Present: Camilla Glynn Healey, Ron Gagnon, Dennis Kelley, Tom Cesarz, Alyce Deveau, Sue Koronowski, Pat Cloherty, Deborah Abraham, Bonnie Strong, Marjorie Hill-Devine, Doug Rendell, John Beauregard.

Call to order-

Marjorie called the meeting to order at 2:00.

Minutes of August 11, 1999 were approved.

Motion by Deborah Abraham, second by Camilla Glynn Healey.

Treasurer’s report was presented and accepted. Dennis Kelley asked about the annual audit.

Marjorie presented the salary review of NOBLE staff discussed at the previous meeting. She reviewed the original Personnel Committee recommendation and the most recent recommendation of the Executive Board. The Personnel board after careful review of the situation has again recommended we consider their original proposal. Salary charts for the positions were again reviewed; comparable positions that had recently been advertised and filled were discussed.

Pat Cloherty moved that the final recommendation of the Personnel Committee which include an increase in the range and the addition of steps for each position be accepted Tom Cesarz seconded.

Discussion included:

Salary ranges of NOBLE staff would remain consistent, although the positions include a variety of specific duties, the range of responsibility are similar, all felt it was in the best interest of NOBLE to support the recommendation. It was pointed out that the PC Support Specialist position was different than the System Manager and that the same range of steps be implemented using last years salary as the first step, with a 5% increase each year.

The vote was unanimous to accept the Personnel Committee recommendation.

Ron reported that the per-user figure continues to fluctuate as libraries adjust their number of users.

Ron explained the proposed policy omits out of date requirements that had been in place to address specific GEAC issues. NOBLE staff was trying to update the written policy to more accurately reflect present procedures.

Pat Cloherty moved to table with reconsideration in the near future, seconded by Tom Cesarz, the vote was unanimous.

The Patron Policy Working Group (PPWG) has been discussing how to best utilize the additional number of PCODES NOBLE has purchased from III. These additional PCODES will enable us to provide consistency with our statistical data as we move to the new system. Due to the mid year implementation they will allow us to maintain old methods of tracking to provide statistics for the first half of the year and also allow to track additional info in the future.

Pat Cloherty asked about data collection of ILL’s to and from by community for the ARIS reports. NOBLE will make sure they are available.

This group has been working to develop a prototype catalog and examining design issues to make it user friendly. This catalog utilizes web-page-formatting (html) and can be changed on site by our staff. Example screens were distributed.

Bonnie Strong asked about the possibility of the pre-stamp in the call number being in a separate field, Ron will investigate.

The group recommends that after an item is six months overdue, record be suppressed, upon check-in the record would re-appear. The Executive Board agreed with the recommendation.

Parameters have begun being submitted to III; a database of 100,000 items will be used to test the data conversions.

There was a request to have NOBLE staff investigate slowness of system, and Internet connections.

Camilla Glynn Healey moved to adjourn, Pat Cloherty seconded.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:50.

Respectfully Submitted.

Sue Koronowski

Secretary