1. The minutes were adopted.

2. Susan Nutter reported on NC LIVE.

• The workstation NC LIVE money is still alive in the legislature in non-recurring funds.
• Susan was part of the hearings/testimony before the legislature on NC LIVE.
• After extensive discussion, it was agreed that Susan would work through the position description and other necessary paperwork related to a NC LIVE position for ULAC.

3. Mary Reichel reported on a State Library Commission Interlibrary Cooperation Committee.

• Mary distributed the roster of the committee.
• She described the purpose and beginning processes of the committee.
• Mary will forward to ULAC members a draft of preliminary statements from the committee.
• She alerted ULAC to a statewide meeting on October 7 and 8th sponsored by this committee.
• Mary is open to guidance on the vision statement for this committee.

4. Joe Hewitt noted that he did get a written and phone response from the State Librarian concerning the letter he sent on ULAC's behalf related to the State Library Workstation Survey.

5. Waltrene Canada reported for the Budget Committee of ULAC. The discussion centered on the following questions and priorities.

• Should we ask for NC LIVE supplemental funds for the next biennium? Consensus was to wait for another biennium and test use and quality of current resources.

• ULAC should request ANC investigate the feasibility of a common borrower's card for UNC Libraries and budget projections for possible implementation.
• For the biennial request, inflation support for materials costs is the number one priority.
• Number 2 should be ULAC common database expansion funded by the legislature
• There needs to be continued support for a wide variety of local campus efforts in Libraries in addition to these system wide requests.

6. Reichel and Hewitt requested that one representative from each regional network needs to be recommended for the Personnel Action Committee.

7. The next meeting is scheduled for September at Western Carolina University.

8. NC LIVE Web Advisory Committee appointments will be Tim Bucknall, UNC-Greensboro and Sherman Hayes, UNC Wilmington.

9. Bill Kirwin reported for the Cooperative Issues Committee.

• He led a general discussion on the categories seeking quick input.
• He alerted the group that there will be a need for some work on ILL data from each library, hoping to use what is already collected.
• Bill will send out a draft survey shortly and a quick statistics request as well.

10. Henry Schaffer reported on his efforts to work with Sun to acquire Java Stations.

• There is a great need for machines with lower maintenance and network costs tied to our ever increasing PC stations connecting to the networks.
• Henry has identified a new product being introduced by Sun and is working on a grant from them to test and prototype these machines. He has successfully received a commitment of 100 donated stations, 25 per quarter this next year.
• ULAC, per Henry's request, formally adopted this project as a cooperative effort to use and test these machines in support of NC LIVE and UNC Libraries.

11. Joe alerted the members present that Jim Sadler is sponsoring a Distance Education Teleconference on June 17. Since distance education funding is changing and the demands on libraries are increasing, Jim wanted to be sure that interested librarians throughout the state have the change to participate in the discussion.

Meeting Adjourned at 12:30 PM

Secretary, Sherman Hayes