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ates, (2) fostering networking among students at 
meetings, and (3) providing inducements for 
promising students to form associations with the 
Society. 
Mentoring Ideas 
Holding a round table or panel discussion by 
successful undergraduate mentors on techniques 
and challenges in fostering student research in 
ornithology. Topics might include resolving risk 
management issues, balancing student indepen¬ 
dence and quality scholarship, and directing 
undergraduates prior to tenure. 
Sharing information on teaching ornithology to 
undergraduates, including laboratory modules and 
syllabi. 
Supporting faculty who bring undergraduates to 
national meetings by having the Society send 
letters of acknowledgement and thanks to deans or 
provosts at their home institutions. 
Networking Ideas 
Offering a student bird walk or social event 
during the day early in a meeting. Invite amateur 
ornithologists, if available, to mix with students. 
Encourage students to attend Society Business 
Meetings through creative scheduling as at 
Kearney. 
Potential Further Inducements 
Encouraging Fuertes and Stewart award win¬ 
ners to present results of their work at a Wilson 
meeting by giving preference in travel grants or 
offering separate travel funds. 
The web site for the Society offers information 
on graduate programs in ornithology as a service 
to interested undergraduates. In the last months, 
several students contacted me by e-mail with 
questions and suggestions after using the WOS 
home page. Centralized and up-to-date informa¬ 
tion on summer and other research opportunities 
for beginning students are available elsewhere on 
the web. My information on graduate programs is 
stale, and the WOS home page is not impressive 
or “sticky.” Given the maturity of the web and 
competition from other sites, how much effort 
should WOS direct to its web site? 
Douglas W. White, Chair 
REPORT OF THE JOSSELYN VAN TYNE 
MEMORIAL LIBRARY COMMITTEE 
The following statistics attest to the work done 
by Janet Hinshaw and others on our behalf as staff 
for the WOS library (Van Tyne Library at the 
LJniversity of Michigan, Museum of Zoology). 
Acquisitions 
Exchanges. —W r e received 119 publications by- 
exchanges with 95 organizations or individuals. 
We have lost several exchanges in the past few 
years and subscribed to several to keep them 
current. 
Gifts .—We received 26 publications as gifts 
from 23 organizations. 
Subscriptions .—We also received 31 publica¬ 
tions from 23 subscriptions, spending a total of 
$997.08 on subscriptions in 2010. 
Donations .—Donations received included 215 
items from the World Museum. Liverpool; the 
South African Ornithological Society; and The 
Peregrine Fund. 
Purchases. —The library purchased 26 journal 
volumes and 11 books, for $459.26. 
Dispersals 
Sales .—Five books were sold, bringing in a 
total of $70. 
Gifts to Other Institutions .—In an effort to 
reduce our inventory of back issues of The Wilson 
Bulletin , issues were offered to interested organi¬ 
zations. Of 1,334 journal issues donated to three 
organizations, 11 went to the South African 
Ornithological Society, 661 to Northern Michigan 
University, and 662 to The Peregrine Fund. 
Use of Resources 
During the past year 15 loans of 62 books, and 
photocopies and scans of articles were sent to 12 
members. We remind members that we can lend 
books or provide paper or electronic copies of 
articles from items in the library. 
Thank Yous 
I thank our student library worker, Theresa 
Gorman, for day-to-day operations and our 
secretary. Fritz Paper, for assistance with photo¬ 
copying. I thank Janet Hinshaw for providing 
these data for us and for the efficient and 
important work she is doing for us and the greater 
ornithological community. 
Jerome A. Jackson. Chair 
REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC 
PROGRAM COMMITTEE 
The Committee on the Scientific Program 
consisted of WOS Second Vice-President Robert 
