NOBLE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
Minutes of February 11, 2004
In Attendance:
Doug Rendell, Sue Koronowski, Deborah Abraham, Kimberly Lynn, Tom Scully, Anne
Tullson, Ron Gagnon, Linda Hummel-Shea, Barbara Lachance, and Mary Rose
Quinn.
Call to Order:
Mary Rose Quinn called the meeting to order at 2:10pm.
Minutes: Deborah
Abraham moved to approve the minutes of the January 7, 2004 meeting. Doug Rendell seconded the motion that passed
unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report:
Tom Scully reported that the NOBLE budget is in good shape. There was a brief conversation about
possible new members. Linda Hummel-Shea
moved to approve the report. Doug Rendell
seconded the motion that passed unanimously.
Deborah Abraham made
a motion that the Executive Board approve the transfer of annual cd interest
into the capital account. Tom Scully
seconded the motion that passed unanimously.
Executive Director’s Report:
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The Governor’s Budget
level funds the MBLC but zeroed out the Telecommunications and Resource sharing
line.
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A Ways and Means
Budget Hearing was held at NSCC on February 6.
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The next Legislative
Breakfast is March 12. Mary Rose Quinn
will speak about network funding issues.
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All e-rate filings
are up to date.
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Two EBSCO meetings
held on the administrative interface as well as the products.
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Direct patron use of
the Virtual Catalog was implemented as voted at the last meeting.
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NOBLE submitted 76
out of a total of 1,223 III enhancement requests. Elizabeth Thomsen is a III functional expert and will be able to
exert her influence in prioritizing requests.
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The IUG annual
meeting is in Boston in April. Reduced
registration rates are available through NOBLE.
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3 new pcs and 2 flat
screen monitors were purchased for NOBLE staff.
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NOBLE hosted the
Network Administrators in January.
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Marilyn Graves and
Ron Gagnon attended two ILL center meetings regarding charging out-of-state
libraries for loans. The experiment was
a success with $912 in income and $607 in borrowing fees. The cost is $12/book. Also, Marilyn is working on ILL policies
with NMRLS and the other ILL center in Andover.
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Elizabeth Thomsen is
participating in NMRLS’ multi-lingual grant project.
The original Telecomm
Grant distribution funded all of the networks “first priorities.” NOBLE requested $126,622 and received
$42,400. The new grant proposal is for
the remainder of the original LSTA grant.
The funds will be available in the fall. Tom Scully moved to recommend to the members that NOBLE file this
grant application. Kimberly Lynn
seconded the motion that passed unanimously.
The Holds Committee
recommended deleting the word “popular” in section 2, fifth bullet, to read:
refrain from requesting titles in order to fill a display.
After a lengthy
discussion, the Executive Board agreed to support the change, but only because
the current technology does not enable library staff to know where (in what
library) their items are on display.
Tom Scully moved to
approve the Holds Committee recommendation.
Anne Tullson seconded the motion that passed unanimously.
The issue was then
referred to the Collection Management committee with the charge to explore
options for loaning items for displays.
Sixty-five libraries
were granted waivers; twelve with “reservations.” Discussion ensued about the Winthrop Library that is scheduled to
close July 1.
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Mary Rose Quinn
reported on adding different search options to the catalog as well as a link to
a FAQ about the catalog.
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Other groups are
currently scheduling meetings.
Doug Rendell moved to
adjourn the meeting at 5:00pm. Tom
Scully seconded the motion that passed unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted by,
Kimberly Lynn
Secretary