1. Introductions 15 min
2. Review of last year's (October 2008) minutes? 15 min (Please send me the copy Click here)
3. "How best to reconcile the increasing costs of South Asian acquisitions with the decreasing acquisitions budgets at universities" (Mary Rader, Merry Burlingham, Laila Mulgaonkar-LC) 60 minutes
   + 15 minutes discussion / break
4. Move of CONSALD website to Bluehost as consald.org - an information session by Philip McEldowney. See also http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/southasianlibrarians 20 min.
5. The discussion of Budget Matters - Andrea Singer 20 min.
6. Co-Chair Proposal - Liladhar Pendse and Jeff Martin 20 min.
7. Bibliography of Asian Studies Updates - Aruna 10 min.
8. An update on DSAL/DDSA/SAUC and describe our most recent and near-future proposals covering historical audio recordings, maps and GIS, images, and the pre-Independence Census of India. Jim Nye 30 min.
9. Charleston Advisor and database reviews - by James Simon. 20 min.
   Background:
   Since January 2008, CRL member institutions have had free access to the Charleston Advisor (http://www.charlestonco.com/), a journal that publishes critical reviews of online resources for libraries. CRL and TCA work together to expand and enhance The Charleston Advisor as a source of trustworthy and authoritative evaluations of electronic scholarly resources and services. By working together CRL and TCA expect to make available to the collection development community more analytical information about electronic resources and in-depth analysis of the archiving provisions that stand behind those resources.
   TCA is interested to hear from the CRL community regarding the particular kinds of database products to review within its journal, plus offers the opportunity for individuals or groups to assess particular databases. These can include commercial as well as non-commercial sources.
   Is SAMP/CONSALD interested in contributing feedback to TCA on particular products? This may be an opportunity for our South Asian cohorts to contribute as well.
10. South Asian Language Periodicals Online - Sam Wright. 20 min.
    Background: This item will discuss the possibility of creating an online database for South Asian language periodicals. While South Asian language periodicals are usually of low cost, many titles are often dispersed throughout a number of institutions or are of low usage but high value. An online database would allow for access to the complete run of a periodical and would allow for enhanced browsing/searching within a periodical. [See: An Overview of OCR Research in Indian Scripts (http://bit.kuas.edu.tw/~ijcses/v2/n2/v2-2-9.pdf)]
    ** This agenda item aims to form a working group that would initiate a pilot project for creating this resource.
    ** Additional materials will be distributed at the meeting.
    Note that OCR of South Asian scripts is not fully available yet.
11. Ending of the meeting. 5 min.

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Other Events

Wednesday March 25, 2009 4:00-5:50 pm Chicago Ballroom 10
Joint Asian Librarians Liaison Committee and CEAL sponsored session
"Interdisciplinary and Border Crossing Research in a Digital Age"
Panelists: Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Professor of History, University of California, Irvine, and editor of the Journal of Asian Studies; David Magier, Associate University Librarian for Collection Development, Princeton University; Ken Wissoker, Editorial Director, Duke University Press; Michael Duckworth, Associate Publisher (Humanities, Cultural & Film Studies), Hong Kong University Press

Friday, March 27, 2009 7-9 pm South Asia Microfilm Project (SAMP) Business Meeting
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers 301 East North Water St. Arkansas Room

Dinner Thursday, March 26 2009 6:15 pm
The Indian Garden
247 E. Ontario Street, 2nd Floor Chicago IL 60611 Phone: 312-280-4910
Menu:
   Appetizers: Veg. Samosa, Cashewnut roll (both are veg)
   Chicken: Murg Makhani
   Lamb: Bhuna Ghosht
   Vegetarian: Navratan Korma, Baigan Bharta
   Sides: Pulao, Naan
   Desserts: Gulab Jamun, Kulfi (choice of pistachio or mango)
   Drinks: Soda (alcohol is not included)

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