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WAYNE INFORMATION NETWORK

Wayne County, North Carolina

MINUTES
May 13, 1999

The Wayne Information Network met on May 13, 1999 at 4:00 PM in the auditorium of the Wayne County Public Library. The following were in attendance.
 
 
 
Barefoot, Gary Mount Olive College 658-7168 gbarefoot@exchange.moc.edu
Best, Priscilla R.  Meadow Lane Elementary School 751-7150  
Dunkley, Ramona Goldsboro Middle School 731-5940 goldsm@pindigital.net
Edwards, Marie Cherry Hospital Library  731-3447 medwards@dhr.state.nc.us 
Forte, Lovely Brodgen Middle School 705-6000 Brogdenm@pindigital.net
Hodges, Judy  Wayne Community College 735-5152 x264 judyh@wcc.wayne.cc.nc.us 
Jones, Shirley Wayne Community College 735-5152 x293 sj@wcc.wayne.cc.nc.us
Kester, Diane D.  East Carolina University 252-328-4389 lsddkest@eastnet.ecu.edu
Parris, Susan Wayne Community College 735-5151 sparris@wcc.wayne.cc.nc.us
Rhodes, Cliff Wayne County Public Library 735-1835 Crhodes@pdcn.net
Ritty, Paul Wayne County Public Library 735-1835  
Rustin, Jane Wayne County Public Library 735-1835 jrustin@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
Ryberg, Susan G.  Mount Olive College 658-8934 sryberg@exchange.moc.edu
Waters, Paula Rosewood Elementary School    
Whitesell, Bonnie Wayne Country Day School 736-1045 b_whitesell@hotmail.com
Wolfe, Katherine Retired    

Members were welcomed with refreshments and a cake in honor of Gary Barefoot's birthday. After the informal gathering, the meeting was called to order by Gary Barefoot, chair.

Business Meeting
The minutes of the November meeting were approved.

Old Business: Gary stated that there are still some journals on microfiche duplicates available from Mount Olive College Moye Library. Interested librarians should contact Pam Wood or Susan Ryberg. What's News and Views East Carolina University - Diane Kester - The development of online services continues. The Virtual Environment for Learning will be announced in the fall with many courses now available over the Internet.

Cherry Hospital Library - Marie Edwards - The library for the staff of Cherry continues to expand with electronic resources being added.

Wayne Country Day School - Bonnie Whitesell - New faculty are being added at WCDS for expansion of the use of technology in teaching and learning.

Goldsboro Middle School - Ramona Dunkley - No report.

Rosewood Elementary School - Paula Waters - Rosewood is now networked but has no computers. They are writing grants to support the technology initiative.

Brogden Middle School - Lovely Forte - The school now has a new 8th grade building. Faculty are beginning to use Learn NC for lesson plans. She graduated Saturday from NCCU.

Wayne County Public Library - Jane Rustin - Jane announced that remote access to NCLive is coming soon. This will enable library cardholders to access the resources from home computers.

Meadow Lane Elementary School - Priscilla Best - It is an exciting time in the schools with the renewed interest in technology. Tutorial software and laptop computers are available for teachers to check out to earn technology continuing education units. Priscilla has branched out into doing storytelling for groups and meetings.

Retirement - Katherine Wood Wolfe - Katherine has married and is enjoying retirement.

Wayne Community College - Susie Parris - Interlibrary loans have increased with the launching of NCLive. She also has been ordering new audiovisual materials for the college curriculum support.

Wayne Community College - Shirley Jones - Discards from WCC were presented for relocation to other libraries. Several grant proposals have been successful and WCC has received over $30,000 for Internet workstations. Increase in the traffic in the library occurs in the late afternoons after the high schools students are dismissed.

Wayne County Public Library - Paul Ritty - There is a list of periodicals available in the Reference Department. You may check for archives on the web.

Wayne County Public Library - Cliff Rhodes - ILL has picked up tremendously. He noted the free service from NC Live and First Search has contributed to the increase.

Moye Library, Mount Olive College - Susan Ryberg - The Reference Department is providing extended services to the local and remote campuses. Bibliographic instruction is available for students and classes.

Moye Library, Mount Olive College - Gary Barefoot - MOC has 1800 students with 1200 in the remote campuses. The library has a Human Organization module on Bibliographic Instruction. Two strong and expanding programs are church ministries and criminal justice. Gary spoke on the cooperative agreements with libraries from Durham to the coast to support the remote campuses of MOC. NCLive has been the greatest impact on library services and will be available through remote access.

 Announcements
  1. Gary talked with the new librarian at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Library, Chris Jones. The information on WIN was not available to him and was appreciative of the contact. ProQuest is no longer at the library. Since this discussion, Christ has left the SJAFB library as it is being managed by Quality Education Services.
  2. The Guide to Federal Grants for Public Schools is available to Wayne Community College.
  3. The new WIN Union List of Serials will be published soon by Mount Olive College.
Report from the Nominating Committee The Nominating Committee of Marie Edwards and Ramona Dunkley presented the slate of officers for the next year. Cliff Rhodes for Chair and Diane Kester for Recorder. There being no nominations from the floor, the slate was elected by acclamation. Appreciation Ceremony Shirley presented a plaque and gifts to Gary Barefoot for his leadership and devotion to WIN and to libraries of Wayne County. Gary has been involved in library cooperative efforts in the county for many years and is retiring as library directory of the Moye Library at Mount Olive College. He promises to remain active in WIN when he is not out of town enjoying retirement. The meeting was adjourned.
The next meeting will be at on August 12, 1999 at Wayne Community College Library.

Diane Kester, Recorder

Cliff Rhodes, Chair
Gary Barefoot, Past Chair
Minuted corrected and approved August 12, 1999

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