Friends of the NSS Library Friends of the NSS Library (FOL) is an informal group of NSS members who are concerned about the future of the NSS Library. They are expressing that concern by presenting, to the NSS membership, information on this website about the NSS Library, on NSS BOG decisions, actions and dicussions, and by providing links to NSS member discussions on the NSS Discussion Board, and other links of interest. Friends of the Library encourages NSS members to explore the information provided on this website to help them decide if they agree with the direction that the NSS BOG is taking with respect to the future of the library. FOL also encourages NSS members to provide their input either directly to the NSS Board and officers or to the FOL Discussion group . Members can join the discussion group by sending an email to NSS-FOL discussion group Friends of the NSS Library is circulating a petition to express their concern about the future of the NSS Library to the BOG. The information about the petition can be found at Library Petition. ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

NSS Library Information links President's Message, by Scott Fee, from NSS News, July 2003. From the NSS Website: On-Line NSS Library This link goes to the Library Section of the NSS website which contains an on-line listing of library holdings, catalog, index and Ebooks.   BOG Discussions/Motions. This is a compilation of discussions, decisions and motions concerning the NSS Library from NSS Board meeting minutes between 1997 and March 2003. The source of this compilation comes from the NSS Business Page, http://www.caves.org/nss-business/bog-minutes.html   NSS BOG Agenda for August 2003 Board Meeting, Porterville, California NSS Library Infrastructure Ad-Hoc Committee Report   OVP report on library issues.   NSS/NCKRI Liaison Committee Report Statement of Work as referenced in the NSS Board minutes March 2003 Ad Hoc Committee Library Discussion Paper as referenced in the President's report September 2002. NSS Discussion Board: Discussion from the NSS Discussion Board amongst NSS members about the library issue: 12/18/02 - 1/9/03: Why not support the NSS Library 1/6/03-5/6/03: The NSS Library 2/18/03- 5/19/03: March 2003 NSS Board meeting agenda 3/6/03-6/10/03: NSS NCKRI relationship. From the Library Development Commisssion Website Library Development Commission . A link to the Huntsville Grotto Library Development Commission page. The page has links to the Virtural Library Tour and the Library Development Proposal that was presented by the Huntsville Grotto to the NSS BOG in March 2003. The page also has a link to the Library Development Commission presentation that was made at this year's SERA regional. A history of the relationship between the NSS and the National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI), written by Jeanne Gurnee. From Monthly Reports on website of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute and from Inside Earth, an NPS online newsletter   October 2000 monthly report from NCKRI October 2001 monthly report from NCKRI NPS Newsletter pdf Inside Earth see page 3. Letter from some NSS members to the BOG, FOL article in the NSS News (July 2003) about the Library   A Letter from concerned NSS members to the NSS BOG regarding sending NSS Library Materials to NCKRI   Friends of the Library's concerns about the future of the NSS Library (NSS News, July 2003)   ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss