NOBLE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
Minutes of June 11, 2003
In
Attendance: Anne Tullson, Tom Scully, Deborah Abraham, Mary
Rose Quinn, Marjorie Hill-Devine, Linda Hummel-Shea, Kimberly Lynn, Ron Gagnon.
Call
to Order: Deborah Abraham called the meeting to order at
2:05pm.
Minutes: Tom Scully moved to approve the minutes of
the May 7th meeting. Mary Rose Quinn
seconded the motion. The minutes were
approved unanimously.
Treasurer's
Report: Kimberly Lynn moved to approve the Treasurer's
Report. Mary Rose Quinn seconded the
motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Executive
Director's Report
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Tech Expo is tomorrow, June 12th.
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Catalog redesign is scheduled for August 8th. Training is scheduled.
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The MBLC has $340,000 left in the
telecommunications and resource sharing line item. NOBLE may receive $30,000 of it.
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Ron Gagnon will speak at the library bond bill
hearing at the State House. The bill
calls for one million dollars a year for the next three years in additional
network telecomm funds. This translates
into approximately $100,000 a year for NOBLE.
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Lynn branches close this week. NOBLE staff are working to accommodate the
changes in delivery, pickup points, etc.
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NOBLE is working with Innovative on the response
time patch and a training system patch.
It was discussed that libraries are required to use the Clear Hold Shelf
function. NOBLE will clear the backlog
of 70,000 titles. This may have an
impact on response time.
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Minuteman is coming up on Innovative later this
month.
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NOBLE began participation in the Virtual Catalog
on June 1st.
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There are currently four director vacancies at
NOBLE libraries: Endicott, Salem State, Gordon and Bunker Hill. Mary Todd is the new director in Stoneham
and Lorraine Jackson will be the new director in Salem as of June 18th.
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Elizabeth Thomsen, Marilyn Graves, and Ron Gagnon
will be at ALA in Toronto June 20-24th.
Marjorie Hill-Devine moved to accept the
resignation of Tom Cesarz who has taken a new position in Connecticut. Tom Scully seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
After some discussion, Linda Hummel-Shea
nominated Mary Rose Quinn to fill Tom Cesarz’ vacated position of
Vice-President/President-Elect. Kimberly
Lynn seconded the motion that passed unanimously. Further discussion ensued on filling the position Mary Rose
vacates. The Board will meet at 9:45am
on Thursday, June 15th before the members meeting to vote on a
nominee to recommend to the membership.
NOBLE’s new member fee was revisited. Tom Scully moved that the new member fee for
joining NOBLE remain at $25,000. Linda
Hummel-Shea seconded the motion. The
motion passed unanimously.
Tom Scully moved to recommend to the membership
to accept Phillips Andover as a member of NOBLE. Marjorie Hill-Devine seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
NOBLE did not receive the Verizon grant. Deborah Abraham will look for other agencies
to fund the project. Cisco now has a
web application that is different from the print version. Ron Gagnon is making the appropriate changes
for submission.
The meeting adjourned at 3:40pm.
Respectfully submitted by,
Kimberly Lynn
Secretary