March 24, 2000 -- SCLS Auditorium

K. Molloy, A. Lehner, A. Feitzinger, S. Stevens, D. Englehardt, A. Schelp, K. Miller, D. Miller, M. Fusco, S. Ketcham, R. McEneaney, M. Jurow, C. Gray, J. Kaleda, M. Weiss, B. Scheier, K. Acierno, S. Johnson, R. Capitanio, B. Sussman, E. Hayes, D. Bucher, J. Olney, L. Tesoriero

Treasurer's Report:
A. Feitzinger reported a balance of $4,643.96. Tax exempt forms can only be used by SCLA, not the divisions. Budgets forms are being prepared for all of the committees to help keep track of expenditures.

President's report:
L. Tesoriero reported. She complimented the divisions on the newsletters, which are well done and informative. Special thanks to Ken Miller and Renee Capitiano for their outstanding efforts with the SCLA newsletter. Kerri Acierno is the newest liason on the Executive Board. She will be the School Library System liason. David Miller, a school media specialist at Ward Melville High School and Janet Barr, Director of Eastern Suffolk Boces School Library System will be SLA representatives who attend the SCLA Executive Meetings. We are working on new membership cards, specifically the Collectible Year 2000 card. New Letterhead is in the works as well. The goal is to have them ready for the Long Island Library Conference to be picked up in person.Others can be mailed. Member's at large will be asked to discuss their activities under New Business. James Olney has been working on some specific projects which he will discuss under new business.

DASL:
S. Ketcham reported. DASL is continuing to work on getting another guest speaker for the conference program. The author scheduled is not available tp speak for such a limited amount of time. DASL may just go with the one speaker, which is already lined up.

RASD:
J. Kaleda reported. The Media Committee has established a listserv for its members, which is being well used. Next meeting is May4th at Comsewouge. Long Island History Committee has scheduled a slide show and walking tour of the Northport area for April 27th. Cost is $8.00, and reservations can be made with Barbara Johnson at Northport. There are plans to form a new committee dealing with Electronic Refernce Resources and a finalized mission statement is in the works. Goals include sharing experiences such as choosing electronic products, discussing how these products affect reference service and training issues. RASD will sponsor two programs at the LI Library Conference. Library Ethics and Marketing to Seniors. The annual dinner is scheduled for June 15th at the Watermill Inn. The speaker is yet to be determined. RASD historian continues to collect minutes and other printed materials from the various committees. RASD is concentrating on making all printed materials accessible in alternative formats.

CATS:
D. Fabiszak emailed his report. The next program will be Genre Cataloging, held March 30. Also, the CATS board met and discussed the possibilty of having a member of CATS start a clerical division and it was felt it was not really within CATS' scope. It is hoped SCLA will consider a Round Table program fro groups such as "Business Staff" or "Circualtion Staff". It is also requested that a current membership list be posted on SCLA web server as excel files that can be accessed by division presidents.

YASD:
No report.

Archive:
S. Johnson reported. She is spending a lot of time sorting throught the materials. Found 1980 and 1981 Fall Dinner files which included where everyone sat and what they ate. D. Englehardt and S. Johnson will continue to work on the archives and are in need of supplies. There are also newsletters from 1975 and 1976 available if anyone would like them.

Constitution and Bylaws:
No report.

Continuing Education:
C. Gray reported. The next meeting will be on April 11th. Work continues on the packets for the Weed and Feed workshop.

Fall Dinner:
No report.

Intellectual Freedom:
M. Weiss reported. The Holland, Michigan ordinace that would have required filters was defeated by an unofficial vote of 55 to 45. On 2/17, the Michigan Senate unanimously passed a billrequiring public libraries to use "computer filters, parental supervision or other methods" to prevent children from viewing "harmful" material on the Internet. A spokeperson for the Herrick District Library believes the bill endorses the library's "tap on the shoulder" policy. An articles in the March 2000 American Libraries described a lawsuit in Broward County Florida in which a plantiff demanded filters on all library internet computers. The same AL points to a bill that has been introduced in South Carolina that would remove public librarian's immunity from prosecution for making available materials deemed harmful to minors under state law. According to Senator Mike Fair, libraries "should not enjot special protection since they have been unwilling o respond to legitimate concerns of the communities they serve".

LDA Award:
S. Johnson reported. There is an April 15 deadline with nominations going to Mary Donor. Flyers are being sent to all directors.

