CONNECTICUT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Executive Board Meeting

October 4, 2007

Cragin Memorial Library – Colchester

 

 

I.                    The meeting was called to order at 10:05 a.m. by President Carl Antonucci.

 

II.                 Board Introductions:  Members of the Board introduced themselves.

 

III.               Public Comments/Notes from CLA Office: Carl Antonucci read and passed around a letter pertaining to “Autobiographies for Seniors” a program being offered to interested Connecticut libraries.

 

IV.              Additions to Agenda/Action Items: none.

 

V.                 Votes Taken: Peter Ciparelli moved to accept the minutes of the September 9, 2007 meeting.  Ted Wilmot seconded.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

VI.              President’s Report: Carl Antonucci reported that he has been working with the Conference Co-Chairs and Conference Committee on an author’s showcase and other programs for the 2008 conference.  He is using his column in Connecticut Libraries to promote the event.

 

VII.            Treasurer’s Report: no report

 

VIII.         Past President’s Report: no report

 

IX.              VP/President Elect: no report

 

X.                 Section/Committee Reports:

 

ACLB: Stan Siegel reported 160 people are registered for next week’s Trustee’s Boot Camp in Westbrook.

 

ADA: Mary Engel reported on the success of the September 25th “Employment and the ADA” program in Farmington.  She reminded the Board that the ADA and Public Libraries Sections are co-sponsoring a workshop on October 24 on services of the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, also in Farmington.

 

                  Awards: Carl Antonucci noted that this committee still needs a chair.

 

                  CEMA: Chris Bradley reminded the Board that the new name for this group is 

Connecticut Association of School Librarians, CASL.

 

CLASS: John Cayer reported that registration is underway for the CLASS “Career Renewal 2007” conference November 2, 2007. He also reported that his committee is working with the Personnel committee to help establish a new minimum salary guideline.  Alice Knapp (Personnel) indicated that her committee will use information from the CLASS salary survey to help establish the guidelines, and that this information will be available in the spring of 2008.

 

CLC: Chris Bradley reported that a schedule of CAPCON training session has been published and the first session will be held at Manchester Community College October 11th.  She informed the Board that on October 22, a representative from LibLime will speak at North Haven Public Library on Open Source; Kathy Leeds will speak to the CLC Library Manager’s group October 24th; and an InfoAnytime Summit will address marketing strategies for the program on October 25th.  Chris presented the group with an idea of “how to…” programs that public libraries could sponsor to help consumers learn how to use new technology such as web cams, ipods,

digital photography, etc.

 

CSL: Sharon Brettschneider distributed a report to the Board that included on Tom Newman’s guide on WebJunction describing State library services and the services of CLC. Also highlighted was the highly successful National Book Festival in Washington, DC with approximately 120,000 attendees, Trustees Boot Camp, and the iConn goal of being “searchable” through Google. Sharon also informed the Board that she and Ken Wiggin met with Connecticut Education Network (CEN) and the Department of Information Technology about procedures and setting policy regarding requests for information, such as IP addresses, from law enforcement.   She also reported that the governor has not signed the bonding package that includes $10 million in public library construction funding ($5 million to be used in distressed communities).

 

Children’s: Gail Zeiba reported on the success of the Children’s roundtable

“Jump into MySpace!” which earned $1,450.00 for CLA.

 

College & University: John Leonetti reported that 32 are registered for the Social Networking program scheduled for October 19th.

 

Conference 2008: Paula Cook reminded committee and section chairs that conference forms with program information are due 10/31.

 

Development:  Barbara Bailey reported that the committee is meeting immediately following this CLA Board Meeting.

 

Editorial: On behalf of David Kapp, Carol Abatelli reminded the Board that October 12th is the deadline for the November newsletter and that David welcomes book reviews for the December issue.

 

Friends: Anita Wilson forwarded a written report highlighting National Friends of the Library Week – October 21-27 and a program about how to keep your volunteers to be held in Glastonbury.  The report also stated that the annual membership campaign for Friends has begun.

 

Legislative: Peter Ciparelli reported that the committee is working on dates for receptions to honor legislators who have supported CLA this past session; that a draft of the CLA legislative agenda will be presented at the November CLA Board Meeting; and the committee is looking for a co-chair to work with Suzanne Maryeski for the legislative breakfast to be held in  February or March 2008.

 

Membership: Janet Woycik gave the breakdown of numbers in each membership category for a total of 707 CLA members to date.

 

NELA: Mary Etter encouraged the Board to consider attending and participating in the activities scheduled at the NELA Conference in Sturbridge next week.

 

Procedures: Sandy Brooks indicated that she is working to update the by-laws.

 

Publicity: Betty Anne Reiter gave an update on a previously reported proposal she received from the Community Foundation’s “One Book for Every Child.”  She stated that the program is extremely involved for a statewide project and therefore the committee decided to implement it as a demo project in Eastern Connecticut to see how well it works.

 

Public Libraries: Hali Keeler reported for Claudia Cayne that this committee is working with ADA on the upcoming “What’s better than Netflix®? “Not Flicks” program from the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped on 10/24 in Farmington.

 

Regional Representative Reports: none

 

XI.              Old Business: none

 

XII.            New Business:

 

Carl Antonucci read an email from CLC regarding the confusion surrounding the

term “roundtable” when used by CLA on its web page.  To help minimize confusion,

CLC asked that they retain the term for their use and asked that CLA use a difference

term such as “committee” to describe its workshops/programs.  Discussion followed.  It was pointed out that a name change would require a by-laws change and vote to be taken at the Annual Meeting in April.  The Development Committee will discuss this issue and bring recommendations back to the Executive Committee

 

 

 

Hali Keeler informed the Board that Three Rivers Community College LTA Program is offering 2 courses this Fall: Cataloging and Public Services and Carl Antonucci reported for Karen DeLoatch Capital Community College  LTA Program is offering 2 courses this fall: Public Services and Internship . There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:15.  

 

Attendees: Paula Cook, Kirsten Kilbourn, Vivian Bordeaux, Jamie Hammond, John Leonetti, Carol Abatelli, Stan Siegel, Gerald Seagrave, Sharon Brettschneider, Mary Engels, Sandy Brooks, John Cayer, Jay Johnston, Betty Anne Reiter, Gail Zeiba, Alice Knapp, Mary Etter, Chris Bradley, Janet Woycik, Siobhan Grogan, Hail Keeler, Theresa Conley, Peter Ciparelli, Ted Wilmot, Barbara Bailey, Kathy Leets, Carl Antonucci, Alison Wang, Janet Fisher.

 

                                                                              Respectfully Submitted,

 

                                                                              Pamela Najarian

                                                                              Recording Secretary