NOBLE

MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION MEETING

AT ABBOT PUBLIC LIBRARY, MARBLEHEAD

JUNE 23, 2005

PRESENT: Nineteen libraries were represented at the meeting, attendance sheet attached.

CALL TO ORDER: Mary Rose Quinn called the meeting to order at 10:15. She welcomed Rob Maier and John Arnold from MBLC who will be hosting a Key Issues Forum at the end of the general meeting. In coming president, Sue Koronowski, presented Mary Rose with a gift and thanked her for her dedication and hard work during her term as NOBLE president.

Sue announced Executive Board Members for FY 2006: Linda Hummel-Shea, VP; Mary Rose Quinn, Treasurer; Martha Holden, Secretary; At-large Members, Deborah Abraham, Dennis Kelley, Doug Rendell, Elisabeth Tully and Barbara Lachance.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Ruth Urell moved to approve the Minutes from the May 26th meeting. Doug Rendell seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

TREASURER’S REPORT: Doug Rendell reported as of May 31^st the budget is 83% expended. Linda Shea moved to accept the treasurer’s report. Deborah Abraham seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

MANAGERS’ REPORT:

Ronald Gagnon –

· Ron passed around the Member Directory for updating.

· MBLC commissioners will be voting on July 7^th on the federated search software and hardware server grants.

· Ron and Elizabeth leaving tomorrow for ALA Conference. They will meet with vendors to discuss software options and will participate in the EBSCO Advisory Group and Innovative Update sessions.

· Ron and Elizabeth participated in the N.E. Document Conservation Center’s School for Scanning conference earlier this month.

· NOBLE’s annual Tech Expo was held June 9^th. Approximately 100 attendees throughout the day.

· Ron and Elizabeth attended the Legislative Summit for libraries hosted by MLA in Worcester.

Elizabeth Thomsen –

· On June 12^th - June 16^th Elizabeth served as a mentor at the Leadership Institute held at Endicott College.

· Working on a new project to gather information on NOBLE libraries. Therefore, will be asking directors for a brief description of their libraries.

· Summer Reading lists almost complete.

· As a follow up to the Tech Expo EBSCO session, any library that would like to review their EBSCO profile should contact Elizabeth during the summer to arrange a meeting.

· Conducting usability studies with selected libraries over the summer on database searching in preparation for federated search project.

· Reported there have been significant developments in federated search products. She asked if anyone comes across any new information please forward to Elizabeth.

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Martha Driscoll -

· Reported on the telecommunications upgrade. The network cutover to our new T-3 line scheduled for June 11th was cancelled due to Verizon not having their work completed in time. Tentatively rescheduled for Saturday, July 9^th.

· Working on annual statistics and should be ready mid-July.

Mary Rose congratulated libraries that had their overrides passed and budgets funded.

ADJOURNMENT:

Barbara Lachance made a motion to adjourn. Dennis Kelley seconded the motion. The general meeting adjourned at 10:30.

Respectfully submitted,

Martha Holden

Secretary

KEY ISSUES FORUM – Rob Maier, Director MBLC and John Arnold, Chairman MBLC

As part of the initial phase of a new strategic planning process for the MA Board of Library Commissioners, libraries are being invited to participate in “key issues forums”. At the forums libraries are asked to comment on several issues: how current Board programs have helped their library be successful, how services provided could be improved, what your library’s needs are, what services not currently offered would help your library succeed, and challenges libraries face from their funding agency.

Development and organization of the key issues will take place during July or August. A task force will be appointed in the fall to prioritize the issues, goals and objectives.