WESS Scandinavian Discussion Group

Meeting Agenda

ALA Midwinter Conference, San Diego

Sunday, 11 January 2004

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Bay Room, Holiday Inn on the Bay

Revised 6 January 2004

I. Welcome, introductions and announcements (including vendors’ announcements)

II. Report (brief) on Scandinavian studies at the University of Minnesota.

III. SASS update. The 2004 SASS (Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study) conference will be held in Redondo Beach, California (seven miles from Los Angeles International Airport), April 15-17. Who is going? Will there be critical mass for a librarians’ lunch? Preliminary information on the SASS Conference can be found at: http://sass04.humnet.ucla.edu/.

IV. Discussion topic: multi-institutional collection-development plan for Scandinavian Studies in North America, including criteria for approval plans, subject parameters, osv.

V. Discussion topic: whither shall we go with the DG?

VI. Any other business