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.

Kentucky Voyager Users Group (KVUG) serves as a forum for sharing information and expertise in the use of all Ex Libris library systems among Kentucky libraries. Visit our Web site for more information:

http://libwired.info/kvug

The group meets annually and the next meeting will be June 19, 2009, at Eastern Kentucky University hosted by EKU Libraries. The program will include a Voyager product update, Ex Libris corporate update and several sessions presented by KVUG members. The registration form is available on the KVUG Web site and the registration fee will be $30.00 per attendee.

The ExLibris South-Central Users Group Regional Conference – ELSUG 2009 – will be hosted by Moffett Library at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX.

The conference is set for Thursday and Friday, October 8-9, 2009. The website for the conference is in development but can be accessed at http://library.mwsu.edu/elsug2009/.

ELUNA Steering Committee minutes from July 2008 - April 2009 are available to ELUNA members at:

http://el-una.org/web/steering-committee-minutes

You will need to sign in with your ELUNA members credentials. Ask your ELUNA site contact if you don't know the credentials.

We are pleased to announce that the following people have been elected
to two year terms on the ELUNA Steering Committee. Their terms will
begin at the end of the ELUNA conference in Richmond in May.

Pascal Calarco (University of Notre Dame). Relected and Incoming Chair.
Kristine Hammerstrand (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in
Illinois (CARLI)). New member.
Laura Morse (Harvard University). New member.
Bob Trotter (University System of Georgia). Relected

The following people will remain on the Steering Committee for another
year:

The December 2008 ELUNA Steering Committee's Newsletter is now available. It contains information on user group membership, Steering Committee activity in the last year, ELUNA 2008, upcoming events including the all important ELUNA 2009 Conference, and activities of the various Product Groups.

ELUNA, Ex Libris, and IGeLU are pleased to announce the release of
the E-Books Focus Group Report and Ex Libris' response to the report.

(ELUNA member login is required.)

We are pleased to announce that Ex Libris, IGeLU, and ELUNA have
signed a Product Development Collaboration Agreement. This document
outlines the governing principles for collaboration between Ex Libris
and its user groups on development and enhancement of the Company's
products. It also details the responsibilities of all three parties
in the process of collaboration. We believe it builds on a strong
history of collaboration and lays a solid foundation for ongoing
efforts. It will also serve as the basis for the development of