VLA Council Sept. 18, 2015

Submitted by Terry Long

·         Jobline greatly contributes to the VLA bottom line

·         900 members of VLA

·         VLA/VALL meeting

o   477 registrations so far

o   28 people have signed up for the tour of the Va Supreme Court and library

o   72 of 75 booths have sold

o   New Member Forum will offer a pub crawl

·         2016 conference will be at the Homestead and 2017 conference will be in Norfolk

·         ALA is interested in offering VLA’s Presentation Academy to their larger membership

·         Lisa Varga, VLA’s Executive Director,  attended ALA Leadership Institute

·         VLA is considering establishing a writing academy similar to their presentation academy.

·         VLA Executive Board will write a letter to President Obama asking him to appoint a librarian as Librarian of Congress.

·         In October the Professional Associates Forum will ask for proposals for the 2016 conference