Legislative:
A Schelp reported. Legislation Day trip went very well on March 14th. The atmosphere in Albany was one of reserved optimism with respect to increased support for libaries in NYS. The assembly apporved the revised version of Libraries 2001 with funding cut to $6 million. There is a new committee in place: Mickey Cantwell, Alan Schelp, Michael Squillante and Kevin Verbessey. They will meet locally with legislators after the Albany session ends. They will also be drafting sample leeters that can be used when writing to legislators.

Long Island Library Conference:
Report e-mailed. The conference date is May 17, 2000. The Keynote speaker is M.E. Kerr. There are 60+ vendors, the programs are set and registration is being mailed shortly. Ac opy of the registration form is available online at http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/lilc/ Request letters have been sent to NCLA and SCLA for the names of of committee members for conference years 2001-2002. The next meeting is April 5th.

ListServ:
Report e-mailed. There are currently 421 subscribers.

Membership:
R. McEneaney reported there are 608 current members. It is suggested that there be a liason in every library for questions and reminders. Renewals are being sent out, as are "we haven't seen you in a few years" letters.

Newsletter:
R. Capitanio reported. The next deadline is April 1rst to get the newsletter out before the conference. The idea is to get more "people" stories and a paragraph from all of the committees.

Nominating:
No report.

Professional Concerns:
E. Hayes reported. The committee met and is making progrss on the flyer for ELSA, the Excellence in Library Service Award. Distribution of the flyer will begin at the conference. Angelea Richards of Northport joined the committee. Next issue of the newsletter will contain information about ELSA and a summary of comments from librarians who work with young patrons.

Public Awareness:
B. Sussman reported. Ideas for give aways at the SCLA table at the Long Island Library Conference include bookmarks, rulers, or magnifying glasses with the logo on it.

Scholarship:
S. Stevens reported. There have been 12 requests for applications. Currently working in donations for raffle prizes.

Statistical Survey:
No report.

Suffolk County Jails:
M. Fusco reported. If you have paperbacks to donate, send them to SCLS with a note as to which jail you would like them sent to. Please make sure they are non-violent and in good shape.

Webpage:
E-mailed report. The page is being re-designed and is a work in progress. There will soon be a link from the SCLS page.

CLASC:
E-mailed report. Upcoming events include the Annual dinner on May 4th, 6:30 - 10:00 pm, featuring author Bernard Waber. Member fee is $36, non-member $40.

LILRC:
B. Scheier reported. Ariel is still available at $600 for each full copy. Alt-Health Watch, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, Wilson Biographies Plus, and Accunet are also available. On May 31 LILRC will have a followup program to the E-Book program which will be held at the Long Island Library Conference.

LVA:
M. Jurow reported she is working on the year of Literacy Awareness. In April, there will planting the seeds of Literacy on the 14th at SCLS. Key Span has been very generous with their contributions.

NCLA:
L. Tesoriero reported. The directories are going out to the printers by April and will be sent out soon there after. The Nassau Legislative Breakfast will be on September 22 at the Hempstead Public Library. On April 17 there will be a LILRC Legislative meeting in Commack. There are 50 tables reserved for the Li Library Conference. The printer used went out of business which affected the February issue. The March newsletter will be issued instead. March 10th is the deadline for the next newsletter. Plans are in the works for an annual Picnic at the Hempstead Harbor Park. May charge $5 - for soda and hotdogs. The annual dinner Wednesday December 6th.

PLDA:
D. Englehardt reported that PLDA met on March 8th. The New Director's Roundtable met on March 17 at SCLS. It was a successful first meeting. Om May 23 PLDA will co-sponsor a workshop with SCLS. On 6/6 PLDA sponsors a workshop on open government law with speakerRobert Freeman. Bill Cicola has been appointed chair of the C.S. committee since Dick Lusak has stepped down. A Riverhead organization called LINCT will accept donations of used PCs. Doris Sargent is incoming Roatry District Governor, the first library director to receive this post). PLDA will donate $500 to Gift of Life organization, which will be presented at the district meeting in Ireland by Sayville Trustee who will be in attendance.

SCLS:
No report.

SLA:
J. Olney reported the formation of a library automation committee.

SLS:
D. Miller reported BOCES is working on developing a joint web page.

None

Motion to adjorn:
D. Bucher.

Next meeting:
April 28 at 10 am in the Blue room of SCLS.

PLEASE e-mail your reports to kmolloy@suffolk.lib.ny.us or irishkel@yahoo.com if you cannot attend. Thank you.