COSELL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

Minutes

Lexington, KY

April 10, 2003

I.                    Called to order at 2:35 PM

Present: Mark Bernstein, Chair; Anne Klinefelter, Vice-Chair; Bill Beintema, Treasurer; Pam Deemer, Member-at-Large; Susan Lewis-Somers; Karen Douglas, Secretary.      

II.                  Announcements:

Mark announced the slate of officers for next year prepared by the Nominating Committee.  Vice Chair/Chair-Elect is Pam Williams from the University of Florida. Members-at-Large are Steve Jordan from Vanderbilt University and Susan Lewis-Somers from American University.      

III.                Approval of Minutes:

The amended minutes of the conference call meeting held January 31, 2003 were approved. These minutes haven’t been posted on the website.

IV.                Treasurer’s Report:

Bill distributed a report. The balance on July19, 2002  was $3381.00. Dues provided an income of $580.00. Expenses covering SEAALL program and newsletter support, 2003 Florida corporate filing, post office box rental 4/03-3/04, postage stamps and bulk mailing came to $713.55. The balance as of April 10, 2003 was $3247.45

V.                  Membership:

As of this date we have 47 members, of whom 23 have paid their dues for 2003.

VI.                Nominations Report:

The Nominating Committee, made up of Ed Schroeder, Linda Tesar and Linda Davis, will give a report on the slate at the Business Meeting.

VII.              Election Report:

Karen will send out ballots as an e-mail attachment by the end of this month to all COSELL library directors. A response from the directors will be due by May 20. Karen will tally the ballots and e-mail the results to in-coming chair Anne Klinefelter.

VIII.            Continuing Business:

A.      Yankee Book Agreement:

The discount on our new contract for 2003-2008 has gone up to 16%, an increase of .5%. The chairs will sign a copy of the new contract and send a copy of the details to all COSELL library directors.

B.     NELLCO/BNA issues:

All COSELL library directors were given an opportunity to join NELLCO as associate members at a cost of $1500.00 per year. The advantage of joining is the benefit of discounts on a number of databases and  license negotiation is done by NELLCO. So far Mercer University, Duke University and University of Virginia have taken advantage of the offer. NELLCO still hasn’t reached an agreement with BNA for the Law School Package.

C.     Roundtables:

Our roundtable on the Patriot Act will be facilitated by Scott DeLeve from University of Mississippi Law Library. The Shifting Information Formats roundtable  will be facilitated by Karen and Pam Deemer. Karen will take notes.

IX.               New Business:

None was discussed.

X.                  Next Meeting:

Seattle, Tuesday, July 15, 2003 at 12:15 PM.

XI.               Adjournment:

Meeting adjourned at 3:00 PM.

                        Respectfully submitted,

                        Karen Douglas, secretary