September 22, 2000 -- SCLS Auditorium
Present
K. Molloy, E. Hayes, J. Barr, A. Lesser, J. Kaleda, S. Ketcham, M. Fusco, K. McCoy, R. McEneaney, M. Jefferson, S. Johnson, S. Stevens, R. Capitano, D. Fabiszak, L. Frosina, K. Sembler, K. Acierno, D. Bucher, A. Lehner, J. Olney, L. Tesoriero. The meeting was called to order at 10:07 am by J. Olney.

Minutes approved by S. Johnson and D. Bucher.

Treasurer's Report:
A. Lehner reported there was a $2228.21 balance.

President's report:
L. Tesoriero reported she would like the focus of the newsletter to celebrate Suffolk County libraries. She is looking for column editors to get articles. The Fare-welcome breakfast will be in December and attendees are asked to bring in homemade goodies. Contact Krista Sembler if you will be bringing something. October's meeting will be changed to October 27. She also extended thank yous to Judith Wilner for hosting the Legislative Breakfast and Paul Elsner for working with Della , the fundraiser coordinator for this years white elephant sale to raise money for the Garrett Farr Memorial scholarship fund.

DIVISION REPORTS:

DASL:
S. Ketcham reported. There was a Board Meeting on September 15 at the Sachem Public Library where loose ends for the upcoming programs were worked on, as were the election plans for new officers. Nominations are being accepted through October 2nd. There is an upcoming program on October 6, 2000 called "Publish or Perish" at SCC Ammerman Campus. Speakers include Gloriana St. Claire, a university librarian at Carnegie Mellon, Dean Michael Koenig from Palmer Library School, Jyoti Pandit , librarian at Stony Brook University and a publisher yet to be named. There will be a continuation of the "Library Rage" program at the Farmingdale Public Library on November 17, 2000, which is being cosponsored by the Continuing Education committee. Speakers include Susan Dennis, a consultant, Diane Holliday from Dowling College and Lt. Andrew Mulrain of the N.C.P. D.

RASD:
J. Kaleda reported. The C.A.R.E. committee will meet on September 28th where Linda Knel will discuss career information on the internet. The Electronic Resources Committee met on September 13 and shared experiences in replacing print subscriptions with free or subscription online resources. They will meet again in early November. OARS met on September 13th where Julie Klauber and Valerie Lewis provided a list of 50 inexpensive methods to make a library more accessible. The group will next meet on October 11th at the Developmental Disabilities Institute in Smithtown. Health concerns will present a workshop on arthritis with 2 speakers and collection development suggestions. This will take place at SCLS on October 25th immediately following the RASD annual meeting. On September 14th, the Long Island History committee conducted a well attended program on the history of the Cutchogue Green by luncheon speaker, Stephen Wick. Their next program on library commemorative celebrations will take place on October 18th at the Patchogue-Medford Library. Reader's Advisory committee met on September 21st where they evaluated resources in the Romance genre. They will meet again in December to discuss mainstream literature. Ballots for the election of next years officers will be mailed out next week and results will be announced at the October 25th annual meeting. A committee has been formed to revise the Division's bylaws and Constitution.

CATS:
D. Fabiszak reported that there was a meeting on September 19 on the Help Desks in Libraries for SuffolkWeb. Speakers included Ted Gutman, Dave Concar and James Olney. The next meeting will be on October 18th on the "Future of Technology" at SCLS with Ron Richards as the speaker.

YASD:
N. Brosnan e-mailed her report in. YASD had the Battle of the Books on August 31 and South Huntington came in first place. The YASD monthly meeting was on September 14th which incorporated a business meeting, wrap of the Summer Reading Club and discussion on intergenerational programming which included a presentation by Christine Ranieri on Mother Daughter book discussion and a viewing of West Islip's video oral history project - West Islip remembers D-day. October will be Youth Services YA AV showcase and the annual YASD luncheon at the Pine Grove Inn. Fran Romer will be honored, who retired from East Northport and served as past president of YASD.

COMMITTEES:

Archive:
S. Johnson reported. File cabinets from Patchogue are helping with the continued organization of materials.

Constitution and Bylaws:
K. Acierno reported that the revision is complete and all members must be notified. The revisions will be mailed with the newsletter and a mailed voting will be used.

Continuing Education:
A. Lesser reported that in conjunction with DASL, a Library Rage program will be presented (see DASL report). Speakers will include Diane Holiday to discuss public policy.

Fall Dinner:
D. Englehardt reported all is going well. The committee met on September 19 and 7 people attended. The budget and the schedule were discussed. Divisions are asked to display information on tables provided that evening.

