A quick meeting recap on these two issues:
For the support grant formula, the impetus behind the change is to create a
rational and explainable formula that reflects the goals and values of the
grant program. With the help of Grant Halter, they are looking to find the
best metrics that speak to and represent those goals.
For the confidentiality act issue with open holds shelves, the legislation
that was filed last session (but did not pass) would not allow open holds
shelves. The piece in the packet is the amendment ILA was able to get filed
to fix the proposed legislation (Senate Bill 585) but this is not active.
ILA's Best Practices Committee is doing a statewide survey on current
practices with a goal of putting together best practices recommendations.
ILS vendor support, as well as consortium staff support, will be needed as
this situation progresses. You can view Julie Tappendorf from Ancil Glink
discussing the issue with the RAILS Board starting at 26:54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC1HsCVJGCQ Bottom line is that we need to
be paying attention, understanding what is possible with our vendor, and
ready to move when the best practices recommendations are made.
These were the two biggest topics discussed at the Consortium Committee
meeting.
*J**ulie M. Milavec*
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On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 12:15 PM Aaron Skog <aaron(a)swanlibraries.net> wrote:
Hi SWAN Board,
Julie and I were reviewing the RAILS Consortia Committee meeting packet
for next week, Monday and we thought it would be good to share two memos
that will be discussed.
First, there is an interesting memo on what is being discussed by the
State Library, ILA, and RAILS on open hold shelf practices. There appears
to be some concerns held by state legislators that libraries are revealing
too much in terms of patron information on open hold shelves. The memo is
worth reading over, and will likely have some future implication for SWAN’s
best practices on what should be printed on hold wrappers.
Second, the RAILS LLSAP funding formula is going to undergo some revision
for FY22. This is after two years of the current formula. I am not entirely
sure yet why RAILS is looking to revise the formula, and I passed on my
concerns to Julie that we need some reliable funding formula and that it
should not change every two years.
I will not be attending the Monday, October 21st committee but Julie will
be there. If you want to discuss any of this on Friday, we can talk about
that prior to approving the meeting agenda.
Best,
Aaron
*Aaron Skog*
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