ICON Quarterly Meeting Minutes
ICON Business Meeting
Deaconess Room
Present: Tom Gensichen, Joy Winkler, Teri Hartman, Angie
Arner, Erin Bauer, Judi Bergjord, Jim Bothmer, Karen Mier, Tem Adair, Robin
Bernstein, Rose Schinker, Ken Oyer, Judith Healy, Mary Wolcott-Breci, Jeanne
Burke, Nancy Woelfl.
Those present introduced
themselves. Mary Helms sent her
greetings since she was unable to attend the meeting. She asked that all questions that would
normally have been directed to her be directed to Tom Gensichen.
The minutes of the
In Mary Helms’ absence, Tom
Gensichen distributed the ICON financial report with a separate HealthHQ
financial report. Requests for “The
Librarian Is In” still come in every so often.
Kim Gardiner was not able to take the class that she was awarded
scholarship money for so the check was returned to ICON.
Erin Bauer reported that the
new issue of ICONnection is up on the website.
The membership directory has been updated. The scholarship criteria and a calendar of
events have been added to the website.
The membership forms have been updated and a link to the PDF versions
has been added.
Bylaws: The proposed changes to the bylaws were unanimously accepted. The complete revised bylaws will be available on the website.
Membership: No report
Resource: Teri Hartman
reported that the ICON Union List is completed and has been posted on the
website. This list is based on an April
6 run from NLM. A new list should be
available July 6. No more print copies
will be provided by ICON. Teri will continue
to run the Union List on a quarterly basis.
Teri distributed information about a new round of NLM outreach
grants. These grants are similar to the
grants that originally funded the HealthHQ site. This may be a way to get money to continue
upgrading and enhancement of the HealthHQ site.
Angie Arner reported that
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Joy Winkler reported that
now that the HealthHQ site is Nebraska-wide and has sufficient content, she
will send out the press releases announcing the site. Copies will also be forwarded to the Nebraska
Library System offices for inclusion in their newsletters.
Jim Bothmer presented a
proposal to have ICON provide financial assistance for the continued
maintenance and upkeep of the HealthHQ site.
Based on current costs of $1,800 for clipping service, $2,250 for data
entry, $550 for DCO Hosting fee and $20 for URL registration, the proposal
requests a maximum obligation of $4,620.
Ken Oyer seconded the proposal.
The Executive Committee has discussed this proposal and approved of the
expenditure. Discussion followed. The proposal was accepted unanimously.
Scholarships: The form has been revised and the new criteria has been posted on the website.
Membership dues: The Executive Committee has recommended that
dues for new institutional members be set at $150.00 annually, with renewing
institutions dues set at $75.00. The
recommendation was approved.
Ariel: Tom Gensichen will write a brief description
explaining how the Ariel software interacts with Firewalls. This information will be used to help ICON
institutions explain Ariel to their IT Departments.
Collection Development Grant: A recommendation was put forth
for one grant of $500 for the purpose of collection development. The Executive Committee will develop
appropriate criteria.
Continuing Education: A suggestion was made to possibly sponsor a half-day
CE on Personal Data Assistants (PDAs). Ken Oyer suggested that another possible CE
dealing with time/space management. He
suggested that Lynne Fox be brought in to do her presentation. Karen Mier suggested that an Ad Hoc CE
Committee be appointed to investigate possible CE offerings. Teri Hartman, Jeanne Burke, Ken Oyer and Robin
Bernstein were appointed, with Jeanne Burke serving as Chair. It was suggested that a CE could be tied in with
the September Quarterly meeting.
Lincoln Health Sciences Library Group: Karen Mier
reported that she attended the May meeting.
Karen read a list of members.
Some of the larger institutions are already members of ICON. Many are one-person libraries. Their next meeting is Sept. 11, from 2-4 p.m.
at the Lincoln City Library Walt Branch.
It was suggested that a group of ICON members attend the Sept. meeting. Teri Hartman stated that she would be
attending and Ken Oyer will join Teri for the ride down. Karen Mier will send out an announcement
about the meeting to
see who else might want to attend. It
was suggested that ICON hold a joint meeting with the Lincoln group in
2003. This idea will be investigated.
Hugs & Caring: Ken Oyer reported that Sally Synder from the
Nebraska Library Commission had recently been hospitalized and asked if flowers
or a plant could be sent from ICON.
Ken’s request was approved. Ken
will order and send the bill to Mary Helms.
Creighton University: Jim Bothmer spoke briefly about the name change to Creighton University Medical Center.
Bellevue University: Robin Bernstein reported that the new Library
space is almost ready. There will be an
Open House in September.
Next Meetings:
The next Quarterly meeting
will be on Friday, September 20 at Bellevue University from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Campus location is TBA. The December meeting and Holiday party will
be at UNMC. Date and
location to be determined.
Meeting was adjourned at
3:15 p.m.
Mini-MLA and refreshments
followed.