15:09:57 From Janet McKenney : Welcome everyone. I can't believe it is mid-October. Time flies in a pandemic... 15:22:10 From Janet McKenney : Rattle the cages... 15:22:21 From James Ritter : https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/about/boards/process 15:26:59 From stratton public library : I never got a bill but I only have one day delivery which is free, correct 15:30:08 From stratton public library : Thank you 15:30:53 From Alice Olson-Dr Shaw Memorial Library : WE are just one free day too, and depending when ILL's are returned, and then to quarantine, we are getting lots of overdues. Is anything happening around that? 15:30:55 From Karen Eger : It helped quite a bit (attitude-wise) to know that we have a primo outfit doing our delivery and that makes us unique in New England. I still relate to Sisyphus however....when I discovered a bunch of wrong labels today. 15:31:19 From Ben Treat : Penobscot County -- the way life should be. 15:32:33 From Alice Olson-Dr Shaw Memorial Library : We are also getting more ILL requests than ever since we reopened, but our budget and buying hasn't changed. Is anyone else having this situation? 15:34:21 From Hope @ Caribou Public Library : We promote ILLs like crazy and am always happy when we have a bunch of requests. :-) That is something our patrons took for granted and were soooo grateful to have back in place once the return to ILLs was launched. :-) 15:35:33 From Hope @ Caribou Public Library : $2.00 in Oregon for ILLs and you were extremely limited in what you could ask for! 15:35:54 From stratton public library : Is anyone noticing that Baker & Taylor that it's taking longer for the orders to come and a lot of backorders? Maybe covid related? 15:36:13 From Alice Olson-Dr Shaw Memorial Library : YES! 15:36:14 From Norridgewock Public Library : Yes 15:36:23 From davismemoriallibrary : B & T has told me that taking longer is definitely because of the pandemic. 15:36:28 From Hope @ Caribou Public Library : My rep at B&T told me that the publishing houses are not shipping things as quickly! 15:36:39 From Carver Library : Small libraries would like to join MaineCat ILL, but there are a lot of barriers, as you know. 15:36:58 From stratton public library : Thank you good to know it's not just here 15:41:44 From Cynthia Young : Dr. Shah story - Scientific American - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-straight-talk-helped-one-state-control-covid/ 15:44:25 From Lisa Shaw : there wasn't enough room for me to get in :( 15:45:42 From Lisa Shaw : Are you just referring to 501c3s? 15:46:14 From Amy Levine : But if one is a City/Town department, the entire city employees wouold count, correct? 15:46:21 From cappleby : If a library is a town department, that 10 or more would include all employees, no? 15:46:25 From Lisa Shaw : Amy, that is my understanding. 15:46:39 From cappleby : We think alike, Amy! 15:47:58 From Lisa Shaw : Yes, thank you! 15:48:16 From Jeff Cabral : So the 37 number includes non profits AND municipals then, I gather. 15:48:36 From cappleby : Seems low to me. 15:48:39 From Jeff Cabral : Your local Chamber may be doing webinars too. I know ours is doing one next week. 15:49:28 From Jeff Cabral : ah that makes sense then, so the # is likely quite a bit higher 15:50:14 From Debbie : Our town HR department is on top of it 15:51:06 From emanning : And it applies to all workers regardless of status, yes? (part-time, subs, etc) 15:51:10 From stratton public library : So since I work for the town all employees that work for the town are counted? 15:52:16 From stratton public library : Thank you 15:52:18 From Karen Eger : Our part time people were first excited and then discouraged about how long it took to build up some paid time. 15:52:19 From Lisa Shaw : Includes all employees: full-time, part-time, temporary, per diem, etc. 15:52:30 From Lisa Shaw : https://www.maine.gov/labor/labor_laws/earnedpaidleave/ 15:55:12 From emanning : Bernstein Shur practices aggressive marketing. 15:56:06 From Lisa Shaw : Voluntold, Jamie! :D 15:58:04 From Amy Levine to Janet McKenney(Privately) : Not to open can of worms, but do we have final word on Q'ing for ILLs (Before they go out)? 15:59:23 From Trisha Cantwell : Balsam Consortium developer is working on creating a bridge to MaineCat from Evergreen. 15:59:54 From stratton public library : Are we required to do the 2020 Public Library Technology survey? I just got a letter it needs to be done by Oct. 30th 16:00:31 From Janet McKenney : https://www.maine.gov/msl/libs/services/documents/FinalQuarantineBestPractices_October7_2020wCover.pdf 16:01:18 From Karen Eger : We had a chipmunk chase and Lorena and Jane caught it in a deflated inflatable dinosaur... 16:01:44 From Lesley Unger : Karen for the win! 16:01:50 From Lisa Shaw : @Karen, those lil dudes are FAST! 16:02:25 From E Quint : when is next meeting? 16:02:48 From Lesley Unger : I see a fundraising opportunity! 16:03:05 From Susan Schroeder : We had a chipmunk too...came back three times...named him Hemingway before we found the hole! 16:03:06 From stratton public library : Are we required to do the 2020 Public Library Technology survey? I just got a letter it needs to be done by Oct. 30th 16:03:08 From Jeff Cabral : @ Lesley. Agreed. Chipmunk races. 16:03:58 From stratton public library : Not very tech savvy 16:06:04 From Amy Levine : Yes, PLDS 16:07:57 From Karen Eger : Yes that would be helpful. We have a staffer out today who is waiting for test results on his roommates. 16:08:55 From Beth Kane : I'd like to see a policy about staff who choose to go (farther than New England) away and what the expectation of quarantining may be when they return. 16:09:46 From Beth Kane : OK Thanks, Janet! 16:09:51 From Karen Eger : Very timely. 16:09:55 From Pam Slattery-Thomas : Thank you! 16:09:56 From Korina Lee : Thank you! 16:10:00 From davismemoriallibrary : Thank you! 16:10:01 From Nancy Petersons : thanks! 16:10:03 From Leila Roy : Thanks! 16:10:05 From davismemoriallibrary : Go Vote!! 16:10:06 From Michelle Brenner : Thank you!