Meeting Agenda and Minutes – PINES Executive Decisions & PINES Annual Membership Meeting

PINES Executive Committee and Library Directors,

Attached are the DRAFT Agenda for the PINES Executive Committee Decisions Meeting and the Minutes from the February 2008 Executive Committee Meeting. Also attached are the DRAFT Agenda for the PINES Annual Membership Meeting and the Minutes from the May 2007 PINES Annual Membership Meeting.

The Action Items handout for the PINES Executive Committee Decisions Meeting will be made available early next week as we are waiting on subcommittee response and discussion on a couple of topics.

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PINES Executive Committee Meeting DRAFT Agenda, Minutes and Action Items; February 2008; Locust Grove

PINES Executive Committee and Library Directors,

The draft agenda, action items and minutes from the December 2007 meeting are available for your review. Please let me know if you have any difficulties accessing these documents.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth McKinney de Garcia
PINES Program Director
Georgia Public Library Service
A Unit of the University System of Georgia
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta GA 30345
404.235.7141
egarcia@georgialibraries.org
http://www.georgialibraries.org/

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Sharing, Privacy & Trust in Our Networked World – OCLC Membership Report – October 2007

The practice of using a social network to establish and enhance relationships based on some common ground—shared interests, related skills, or a common geographic location—is as old as human societies, but social networking has flourished due to the ease of connecting on the Web. This OCLC membership report explores this web of social participation and cooperation on the Internet and how it may impact the library’s role, including:

* The use of social networking, social media, commercial and library services on the Web
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