Colleagues,
    Just wanted everyone to be aware of the Collection Development Summit
sponsored by Maine InfoNet on Monday, June 15 from 9:00-3:00 at Wells
Commons at the University of Maine in Orono.  It will cost $10 for breaks
and lunch.  To register, please go the State calendar
http://evanced.info/maine/evanced/eventcalendar.asp

The purpose of the summit is to explore collection development issues,
priorities, and opportunities on a state-wide basis. Declining budgets, new
information formats, mandates for collaboration, and increased requests for
services and collections provide a strategic opportunity for libraries of
all types within the state of Maine to step back and think about what we
might do collectively and collaboratively that would benefit our users and
our institutions.

Break out groups by type
Large Academics (UM, Privates, UNE)
Smaller Academics (Community Colleges, Husson, Unity, etc)
Health Sciences
Specials
Public

Questions to consider
What are our collection priorities and how would cooperation/collaboration
help us achieve them?
What role does MaineCat play in helping us with these priorities
How can we cooperate in building and sharing digital collections?
What are the role of the ARRCs?
Where will we get funding that might support some statewide efforts?
Funding we now have?
Source of the funding and how are we required to spend it?

For more information ask a Maine InfoNet Board member.

Barbara A. McDade
Director
Bangor Public Library
145 Harlow Street
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 947-8336
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