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Howdy Colleagues,

Join us May 10-13 in Fort Worth, Texas for ELUNA 2010! Registration is now open!

For a quick look at the program, go to the conference web site. We encourage you to attend the Ex Libris Technical Seminar immediately preceding ELUNA on May 9-10, 2010 as well!

Why you should attend:

* Content! 115 sessions total, including 68 customer presentations, 15 Special Interest Group roundtables, 6 Regional User Group meetings

The ELUNA Steering Committee is offering a number of changes to the current Constitution & Bylaws for the organization, detailed in the attachments below. ELUNA member institution site contacts will receive and e-mail to vote on these after 30 days of being available, and the changes are open for all to see, regardless of membership status with ELUNA. The voting period will be 10 days, March 23, 2010-April 1, 2010, following the 30 day notice period, February 22, 2010-March 23, 2010.

Join us for the 2010 ELUNA Conference & Ex Libris Technical Seminar in Fort Worth, TX May 9-13!

About ELUNA:

Customers of the Ex Libris Group, the leading provider of library automation solutions, will meet in Fort Worth, Texas for another great ELUNA Conference. This event will include:

* more than 70 breakout sessions,
* digital posters, featured in an evening reception, and
* Ex Libris product updates, including a strategic direction and roadmap presentation

About the Ex Libris Technical Seminar

The Voyager Product Group (VPG) needs candidates to step forward to run for election as Leaders-at-Large. Candidates must work at an institution which is an ELUNA member and which licenses Voyager, and should have a strong knowledge of Voyager, the ability to organize and communicate with others, time, and an interest in and willingness to work on Voyager-related projects, especially enhancements. Consider nominating yourself or someone else who has the qualities and the desire to serve. *The deadline is February 19th, 2010*.

The ELUNA Nominating Committee is now calling for nominees for election to the ELUNA Steering Committee. This year, four people will be elected. Five members of the current Steering Committee will continue to serve during the coming year. They are Bob Trotter (incoming Chair), Pascal Calarco (Current Chair/Past Chair 2010-11) Kristine Hammerstrand (Secretary), and Laura Morse. The four Steering Committee members whose terms expire in 2010 are Edward Corrado, Wil Frost, Gary Johnson and Suzanne Julich.

The annual Great Lakes Users Group Meeting (GLUGM) Conference will be held at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame (South Bend), Indiana October 22nd & 23rd, 2009. The purpose of the conference is to provide its participants with the opportunity to meet fellow ExLibris colleagues in a professional atmosphere where everyone is encouraged to share information about the system’s functionality, to make suggestions for enhancement and to provide support for each other. The official conference website is at:

The leadership of three library vendor user communities in North America have agreed to co-endorse the the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) Statement on the Proposed OCLC Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records, dated May 11, 2009 (http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/statement-oclcrecorduse.htm).

The 2009 ELUNA proceedings are now available. To access them please click on the Meetings tab on the top of this page and scroll down to the "Meeting Archives" link. You will need the ELUNA members user name and password. Please contact the Steering Committee if you do not know the current username/password.

EMA (Ex Libris Users Mid-Atlantic) RUG meeting will be November 5-6 at Binghamton University.