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**Karen Keninger**, Director\\ | **Karen Keninger**, Director\\ | ||
**Michael Martys**, Automation Officer\\ | **Michael Martys**, Automation Officer\\ | ||
+ | **Michael Katzman**, \\ | ||
+ | **Steve Prine**, \\ | ||
**Vickie Collins**, Head, Network Services Section\\ | **Vickie Collins**, Head, Network Services Section\\ | ||
- | **Jane Caulton**, Head, Publications and Media Section\\ | ||
**Pamela Davenport**, | **Pamela Davenport**, | ||
**MaryBeth Wise**, Network Consultant\\ | **MaryBeth Wise**, Network Consultant\\ | ||
+ | **Alice O' | ||
+ | **Paula Bahmani**, \\ | ||
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**Network Chairs:**\\ | **Network Chairs:**\\ | ||
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**Debbi MacLeod**, Western Conference\\ | **Debbi MacLeod**, Western Conference\\ | ||
**Craig Hayward**, Southern Conference\\ | **Craig Hayward**, Southern Conference\\ | ||
- | **Toni Harrell**, Midlands Conference | + | **Sharon Ruda**, Midlands Conference\\ |
- | **Adam Szczepaniak**, | + | **Adam Szczepaniak**, |
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+ | **NLS Updates: | ||
- | Adam Szczepaniak, | + | Magazines on Cartridge (MOC): NLS is interested in feedbacks from institutions from receipt of magazines on cartridges. NLS is trying to gauge the interest from institutions. No one present from the states knew of any inquiries. It was mentioned that institutions were advised to download magazines from BARD for distribution. It was mentioned that one nursing home had purchased cartridges to distribute magazines. Debbi mentioned that at one time we had to tell institutions they were not eligible for BARD and maybe that is why they are not asking for magazines.\\ |
- | New Jersey State Library – Talking Book & Braille Center | + | Talking Book Topic’s (TBT) Order Forms: NLS is trying to gauge the interest of arranging Talking Book Topics by book number. Florida and California have expressed an interest.\\ |
- | + | It was reported that Virginia and Kentucky having some problems with TBT’s current display. Sharon and Debbi liked ordering by accession number. There were both positive and negative comments on the current display in TBT.\\ | |
- | + | National Conference: MaryBeth reminded everyone that the conference is in 6 weeks. Conference rates on housing ends April 7th and final registration was on April 23rd.\\ | |
- | Regional Chair Meeting | + | Both Debbi and Craig asked about a confirmation email. NLS did point out that there is a confirmation page of attendees.\\ |
- | Wednesday, March 19 2014 (2:30 p.m - 3:00 p.m. EDT) | + | **Conference Chair Questions and Issues:**\\ |
- | NLS staff present: Karen Keninger, Vickie Collins, Steve Prine, Pam Davenport, Michael Katzman, Alice O’Reilly, Michael Martys, Paula Bahmani and Mary Beth Wise | + | **Western:** Debbi asked about the formats for the telephone conferences for the NLS advisory groups.\\ |
- | Chairs: Sharon Ruda (Midlands), Adam Szczepaniak (North), Craig Hayward (South), Debbi MacLeod (West) | + | **NLS Response:** NLS is working on this issue and the NLS hopes to support on-site meeting every two years.\\ |
- | Recorded by: Adam Szczepaniak | + | **Western:** Debbi asked for clarification concerning Dementia as a qualifying condition. Is it a physical or is it under organic brain disorders? Also, who could certify?\\ |
- | Items: | + | **NLS Response:** By itself it is not a qualifying condition of eligibility. But they will revisit the question.\\ |
- | NLS updates | + | **Southern: |
- | 1. | + | **NLS Response:** NLS is working |
- | NLS is interested in feedbacks from institutions from receipt of magazines on cartridges. | + | **Southern: |
- | 2. | + | **NLS Response:** NLS is working on an open source software package called SOLR. With this product, NLS hopes to offer several new features to help patron browse.\\ |
- | NLS is trying | + | **Southern: |
- | It was reported that Virginia and Kentucky having some problems with TBT’s current display. | + | **NLS Response:** NLS will consider how best to do so. Op Alerts |
- | 3. National Conference. | + | **Southern: |
- | Mary Beth reminded everyone | + | **NLS Response:** NLS replied |
- | Both Debbi and Craig asked about a confirmation email. | + | **Northern: |
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- | Debbi asked about the formats for the telephone conferences for the NLS advisory groups. | + | |
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- | Debbi asked for clarification concerning Dementia as a qualifying condition. | + | |
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- | MIDLANDS | + | |
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- | Questions have already been asked. | + | |
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- | SOUTH | + | |
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- | Craig asked about a list of program costs. | + | |
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- | Virginia asked that BARD browsing be separated in fiction, non-fiction, | + | |
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- | Craig also asked if NLS could notifying libraries when a new magazine title was added to BARD. NLS will consider how best to do so. Op Alerts was one possibility. | + | |
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- | Craig asked about locally produced books and magazines on BARD. | + | |
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- | NLS replied that in its current pilot of seven libraries working on the uploading to BARD, six have posted works on BARD. NLS hopes to announce the pilot process soon. It plans to invite another seven libraries to work through this process. | + | |
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- | NORTH | + | |
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- | Adam asked if there was any new information of the use of android devices on BARD. Michael Katzman responded that NLS had just met with Google representatives this morning and they were still in the process of resolving technical issues. | + | |
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