ARKLink Meeting Minutes - January 14, 1999

Myron Flugstad ASU
Louise Lamb NWACC
Mary Farris GCCC
Clara O'Daniel RMCC
Carolyn Filippelli Westark C.
Martha Coleman Westark C.
Bob Yehl HSU
David Glick HSU
Amanda Moore UCA
Sloan Powell UCA
Brady Banta ASU
Peter V. Picerno ASU
Bill Parton ATU
Dean Covington Lyon
Ronald S. Russ ASU-Beebe
Henry Terrill Harding U.

Susan Goldner UALR Law
Kathy Sanders UALR
Sally Hawkes ASL
Ruth Riley UAMS
LInda L. Bennett UACCB
Sharon Kerr UALR
Mary Ryan UAMS
Mary Jo Thomas UACCH
Juana Young UAF
Dena Plaisted PCCC/UA
Peggy Morrison UAMS
Jan Hart UAMS
Mark Shores UAm
Sandra Dupree UAM
Sheila Miller Hendrix

Here are Henry Terrill's minutes from our last ARKLink meeting.

The meeting was called to order by co-Chair Myron Flugstad at 1:05.p.m.

Each attendee was asked to introduce themselves and indicate which
Institution they represented. A sign-up sheet was circulated asking for
Institution and e-mail address of all attendees.

The first item of business was to determine a name for the group.
Discussion included:
Inclusion of public and school libraries. Not yet, but may not
want to limit the membership by the name chosen. Multi-type partnering is
successful now in grant proposals. Larger scale is to our advantage in
most pricing contracts. The name ARKLink both defines geography and the
action of the group. ARKLink was adopted after several proposed names in a
vote of 18 in favor of the name.

The second item of business was a Mission statement for the group.
The draft mission statement was adopted with a slight change to
read: Mission Statement: To increase, enhance, and facilitate
cooperation among libraries in the state of Arkansas through consortial
purchasing of resources, expanding access to resources, and encouraging
partnerships between and among libraries.
Motion by Mary Farris, Second by Dean Covington. The motion
carried by voice vote.

The third item of business concerned the Board or Steering Committee.
Discussion included: Representation, types of libraries academic,
special, public, etc. Did not want to compete with the ADL proposal.
Want to work with vendors and have authority to bill separately. The task
forces could move forward and not wait for ADL's outcome. Motion by P.
Morrison, Second by T. Plaisted (sp?) to have the current two co-chairs
and 2 or three task force chairmen to serve as an executive committee
as needed to begin planning. Further discussion followed. Motion carried
by voice vote.

The task forces decided upon were: Database Purchase Task Force, Fund
raising Task Force, and the Resource Sharing Task Force. Temporary chairs
for the groups were Sharon Kerr, Kathy Sanders, and Peggy Morrison.

The Law Library offered tours to anyone interested.
The next meeting place is to be arranged. The Law School seemed a good
location and easy parking.
Other discussion was on ADL legislation and time frame for passage. No
firm information was available. No sponsor for the legislation had been
found.
The meeting dismissed to the Task force meetings and would adjourn when
each group had completed their discussions.