NCLA Executive Board Meeting
Children’s Services Section Report
January, 2002

The executive board met on December 6, 2001 at the Graham Public Library.  There was discussion about the conference and Jim Rosinia relayed news about State Library activities that included summer reading workshops, launch of the Kid’s Portal on November 1 and LSTA grant details.  Tentative dates for the off-year retreat are October 21-22, 2002 at The Summit and title is “Library Services for the Next Generation: Responding to New Challenges”.  Topics to be discussed are Hispanic services, computers, and addressing the needs of parents with children who have poor reading skills.  Speakers and agenda for the retreat are yet to be determined.  CSS has three open positions and there was some discussion about people to fill those positions.  The next meeting will be at the Graham Public Library on February 26, 2002 from 12 to 3.