NOBLE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
Minutes of May 12, 2004
In Attendance:
Sue Koronowski, Kimberly Lynn, Ron Gagnon, Barbara Lachance, Linda Hummel-Shea,
Deborah Abraham, Doug Rendell and Mary Rose Quinn.
Call to Order:
Mary Rose Quinn called the meeting to order at 2:15pm.
Minutes: Doug Rendell
moved to approve the minutes of the March 10, 2004 meeting. Deb Abraham seconded the motion that passed
unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report:
We are 83% through the year and 74% through the budget. The Brightmail server was approved and is
now in the budget, fortunately there is extra money to cover this unanticipated
cost. Kimberly Lynn moved to approve
the report. Sue Koronowski seconded the
motion that passed unanimously.
Executive Director’s Report:
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Innovative Users
Group meeting in Boston had record-breaking attendance offering more than 100
sessions and exhibits. Elizabeth
Thomsen, Martha Driscoll and Michele Morgan each held programs sharing their
expertise.
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Ron Gagnon attended
MBLC meetings in April and May. In
April NOBLE received an additional $21,000 in grant funding for additional
routers. The Senate level-funded MBLC
staff. We’ll have to see what happens
next.
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The June 10 Tech Expo
has a great schedule. The agenda was
distributed.
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The City of Salem bid
is in process and will be opened next Wednesday morning.
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There has been no
action from the potential new NOBLE members although both Suffolk and Roxbury
Community College are still interested.
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The ILL center is in
the last year of the 3 year contract.
The contract sum to NOBLE will remain the same at $80,000.
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New collection
assessment reports are being run.
Libraries are now able to print out exactly what they need, and all
libraries have access to all reports.
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Elizabeth Thomsen and
Ron Gagnon attended the MODel preconference to MLA. NOBLE’s efforts were praised.
The project is off to a good start.
Libraries continue to add images.
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Elizabeth Thomsen
spoke at MLA on blogging.
Ron Gagnon reviewed
the status of the grant. Routers and
switches were installed at 10 libraries in April. Only Saugus is set up with the VLAN at this time. The initial grant funds have been
expended. More than $21,000 additional
dollars were received at the April MBLC meeting for 13 new routers. NOBLE needs to have access to an additional
$16,220 from the general capital account to implement the next phase of the
project. Linda Hummel-Shea moved to
approve the transfer of $16,220 from the general capital account to the cash
account to cover the cost of NOBLE’s grant contribution. Passed unanimously.
Elizabeth Thomsen
plans to return to China this summer to teach.
Linda Hummel-Shea moved to approve the special vacation request for
Elizabeth. Doug Rendell seconded the
motion that was passed unanimously.
Elizabeth’s last day is July 8.
She will return September 3. The
Executive Board wishes her a great trip and wonderful summer.
NOBLE is currently
researching options to increase Internet capacity. Our current connection is at maximum capacity. NOBLE still has another year on the contract
with Verizon. Level 3 contracts only go
from 2 lines to 4, nearly doubling the cost (to approximately $23,000). Minuteman has the same problem. They have opted to get a third line from
Towerstream. NOBLE could do the same
but would need a mega-router, and it could only be used for outgoing data. So far there is no good solution.
Kimberly Lynn has
agreed to continue as secretary. Tom
Scully has agreed to continue as treasurer.
Winthrop may be
funded. Lynn may be able to hire a few
part-time staff, but will probably not be certified because of their hours of
operation. Saugus will only get about
2/3 of their current budget.
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ERWG and Database
Quality are working together on a proposed policy.
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Collection Assessment
is meeting regularly and is trying to come up with a way to make the reports
more user-friendly.
Barbara LaChance
announced that NMRLS will be starting their strategic plan. She also noted that Merrimack College has
two full-time job openings.
Doug Rendell moved
that the meeting be adjourned at 4:20pm.
Kimberly Lynn seconded the motion that passed unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted by,
Kimberly Lynn
Secretary