Intellectual Freedom:
M. Weiss e-mailed her report as follows: I would like to call attention to two useful and lively Internet resources for those who are interested in Intellectual Freedom issues. ""Library Juice"" http://libr.org/Juice/about.html is an e-zine/news digest that culls from approximately three dozen listservs that focus on social responsibility and Intellectual Freedom issues. (Examples: EQUILIBR, for ethnic interests in libraries, and PLGNET-L, the list for the Progressive Librarians Guild.) Recent articles have included a piece by an Ethiopian librarian, information on new title additions to the Ethnic Newswatch database, and an article about libraries as community resources for environmental groups. As an example of Intellectual Freedom issues that are covered by ""Library Juice,"" did you know that the WTO could jeopardize such public sector services as museums, schools, and public libraries? A recent digest article pointed out the ""it can be considered a trade barrier'' for a community to provide publically funded library service where an international company tries to offer a competing service on a for-profit basis."" Links within this article led to a piece in ""American Libraries,"" the ALA resolution that was passed at the last midwinter meeting, and ""The IFLA Position on WTO Treaty Negotiations."" The same edition of ""Library Juice"" led me to a relatively recent website, filteReality http://www.crosswinds.net/~filtereality/, maintained by Brian Smith, a Chicago-based reference librarian with a background in law librarianship. ""filteReality is intended to be used as a tool by librarians, library board members, and others who seek reliable information about the constitutional implications of using Internet filtering software in public libraries."" Smith takes an anti-filtering stance, but invites factual corrections, and is willing to change his position ""if the Supreme Court indicates that using a commercially-produced, secret blacklist is an acceptable method for denying access to a designated public forum."" The site features an extensive and balanced collection of links that provide background material on how filters work, arguments for and against filtering, legal analysis and commentary, and general news about libraries, the First Amendment, and the Internet.

LDA Award:
No report.

Legislative:
A. Schelp reported. The annual Legislative breakfast was on September 15 at the Sachem Public Library. 80 library advocates were present as well as Assemblyman Steve Engelbright, Assmeblyman Robert Wertz and his aide, Steve Moll, a representative from Debra Mazzarelli's office, Ann Simon representing Assemblywoman Acampora, Ed Romaine and Dan Mitola represented Caeser Trunzo. It is questionable if the breakfast has an impact on the legislatures, since they do not feel compelled to attend. It might be in our best interests to go to the legislator's offices in small groups and meet with them personally. If not, the breakfast may need to change format and ask the legislators to sit with the attendees rather than by themselves.

Long Island Library Conference:
L. Tesoriero reported. There were 95 vendors and 705 people in attendance. The conference has a balance of $7868.31 and NCLA and SCLA will receive $2500 each. The next meeting is September 13 and the theme of next year's conference is : 2001 Pathway to your future and will be held on May 9th.

ListServ:
K. McCoy reported there are 496 members. It might be fun to give the 500th member a free T-shirt and hat.

Membership:
R. McEneaney reported there are 595 members. There is a request for a change in the membership application with an increase in membership costs (salary of $35,000 - up to $35 and vendors and institutions $50), adding the support division and the liaisons. This was agreed upon with a motion by S. Ketcham and a second by D. Bucher.

Newsletter:
R. Capitano reported there is an October 1 deadline. Any retirees or appointments can be e-mailed in.

Nominating:
J. Olney reported the ballots are at the printer with an October 13th deadline.

Professional Concerns:
E. Hayes reported. The winner has been chosen and letters will be sent to those nominated. A letter will also be sent to the directors of those nominated to let them know a staff member has been nominated.

Public Awareness:
No report.

Scholarship:
S. Stevens reported. A winner was chosen and will be announced at the meeting. There is a request to create a trust for the scholarship so fund raising can be continuous and not a major concern. A request for the return of the raffles will be put in the newsletter and the Listserv.

Statistical Survey:
No report.

Suffolk County Jails:
No report.

Webpage:
L. Frosina reported. Anything you want added to the web page can be sent to Len at Comsewoug. Job announcements will close after one month or a date should be added as to when to remove it.

LIASON REPORTS:

CLASC:
No Report.

LILRC:
No report.

LVA:
No Report.

NCLA:
No Report.

PLDA:
D. Englehardt reported. Nominations are due by November 1. We are hoping more directors attend the annual dinner. There will be a public awareness committee starting. There is an upcoming Labor Management workshop. Dues will be changed to $20.

SCLS:
No report.

SLA:
J. Olney reported. The first dinner meeting was on September 21 and Dr. Greg Hunter spoke on achieving websites.

SLS:
J. Barr reported. The School Library System is having a program liaison meeting on October 24 at SCLS. Linda Braun will be speaking on learning styles and appropriate web sites. The three school library systems on Long Island are providing staff development to library media specialists through title 3. Last year there were collaborative efforts by schools and public librarians to develop web pages. Some of these teams continue to develop their pages this year.

OLD BUSINESS:

Notices went out about the fund raiser sale, "Antiques and Collectibles show" in Islip on October 21. Copaigue will donate the tables. There is need of a money box with $50.00 and volunteers from 8am to 4 p.m.. Contact Della if interested.

NEW BUSINESS:

It is requested that SCLA Board members donate their time and person the Long Island Library Conference table. Marcia Jefferson is updating the handbook, so please update your committee information.

OTHER:

There is need for a long term planning committee. Maybe a corporation can make a donation for the scholarship. There is a petition to begin a support staff division with a proposal for it to begin next year. Regina approved the motion and it was seconded by Sue Ketcham. There will be an article in the newsletter asking for officers to run for election.

Motion to adjorn:

The meeting was adjourned at 12:10.

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