2014+Term+4+Minutes

** Far South Coast Library Network Meeting ** ** Term 4 – 12th November 2014 ** ** (Week 6) ** ** Mumbulla PS ** ||   || __ Present __ : Jane Gordon (Mumbulla ), Anne Moore (Bega Shire), Gaye Allison (Lumen) Karyn Everingham (Tanja)64940142 kazevojb@gmail.com Jan Medina (Bega Valley)

__ Apologie __ s: John Eastlake (Bega HS), Heather Bell (Wyndham) Kathy Summers (Cobargo/Quaama), Kaylene Taylor (Eden High), Melina Caldwell (Eden), Leonie Price (SCAC), Merryl Whitby (Candelo), Jan Midena (Bega Valley)
 * Discussion of E-books, kindle app
 * Visiting Authors and who was good- Simon French and Donna Rawlings were great -Kaz
 * Children drawing or doing puzzles at lunch time. Kaz suggested displaying them.
 * Gaye wondered if anyone considering doing a Christmas Book Fair.
 * Length of terms for different schools and PD days being on weekends.
 * Australian Standing Orders – fiction and junior is good and popular fiction. Gaye feels you can get books cheaper elsewhere but they can be good for the nominated books.
 * Children of the King – Sonya Hartnett - lovely book but terrible cover
 * Jan – TL jobs still being advertised but need to do the Grad Cert through Charles Sturt that the dept will pay for. A one year course with meetings up in Sydney. $5,000 worth
 * Harry Potter - Year 3 can read the first two only certainly not the last two
 * Anne has been working in Eden Public library trying to promote the library in the Preschools and schools. Low profile. Hard work and happy to be back at Bega.
 * Jan – showed us a barcode generated sheet from website to assist. Just put in your details and it will create the barcodes. Eg beyond-repair; declining use; defaced; obsolete; outdated; old-tech; water-damaged; redundant-copy; reader; student-left; lost-student; lost- staff;
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 * Kaz will be available for casual work in 2015. Details above.


 * Meeting concluded: ** 3pm


 * Next Meeting: ** BVS Library 4th March, 2015 at 1.30pm (Week 6 Term 1)

__ Agenda items for next meeting __ : If you have anything for the agenda, please email Anne amoore@begavalley.nsw.gov.au