Index and Bibliography Series Editor Annual Report 2022

submitted by Lois Kuyper-Rushing

Current Roster

  • Lois Kuyper-Rushing, editor

List of Previous Goals and Progress Made

  1. This is my first report so I have no previous goals.

List of Future Goals

  1. Clarify and enhance the information on the MLA website concerning the Index and Bibliography Series.
    • Objective 3.4 “Reflect DEIA principles in MLA’s leadership, membership, core values, mission, strategies and operations.” By clarifying the language, adding more description to the proposal guidelines and evaluating and reposting the video discussion of how to approach a book proposal, we are making this publishing opportunity more accessible to those who aren’t already involved in publishing activities.
    • Jim Zychowicz and the other series editors have discussed this as work we hope to do this year.
  2. Speak at MLA Annual as well as at Chapter meetings to recruit authors who may have never considered themselves authors in the past.
    • The closest objective that this would speak to is Objective 1.4, “Review MLA’s publications and determine if these publications support MLA’s strategy.”
    • I have submitted a proposal to speak at SEMLA this fall and the other editors and I submitted a proposal to be on the MLA annual meeting agenda in 2023.