Members Present: Vanessa Burford, Barbara Cressman (Chair), Gail Egbers, Bob Fernekes, Jane
Rutherford, Meredith Smith, Rob Withers, and Haiwang Yuan.

We decided to continue to contribute software reviews to LIRT News, and members volunteered to write reviews for the remaining issues this year. The committee will develop a bibliography for this year's Annual LIRT Program. We submitted a revision of the CAC charge.

Members Present: Cynthia Akers, Anne Houston, Diane Hunter, Cindy Krolikowski (Chair), Stephanie Michel.

The committee discussed the 1999 Conference Program's format and proposed posssible speakers who will be contacted by the Chair.  Solicited poster sessions from LIRT Committee Members at the All Committees Meeting.  Committee members debated various titles for the program and  forwarded several of them to the the Steering Committee for discussion and a vote.

Members Present: Cynthia Akers, Diane Hunter, Anne Houston (Chair), Cindy Krolikowski.

Members discussed several ideas for the conference program for year 2000. Four ideas emerged to present to the Steering Committee as possible programs: library instruction techniues using the web; evaluation and assessment of instruction; teaching as performance; preparing high school students for college-level research.

Members Present:  Jonathan Helmke, Mari Ellen Leverence (Recorder), James Millhorn, and Janet Sheets (Chair).

The committee continued work on its annual "LIRT Top 20 Bibliographic Instruction Articles" project.  Beginning with a pool of 49 recommended articles, the committee selected the top twenty articles of 1998.  The list will be published in the next issue of LIRT News.  The committee accepted a request from the 1999 Program committee to compile a bibliography on adjusting teaching styles for an electronic classroom.  The bibliography will be distributed at the annual convention in New Orleans.

Since the committee finished its work in the first meeting, only the chair attended the second meeting of the committee.  The chair talked about the committee to two visitors.

Members Present:  Carol Derner (Chair), Carole Hinshaw, and Elizabeth Margutti.

The committee finalized the slate for LIRT Offices, l999-2000.  This includes candidates for Council about which we learned at Midwinter.  In order to change our calendar of activities to coincide with ALA's new schedule, the current committee will select the slate of candidates for 2000-2001.

Members Present: Angela Adolph, Mark Horan, Ellen Kessler, Kay Stebbins, Trisha Stevenson,  Sharon Lee Stewart (Chair), and Ed Tallent.  Visitor: David Ward.

After introductions and preliminary explanation of committee purpose, committee members picked instruction-related meetings outside of LIRT to attend and report on. Members were apprised of the suggestion that the committee should create an ongoing networking relationship with entities such as Literacy Assembly and the Public Library Association. More discussion of the committee's charge will be needed to clarify what type of networking the Steering Committee would like the Liaison committee to undertake.

Members Present: Alison Armstrong (Chair), Linda Chopra, Marsha Forys, Michael Poma, Linda Sammataro, Diana Shonrock, Mitch Stepanovich, Jennalyn Tellman, Dr. Mary Ann Tricarico, Judy Williams, Maggie Zarnosky.  Visitors: Charles Dintrore and Gale Burrow.

The committee discussed the 25th Anniversary and brainstormed ideas with Diana Shonrock who chairs the 25th Anniversary Task Force. Then the committee reviewed documents to be used to formulate the strategic plan, drafted the plan, and recommended three goals of the draft plan for the steering committee's consideration.  Asked the Executive Board to assign committees to appropriate tasks for these goals. Asked Steering to confirm the timing of the next retreat.

Visitors: Gale Burrow.

The committee reviewed the contents for upcoming LIRT News issues and discussed an ongoing project to prepare tip sheets for each of the kinds of articles ordinarily published in the newsletter. Members volunteered to attend, photograph, and compile a report on the LIRT Discussion Forum. Other members volunteered to solicit News-Bites items. The chair briefed the committee on the issue of advertising in the newsletter and solicited ideas for the 25th Anniversary.  In a second meeting, a subcommittee drafted tip sheets and reviewed the committee charge.

Members present: Marilyn Barr, Chuck Dintrone (Acting Chair), Elizabeth Margutti, and Mary Popp.

The status of the manual was discussed. Possible bylaws changes, especially the one on ALA Council were briefly mentioned.  Changes in the forms for volunteers and for committee memberships notification were approved. This led to some discussion about the breakdown in notification to committee members that they are on committees.

Publications Committee
Zary Mostashari, Chair, zmostash@hornet.liunet.edu

Members Present: Teresa Ashley, Mary Cassner, Harvey Gover (Past Chair), Jim Kapoun, Kelly Lawton (recorder), Zary Mostashari (Chair), Patience L. Sommonds, John Spencer,  Rebecca Spencer.

Visitor: Linda Chopra.

The committee discussed the status of the committee's bibliography of publishing opportunities in journals other than library journals.  The committee also began preparing a packet containing publications standards and an inventory of LIRT publications.

Members Present: Judy Clarence, Andy Corrigan (Chair), Tracy Hull, Carolyn Strickland, and Marilyn Whitmore.

Covered routine business of assigning responsibilities for Exhibit Booth and LIRT Bites at this summer's Annual Conference in New Orleans. As new measures to increase membership and member diversity, the committee will send liaisons to the New Members Round Table and will send LIRT ads and LIRT Bites announcements to a wide variety of librarians' listservs. Recommendations to the Steering Committee included funding an Internet connection and a PC at the booth in the exhibit hall at conference and exploring the possibility of a kiosk instead of a booth.

Members Present: Lenora Berendt (Chair), Rachel Fenske, Nerea Llamas, Elaine Norwick, Gina Persichini, Joan Ruelle, Kristin Strohmeyer, and Esteban Valdez.

The Research Committee finalized our latest project, a series of 'Teaching Tips' brochures on four instruction topics: Classroom Materials, Presentation Skills, Classroom Management and Technology in the Classroom. We plan to have the final drafts ready for distribution at the Annual Conference in New Orleans this summer.  We will be working with the Publicity/Membership Committee to make sure announcements are sent out to our membership. We udpated the Library Instruction Tutorials web pages in December, and we are beginning another new project soon on the topic of distance education.

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