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 **2012 NLS Conference\\ **2012 NLS Conference\\
-Midlands Conference Business Meeting\\+Midlands Conference Business Meeting**\\
 Newport, Rhode Island\\ Newport, Rhode Island\\
-Sunday, May 20, 2012**\\+Sunday, May 20, 2012\\
  
 **Meeting Call to order at 4:32 p.m. by Midlands Chair, Catherine Durivage (MN)**\\ **Meeting Call to order at 4:32 p.m. by Midlands Chair, Catherine Durivage (MN)**\\
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 **2012 Midlands Conference Resolutions:**\\ **2012 Midlands Conference Resolutions:**\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members resolve** to thank Andrew Egan and the staff of the Rhode Island Talking Books Plus for their efforts as the host site for the 2012 NLS Conference of Librarians serving the Blind and Physically Handicapped.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members resolve** to thank Andrew Egan and the staff of the Rhode Island Talking Books Plus for their efforts as the host site for the 2012 NLS Conference of Librarians serving the Blind and Physically Handicapped.\\
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 **Midlands Conference Members resolve** to thank MaryBeth Wise and Joel Phillips for their all their conference planning and organization. It was another successful conference.\\ **Midlands Conference Members resolve** to thank MaryBeth Wise and Joel Phillips for their all their conference planning and organization. It was another successful conference.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members resolve** to congratulate Karen Keninger on her appointment as NLS Library Director. We welcome your leadership and look forward to working with you to expand and improve library services.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members resolve** to congratulate Karen Keninger on her appointment as NLS Library Director. We welcome your leadership and look forward to working with you to expand and improve library services.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members resolve** to thank the Viking Hotel and their staff for their gracious service and wonderful accommodations.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members resolve** to thank the Viking Hotel and their staff for their gracious service and wonderful accommodations.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members resolve** to thank Keystone Systems, Inc. for the lovely reception at the Newport Art Museum.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members resolve** to thank Keystone Systems, Inc. for the lovely reception at the Newport Art Museum.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members resolve** to thank all conference presenters for providing informative, enlightening and entertaining presentations.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members resolve** to thank all conference presenters for providing informative, enlightening and entertaining presentations.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members resolve** to thank all retired and retiring Midlands network library staff, including, but not limited to Beverly Babcock (Michigan), Jim Buchman (Oklahoma), Kathy Kelto (Michigan) and William Graczyk (Wisconsin). Their dedication and contributions to this service is deeply appreciated.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members resolve** to thank all retired and retiring Midlands network library staff, including, but not limited to Beverly Babcock (Michigan), Jim Buchman (Oklahoma), Kathy Kelto (Michigan) and William Graczyk (Wisconsin). Their dedication and contributions to this service is deeply appreciated.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members recommend** that NLS consider allowing network libraries to take 3% of their copy allotment in blank cartridges either in full case lots or added as a percentage to each state's interlibrary quota allotment available through the Multistate Centers.Network libraries will be required to erase all their locally-produced content and copy-protection software for any cartridge returned during a recall.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members recommend** that NLS consider allowing network libraries to take 3% of their copy allotment in blank cartridges either in full case lots or added as a percentage to each state's interlibrary quota allotment available through the Multistate Centers.Network libraries will be required to erase all their locally-produced content and copy-protection software for any cartridge returned during a recall.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members recommend** NLS research a design for a portable, inexpensive, refreshable braille display to be used with web-braille materials.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members recommend** NLS research a design for a portable, inexpensive, refreshable braille display to be used with web-braille materials.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members recommend** that network libraries be given the option to order XESS cards as needed through the Multistate Centers.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members recommend** that network libraries be given the option to order XESS cards as needed through the Multistate Centers.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members recommend** that series be completed regardless of negative reviews.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members recommend** that series be completed regardless of negative reviews.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members recommend** that NLS add more religious fiction and romance fiction without sex.\\        **The Midlands Conference Members recommend** that NLS add more religious fiction and romance fiction without sex.\\       
