An annual meeting hosted by a member institution is held each spring. Here members have a chance to meet one another to discuss matters of mutual interest and concern, and have a unique opportunity to get an insider's view of the host institution.

The yearly meetings have included lectures on the care and preservation of collections, computer systems and services, as well as talks on garden literature and botanical art. Individual programs and a business meeting are regularly complemented by site visits to neighboring gardens and historic locales.

Members of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries are invited
to attend CBHL's 44^th Annual Meeting in 2012.

NEXT ANNUAL MEETING:
2013 Annual Meeting

Theme

A Study in Green: Horticultural and Botanical Educations for All Ages

Dates and Location

Conference
Tuesday, May 7 to Friday, May 10, 2013
East Lansing, Michigan, USA

MSU has a deep horticultural and agricultural background. Founded in 1855, the Michigan Agricultural College was one of the first colleges in the United States to teach scientific agriculture, and in 1862 was established as the first land grant college by the Morrill Act. In 1964 our name changed to Michigan State University. Throughout our history, degrees in agriculture, horticulture, botany and forestry have been scholarly pursuits of our students. We are known nationally for being the alma mater of Liberty Hyde Baily and Ulysses P. Hedrick, the home of horticulturalist/botanist/forester William James Beal, and educating in part 19 men who became president of the American Society of Horticultural Science.

The MSU campus is a grand park-like campus, a planned design that is continuously upheld and maintained to this day. In total it is about 5200 acres, with 2100 acres in existing or planned development. We are known nationally for our 4-H Children’s Garden and Clarence E. Lewis Landscape Arboretum, and we have four more distinct horticultural demonstration gardens around the campus (perfect for visiting in the late spring!), and the MSU Herbarium, founded in 1863 and one of the 50 largest in the United States.

The greater Lansing/East Lansing area boasts numerous public parks, gardens, and nature centers. Farther attractions are The Kellogg Biological Station at Gull Lake to the west, the Henry Ford Estate-Fair Lane, landscape designed by Jens Jensen (due to reopen in 2013) to the east, and Hidden Lake Gardens to the southeast.

Member Presentation Theme

One way to advance and promote your library and your resources is through innovation. This year's members' presentation theme will allow having hands-on demonstration about how a botanical and horticultural library may create "new things with old stuff" and "new things with new stuff"!

      »»»Call for presentations

Do you have special ways that you set up information displays or exhibits for your patrons?
Have you evolved from a paper-based to electronic notification system of new library materials, programs and services? Care to share how you do that?
If you are library volunteer, how do you stay in touch with your library and collection, your colleagues, the patrons and their needs?
As a librarian, how do you stay up to date with the literature to keep the collection (print, electronic?) current and useful?
For those of you with historic collections - the "old stuff" - how do you "bring it back alive" for a newer generation, showing and teaching them how it was done and why it's relevant today?

To be part of this program, please contact Suzi Teghtmeyer (suzirt@ gmail.com)
before January 31^st, 2013
with the following information:

Name: Title: Institution: Presentation title: Abstract: Presentation length: After confirmation, presenters will be required to submit a short bio.

Host

The Michigan State University Libraries

MSU has a deep horticultural and agricultural background. Founded in 1855, the Michigan Agricultural College was one of the first colleges in the United States to teach scientific agriculture, and in 1862 was established as the first land grant college by the Morrill Act. In 1964 our name changed to Michigan State University. Throughout our history, degrees in agriculture, horticulture, botany and forestry have been scholarly pursuits of our students. We are known nationally for being the alma mater of Liberty Hyde Baily and Ulysses P. Hedrick, the home of horticulturalist/botanist/forester William James Beal, and educating in part 19 men who became president of the American Society of Horticultural Science.

      »»»MSU Libraries website
      »»»CBHL Newsletter article in the 2012 December issue