WAYNE INFORMATION NETWORK
Wayne County, North Carolina
March 8, 2000
The Wayne Information Network met on March 8, 1999 at 4:00 PM in a meeting
room in the building housing the library of Cherry Hospital. Marie Edwards
provided refreshments and welcomed the members to Cherry. The following
were in attendance.
| Beckwith, Terry L. | Wayne County Public Library | 735-1824 | Tbeckwith@information4u.com |
| Dunkley, Ramona | Goldsboro Middle School | 731-5940
705-6002 fax |
Rdunkley@wcps.org |
| Edwards, Marie | Cherry Hospital Library | 731-3447
731-3429 fax |
Medwards@dhr.state.nc.us |
| Jones, Shirley | Wayne Community College | 735-5152 x292 | sj@wcc.wayne.cc.nc.us |
| Kester, Diane D. | East Carolina University | 252-328-4389 | kester@soe.ecu.edu |
| Rhodes, Cliff | Wayne County Public Library | 735-1824
731-2889 fax |
Crhodes@pdcn.net |
| Ryberg, Susan G. | Moye Library, Mount Olive College | 658-7168
658-8934 fax |
Sryberg@exchange.moc.edu |
| Slade, Margaret | Education Specialist, Seymour Johnson AFB | 722-1251 | Margaret.slade@seymourjohnson.af.mil |
| Waters, Paula | Rosewood High School | 705-6045
705-6055 fax |
Rosewdh@pdcn.net |
| Whitesell, Bonnie | Wayne Country Day School | 736-1045
736-3905 fax |
b_whitesell@hotmail.com |
| Wood, Pamela | Moye Library, Mount Olive College | 658-7168
658-8934 fax |
Pwood@exchange.moc.edu |
Members were welcomed by Marie Edwards. The meeting was called to order
by Cliff Rhodes, chair. A welcome was extended to Margaret Slade
from Seymour Johnson AFB.
Business Meeting
Editorial corrections were made to the minutes of the August meeting and they were approved.
Old Business:
Work continues on the Wayne County Union List of Serials. Rhodes asked that all corrections/additions be set to him by 15 Dec. Robby Price of W.T. Cox Subscriptions Inc. will make the data available on a web page and a link will be provided from the WIN pages. This product provides valuable data to locate journal articles within the county.
What's News and Views
- Remote access to NCLIVE from the Wayne County Public Library will be available soon. There were some technical problems that have been overcome.
- Staff training to use NCLIVE has been provided to two employees in each department who, in turn will provide assistance to patrons.
- The question was asked concerning an age limit to receive a password. At this time all patrons who are eligible for a library card may have a password.
- Paul Waters introduced the new online services to public schools, NC Wise Owl. After watching the video, handouts were provided. With four areas, resources are provided for students, teachers, parents, and general reference. Once a school library has the account installed, students will be able to access it from other locations where Internet access is available, including the public library. http://www.ncwiseowl.org is the web location. This has been funded for this year with $400,000 from the Technology Literacy Grant received by the state.
- One section, Carolina Clips, highlights each county in the state with student articles and pictures. Wayne County needs a contribution and all members indicated support for the project to Waters.
- Diane Kester reported that the MLS program along with the Instructional Technology program continues to provide courses delivered via the Internet. Http://www.soe.ecu.edu/lset. She also announced that the service known as EastNet has changed. Services to the public schools will continue to carry the name, EastNet, and will be placed under the Center for Educational Outreach. Dial-up access to the Internet through ECU will end by June 30, 2000.
- The Southeastern Regional Technology and Teaching Conference will be held April 12-14, 2000 at the Hilton and Ramada Hotels in Greenville. http://www.soe.ecu.edu/srttc will provide full information.
- The Center for Children's Literature, Joyner Library, East Carolina University will present Tall Tales and Homespun Yarns with Donald Davis on February 11, 2000. For information contact: Pat McGee, Head, Teaching Resources Center, Joyner Library, ECU, Greeenville, NC 275\858-4353; phone 252.328.6076 http://www.lib.ecu.edu/media/storyteller.html
The State Library is initiating a program to promote libraries
for children. Libraries,
The Very Best Place to Start will hold a "kick-off" on April 8, 2000.
The Very Best Place To Start: Communications and Marketing for Library
Services to Children and Teens is a strategic communictions initiative
designed to equip North Carolina's library leaders with the tools, training,
and means to talk about library services to children and teens in language
that resonates with the general public and key stakeholders. Regional meetings
will be held with one in Washington on February 1, 2000.
Discarded books were available for other libraries.
Members expressed their appreciation to Marie Edwards for the refreshments
and the meeting adjourned for a tour of the library.
The next meeting will be at 4 PM on March 9, 2000 at Southern Wayne High School Media Center.
Diane Kester, Recorder
Cliff Rhodes, Chair
Gary Barefoot, Past Chair