MINUTES
COSELL BOARD MEETING
Indianapolis, Indiana
July 21, 1 996

Present: Rosalie Sanderson; Margaret Most; Timothy Coggins; Pauline Aranas; Mary Mahoney; William Beintema

The meeting was held immediately after the Academic Law Libraries SIS business meeting at the AALL Annual Meeting. The two items to be discussed were 1 ) setting up the advertising and timetable for the COSELL grants, and 2) implementation of the strategic plan.

I. It was agreed that Deborah Mayo Jefferies will word the announcement and send it to the board members for approval. A separate mailing of the announcement and application will be sent because of the deadline for the SEALL newsletter. Completed applications must be sent to COSELL secretary, Mary Mahoney either in paper format or by e-mail. If in paper, eight copies are to be submitted, and they will be forwarded to board members; if by e-mail, one copy to Mahoney and it will be forwarded to board members. The deadline for application is: postmarked no later an December 2, 1996.

Because we are looking for Director involvement it was decided that one letter of support should be from the Director unless he/she is the requestor. Board members will not vote on any application originating from their institutions.

II. Discussion of implementation of the strategic plan followed. We will look at NELLCO's strategic plan to determine whether there is anything that looks interesting enough to that we might like to adopt. A separate mailing of copies of the plan to member libraries will take place.

III. Other items:

Yankee Book Peddler - Tom Steele had negotiated the current contract and will be contacted regarding his interest in managing the negotiations for renewal.

Marguerite Most indicated that there may be a student in the law library at UNC-Chapel Hill interested in creating a web page with links to all COSELL libraries. She will keep the board aprized of progress. Money to assist in that project may be approved by the board.

Discussion was held regarding the letter dated June 19, 1996 which was sent to directors in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico concerning the possibility of those libraries joining COSELL. No library answered aff1rmatively and it was decided that each board member would personally contact one of the directors in DC to determine interest. Each board member will report back to Deborah Mayo Jefferies.

minutes by Mahoney