November 19 CORE Coalition Leadership Team Meeting

Greetings!

Below are the notes from our most recent meeting, the November 19th Coalition Leadership Team meeting held at the Smithfield Library. Many thanks to Margaret Marshall for hosting.

In Attendance:

Linda Van Sistine-Yost (Perry Library, Henderson); Linda Hadden (Duplin County Public Library); Margaret Marshall (Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield); Deana Guido (Braswell Memorial Library, Rocky Mount); Jennifer Pratt (State Library, Raleigh); and Mark Livingston (C.O.R.E. Facilitator, Transformational Library Partners, Greensboro).

Agenda Topics:

Update on CORE promotion at the NCLA Conference; Update on LSTA Technology Plan; Task Force Action Planning (Purchasing; Online Learning; Advocacy/Marketing; Other Updates (WebJunction Partnership; Shared Catalog; SWING Consortium; Digital Audio Library)

Date and Location of Next Meeting: Thursday, February 4 (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) at the State Library in Raleigh. Robert Burgin and Becky Callison will be able to attend (as of this date).

Review of Key Discussion Points:

WebJunction Partnership with the State of NC will be available December 7. Library professionals will be able to join the "NC Community" and register for online learning opportunities for free. The Partnership will be administered by the State Library. The breadth of learning modules offers an opportunity for library managers and supervisors to create structured training plans for staff aligned with position requirements, career paths, competencies, and priority skills and knowledge needs.
• Action Item: Jennifer to check on migration of CORE website, blog, and e-letter to the WebJunction site....confirm with Linda Van Sistine-Yost and Ginny Orvedahl who will migrate Google Docs, Blog, and E-letter information to the WebJunction site.
• Action Item: Linda and Ginny to send out a CORE e-letter prior to migration promoting both the WebJunction Partnership and location of CORE Google Docs, Blog, E-letter on WebJunction.
Shared Catalog development continues with a meeting on December 2 prior to NCPLDA of the Statewide Library Card Work Group (1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Winston-Salem Marriott in Winston-Salem). Several initiatives are underway in addition to this Work Group, including work by Ed Sheary in Asheville and other western libraries and an initiative spearheaded by Charlotte Mecklenburg Library to investigate the Evergreen open source software platform.
• Digital Audio Library initiative is moving forward...Mike Taylor reports that Tim Rogers is finalizing a content list with library directors and the Digital Audio Consortium is planning to meet in mid-December.
The S.W.I.N.G. consortium (www.swinglibrary.org) currently has 15 NC libraries, but only a few represented from eastern NC and CORE libraries.
• Action Item: Linda H. to write a short testimonial about her experience and forward to Linda VSY and Ginny for posting to the Blog and E-letter.
As a result of CORE promotion at the NCLA Conference in October, several individuals were identified as being interested in joining the CORE Coalition Leadership Team. In addition to Deana Guido who joined the Leadership Team this meeting, several others have indicated interest. As well, inquiries were made from representatives in college and university settings. Jennifer shared her experiences with W-NCLA, a blended effort from western libraries in public, school, and academic settings to meet and share knowledge, attend presentations, etc. No action item developed at this time, but a possibility to be considered for the future.
Linda Van Sistine-Yost presented learning goals developed by Jeriann Thacker, Thomas Milam, and Linda (Perry Library) for possible design of online training for CORE paraprofessionals and other library staff. The focus was in two areas: (1) basic library-related technology concepts, and (2) basic library concepts. No action item developed at this time for the Online Learning Task Force, but should be considered with results of the CORE Technology Plan in February.
• Assessment results from the CORE Technology Plan were reviewed...as of November 22nd, 28 of 31 libraries have completed the individual Library Survey, while 28 of 31 libraries have participated in the staff Skills Survey (representing 253 library staff). The third survey, which focuses on users of CORE libraries to determine satisfaction levels with the technology available at their library, will begin in late November or early December.
• Action Item: Mark to contact Dr. Burgin and Becky Callison about availability to present assessment results on Thursday, February 4 (completed).

Best Wishes for this Holiday Season!