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 **The Midlands Conference Members recommend** the NLS remove the requirement that an Advisory/Outreach Center (AOC) be a subregional library first. In addition, the Midlands Conference Members recommend that regional libraries have to option to determine work flow processes at each AOC.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members recommend** the NLS remove the requirement that an Advisory/Outreach Center (AOC) be a subregional library first. In addition, the Midlands Conference Members recommend that regional libraries have to option to determine work flow processes at each AOC.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members request** that the NLS consultant biennial visit questionnaire be an online refillable form.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members request** that the NLS consultant biennial visit questionnaire be an online refillable form.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members request** that documentation from Network Library of the Year Award and the Network Subregional Library of the Year Award applications and supporting materials be made public so other network libraries can emulate the award winner’s “excellence, innovation, and special achievement in providing library service to blind and physically handicapped individuals“.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members request** that documentation from Network Library of the Year Award and the Network Subregional Library of the Year Award applications and supporting materials be made public so other network libraries can emulate the award winner’s “excellence, innovation, and special achievement in providing library service to blind and physically handicapped individuals“.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members request** that NLS support by means of approval, the Midlands development of a LBPH Network Libraries Wiki, an online repository for shared network library-generated information to be presented at the 2013 Midlands/Northern/Southern combined conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Potential content may include, but not be limited to: Midlands, Northern, Southern, and Western conference portals for storing meeting schedules, agendas, minutes, and resolutions; automation system portals for storing user-guides and updates; staffing support in the form of training tools and resources; outreach strategies, demographics, partnerships, and programs; examples of documentation supporting NLS standards such as local policies, patron correspondence, and patron satisfaction surveys; readers' advisory; Braille services and resources; youth services and resources; digital duplication and local recording; Loblolly updates; assistive technologies; and supplemental support services and resources.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members request** that NLS support by means of approval, the Midlands development of a LBPH Network Libraries Wiki, an online repository for shared network library-generated information to be presented at the 2013 Midlands/Northern/Southern combined conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Potential content may include, but not be limited to: Midlands, Northern, Southern, and Western conference portals for storing meeting schedules, agendas, minutes, and resolutions; automation system portals for storing user-guides and updates; staffing support in the form of training tools and resources; outreach strategies, demographics, partnerships, and programs; examples of documentation supporting NLS standards such as local policies, patron correspondence, and patron satisfaction surveys; readers' advisory; Braille services and resources; youth services and resources; digital duplication and local recording; Loblolly updates; assistive technologies; and supplemental support services and resources.\\
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 **Midlands Conference members request** the NLS to institute a reexamination of the reading disability eligibility requirements, 36 CFR 701.6(b), in light of currently accepted medical understandings and practices. The Library of Congress is the federal authority charged with promulgating eligibility regulations, see 17 U.S.C. § 121(d)(2) and 2 U.S.C. § 135a.  The National Library Service/Library of Congress is the appropriate authority to undertake a review to ensure its implementing regulations are current, taking into account medical advances in understanding and diagnosing reading disabilities that have occurred since medical experts were last consulted in 1974.\\ **Midlands Conference members request** the NLS to institute a reexamination of the reading disability eligibility requirements, 36 CFR 701.6(b), in light of currently accepted medical understandings and practices. The Library of Congress is the federal authority charged with promulgating eligibility regulations, see 17 U.S.C. § 121(d)(2) and 2 U.S.C. § 135a.  The National Library Service/Library of Congress is the appropriate authority to undertake a review to ensure its implementing regulations are current, taking into account medical advances in understanding and diagnosing reading disabilities that have occurred since medical experts were last consulted in 1974.\\
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 **The Midlands Conference Members request** a response to all regional resolutions within three months of receipt.\\ **The Midlands Conference Members request** a response to all regional resolutions within three months of receipt.\\
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 **Midlands Conference Members request** NLS supply additional blue mailing containers for network libraries able to purchase blank cartridges to duplicate needed books off BARD. (Would defray some costs; somehow distinguished/marked from standard NLS blue container so we can retrieve our mint green cartridges to reuse.)\\ **Midlands Conference Members request** NLS supply additional blue mailing containers for network libraries able to purchase blank cartridges to duplicate needed books off BARD. (Would defray some costs; somehow distinguished/marked from standard NLS blue container so we can retrieve our mint green cartridges to reuse.)\\
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