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30ARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES - 2 - NOVEMBER 13, 1990 III REPORTS : (Continued) C. MLTA Conference : (Continued) Ondrea stated that at the meeting, one of the workshops was on open-meeting room policies. Neither she nor Helene opted to attend that workshop since there were others of greater interest. Ann Haddad did attend that workshop and has invited Helene and Ondrea to review what she had learned at the meeting. There are a couple of items in our meeting- room policy that are novy considered to be illegal, there- fore we need to start making changes. Helene summarized that, just as we find in the library, that you cannot go it alone, we need people to show us what is happening elsewhere, ways to do it better, or do it differently. Ondrea and Helene agreed it was a very worth-while conference, one of the best they have attended. D. Informational Breakfast Plans : Helene reported that every- one has been invited. Some follow-up phone calls have been made . A decent showing is expected. The network coordin- ator from CLAMS will be present to answer questions. Greg Masterson, treasurer of CLAMS will be available to talk to attendees, answer questions. Ann Haddad, the dir- ector from Falmouth (a sub-regional library) will be present to answer questions relative to why we cannot be our own little island, and why it is important that we be part of the larger picture. Helene has prepared a few facts on the size of our collec- tion, the worth of our collection. She will do some com- parisons to the tax-collector's office (the fact that they are automated and sending out a certain volume of mater- ials, and we are trying to handle a larger volume of mater- ials manually) . Hopefully, that will be an eye-opener. Ondrea plans to discuss inter-library loan, the kind of materials that are requested, the volumes, and the time- element involved to fulfill those requests . It would be so much easier on CLAMS . Arrangements have been made to go to Cotuit for a demon- stration of how the system works. The Friends have very nicely paid the expense of the invitations and the bus transportation for the attendees . It was agreed that this should be a very interesting pre- sentation. There has been very positive feed-back from the library community, the selectmen and the finance committee.