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by:
Rick Krumwiede
Terry Dawson
Minutes
of the System and Resource Library Administrators Association of Wisconsin
August 20, 2004
Cedar Creak Mall Center Court Meeting Room - Wausau, Wisconsin
A quorum was determined and the meeting was called to order by President, Jessica MacPhail at 10:04 a.m.
Present: Jessica MacPhail, Racine PL; Peter Hamon, South Central; Kathy Schneider, WILS; Sandy Robbers, IFLS; Jim Trojanowski, NWLS; David Weinhold, ESLS; Heather Eldred, WVLS; Tom Hennen, Waukesha LS; Mike Cross, DLTCL; Sally Drew, DLTCL; Janet Jennings, Superior, PL; Rick Krumwiede, OWLS; Bernie Bellin, Lakeshores LS; Mark Morse, L. E. Phillips Library; Mark Arend, Winnefox; David Polodna, WRLS; Walter Burkhalter, MWFLS; Michael Tyree, West Bend; and Ruth Ann Montgomery, ALS.
Proxies for the meeting are: Ruth Ann Montgomery for Karen Krueger; Rick Krumwiede for Terry Dawson; Mark Arend for John Nichols; and Peter Hamon for Barbara Dimick.
Members introduced themselves.
Changes to the agenda included the additions of an update on ILL by Sally Drew and an update on Superior Public library MOE by Mike Cross.
Minutes
Approval of the minutes of the June 18, 2004 meeting were moved by
David Polodna and seconded by Peter Hamon. Motion carried unanimously.
Treasurer's Report
The treasurer's report was presented by David Polodna. A fund balance
of $1,033.78 was reported. Jim Trojanowski moved approval and Rick
Krumwiede seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
System Aids in
the next budget cycle
System Aids in the next budget cycle was discussed. The letter from the
Milwaukee County Library System to Governor Doyle was reviewed and a chart
of Public Library System Aid was presented by Mike Cross. The estimates
on the System Aid charts for the next biennium are based on different
index level targets. Al Zimmerman will refine the numbers as they become
more definite. Systems are currently receiving an 8% index. To increase
Governor Doyle's interest in submitting an increase to system aids, several
systems have sent letters requesting increases. Tom Hennen said we need
votes from the legislature in order to get the increases and mentioned
the WLA conduit fund and asked for contributions. He suggested that increasing
our visibility at fundraisers for political candidates was an excellent
way to increase their awareness of the need to increase system aids. Peter
Hamon moved that every system write a letter to the Governor with a copy
to Elizabeth Burmaster to ask for a 10% index for system aids. Resource
sharing should be highlighted as one of the best benefits offered by library
systems in Wisconsin. Heather Eldred seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
Other suggestions for lobbying for system aid increases included meeting with the Governor and having individual libraries send letters in support of system funding level increases. Citizen letters of support were also suggested. Listening sessions for candidates was suggested as another way to get the word out.
The Chair of SRLAAW will write a letter to say this was passed unanimously. The letters will be sent to the Governor, Superintendent of Schools, Joint Finance and Education Committees of the Wisconsin legislature.
The subcommittee on OCLC and ILL has looked at the Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin models for ILL and by September 7 will get a statement together about problems and solutions that committee members have discovered. They will come back to SRLAAW with a report.
OCLC - ILL
Pete Hamon reported that South Central will change to World Cat for ILL
as soon as possible. He estimates that it costs $100,000 to do ILL currently.
OCLC is not being used by most systems for ILL. Most academics are using
OCLC. South Central gets about 40,000 requests from WISCAT. Lakeshores
libraries are also considering using World Cat and OCLC for ILL and some
of their librarians believe that WISCAT takes took long. Some of the Lakeshores
libraries were willing to pay for World Cat in 2005-2006. Wisconsin Valley
reported that only 2 of their libraries have OCLC and their libraries
would not be willing to pay for ILL. Heather said she does not want the
Wisconsin ILL system to dissolve. Mark Morse said that he does not want
to wreck the Wisconsin system of ILL. Sally Drew will meet with Peter
Hamon about the South Central situation on ILL. Kathy Schneider said that
all systems could use OCLC for ILL as a borrower, but few are suppliers
on OCLC.
DPI Reports
Update on ILL
Sally Drew gave an update on the ILL survey. It is being tested and will
go to a sample of school and public libraries by e-mail. The 2006 bid
process will choose a vendor for the next ILL contract. LITAC is looking
at various technology scenarios. A major upgrade of the Fretwell/Downing
software will be complete by the end of November. The upgrade will have
brokering function for clearinghouses, electronic document delivery; Z39.50
libraries will be able to screen requests for availability; screen for
type of material; and various other feature enhancements.
Gates Grants
Bob Bocher submitted a Gates grant. The Division will use $30,000 of the
grant for statewide staff training for Badgerlink and WISCAT.
The library directory is being sent to libraries in paper form. There is an electronic version on the DLTCL website.
Superior PL MOE
problem
Mike Cross spoke about the Maintenance of Effort problem. The Superior
Public library has had their budget cut by the City of Superior and below
the Maintenance of Effort level, making them out of compliance. Northern
Waters has started the process to notify Superior that they are out of
compliance. Mike Cross said the Division is looking at penalties for non-compliance.
The Division cannot penalize a library directly, except that they would
not be eligible for LSTA funds. The goal of the Division is to get the
library into compliance so there are no penalties.
Nominating committee
Bernie Bellin will chair the nomination committee for officers for SRLAAW
for 2005.
Meeting date
The next meeting of SLAAW will be December 3, place to be announced. The
meeting adjourned at 12:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted
Ruth Ann Montgomery
Secretary
