in the summer of 2001.