Dan Fleming, Ayako Barnum, Louise Brown, Betsy Ferris, Maryellen Loud, Cindy Shenette, Bill Talentino, Sunny Vandermark, Lynda Wills, Nancy Wilson, Mary Behrle. Betsy motioned to approve the minutes of the January 10th meeting, seconded by Bill. Sunny is very pleased with the software. Some special programming was done for Metrowest and the goal is to produce reports exactly as they are needed for the MBLC on a monthly basis. She went over the report with the members present.
Most expenses come at the end of the fiscal cycle, for the large database subscriptions.
These offerings often represent breaking ideas that keep librarians current in their profession. Sunny said that on February 13th, Metrowest presented training on netLibrary. Other sessions for netLibrary will also be offered, and all members will receive the URL for the state-funded netLibrary subscription. Be sure to consult the continuing education calendar each month. Two libraries, Dedham High School and Youngdahl Library at Caritas Norwood Hospital, applied only for MassCat membership and not for retrospective conversion funds.