The Wayne Information Network (WIN) met Thursday, February 22, 1996 in the conference room of the Wayne County Public Schools at 4:00 P.M. with Olivia Pierce serving as hostess. Other members attending included: Shirley Jones, Dot Elledge, Susan Parris, Judy Hodges, and Donna Potter, Wayne Community College; Kathleen Baumwart, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Library; Gary Barefoot, Pam Wood, and Annie Albertson, Moye Library, Mount Olive College; Pat Setzer, Wayne County Public Library; Marie Edwards, Cherry Hospital; Bonnie Whitesell, Wayne Country Day School; Katherine Wood and Mary Ann Parker, Eastern Wayne High School, Gwendolyn Shipman, Goldsboro High School; Beverly Lingerfelt, Brogden Middle School; Judith Williford, Rosewood Elementary School; Ramona Dunkley, Goldsboro Middle School; and Diane Kester, Department of Library Studies and Educational Technology, East Carolina University. Guests included Chuck Darden, student assistant at Mount Olive College; Rod Mallery and Diana Skinner, Technology Leaders, Wayne County Public Schools. The business meeting was called to order by Shirley Jones, chair.
Business Meeting
I. Minutes
The minutes of the previous meeting were approved.
II. Announcements
A. Dot Elledge provided an update on the Dynix Automation
Center (DAC).
1. The new login procedure has eliminated the use of
the first user ID and password. Instructions for
logging in have been mailed to each library.
2. The menu screen has been expanded with searching
now available by author words, topics, and call
number.
3. The menu option "Gateways" provides telnet access
to selected services. Currently available are
First Search, Learning Link, and Joyner Library
at East Carolina University. For additional links,
please give Dot the name, IP address, and login
information.
4. Members are asked to read and delete e-mail
regularly to avoid mis-use of computer disk space.
5. Other library collections available through the
DAC at this time include Johnston Community
College (JT) and Pitt Community College (PT).
6. Details for borrowing from the other DAC libraries
are still be developed.
B. To address accrediting agencies, the cooperative
agreement for the WIN libraries should be reviewed
periodically. Shirley appointed Gary Barefoot, Kay
Baumwart, Mary Ann Parker, Pat Setzer, and Marie
Edwards to the committee to review the current
cooperative agreement.
C. Olivia reported that an account with Interpath was
being established for each school and an Acceptable Use
Policy (AUP) was being developed. She distributed
copies of the Wayne County Public Schools Technology
Plan.
III. Union List of Serials in Wayne County
A. Gary distributed an update of the serials list.
1. Chuck Darden, a student at Mount Olive College, was
introduced. Since last fall Mr. Darden has been
working to make additions, corrections, and
consolidate the individual lists that have been
provided to them.
2. Gary explained the format for the holdings as well
as the abbreviations used in the listings.
(a) Any title with an abbreviation has been spelled
out.
(b) If the ISBN number is not known, it is
designated as N/A.
(c) A period (.) signifies the end of the run of
holdings.
(d) A dash signifies a continuing subscription.
(e) The format (print, microfiche, microfilm) of
each title is not noted. If a patron needs a
title which is not in print format, the patron
will be asked to go to the appropriate library
to use the non-print format.
3. Limited copies of the list were printed. Shirley
will make additional copies. Libraries are asked
to proof read their library's information as soon
as possible and return the list to Gary. The
deadline for submitting corrections is the end of
the school this spring.
4. Robbie Price of H. Cox Company has offered to
duplicate the final list when it is ready.
5. Gary summarized the project noting that, now that
this project is almost done, the libraries in Wayne
County are in a better situation than ever before
to engage in cooperative selection, buying, and
storing expensive titles. Through this project,
broken runs of a periodical title may be
consolidated into one collection.
IV. Staff Development
A. Shirley expressed thanks to the staff development
survey committee: Diane and Katherine. She also
expressed thanks to Judy Hodges for compiling the
information from the survey.
B. An Internet for Librarians workshop for 30 hours has
been scheduled through Continuing Education at Wayne
Community College. The course will be held on
Wednesday afternoons from 2:00-5:00 p.m. in Room 206
of the LC building. The first hour will cover the
essentials of using Windows. A second section will be
scheduled for Saturdays, if there is enough interest.
C. Diane announced two sections of the Internet course
EDTC 6050 at East Carolina University. The first one
will be during the first semester of summer school
(May 14-June 18). The second will be during the fall
1996 semester.
Next MeetingThe next meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on May 9, 1996 at the Wayne County Public Library.
Diane D. Kester Recorder