HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 03.15.2011 Minutes of the
Laurel Public Library Board of Trustees
March 15, 2011
Attending:
Clair Killebrew (presiding) Christy Smith
Bruce McCullough Dixie Feller
Nancy Schmidt
Minutes:
The minutes for February 15, 2011 were not ready for distribution at this time but will be
presented at the next meeting.
Correspondence:
None
Circulation Report:
Traffic: down 25.3 %; circulation: unavailable at this time; computers: internet use down 31 %,
children's use down 29 %, wi -fi use up 29.4 %; patron cards: city patrons registered is 63.5% of
total cards issued, county patrons represent 26.9% of total cards issued, other patrons represent
9.6 %.
Old Business:
Nathan was unable to attend the meeting because of his class schedule and will report at a later
date.
The issue of the flower gardens is in rough draft form. Nancy stated that she will have it ready
next month for board members to comment on before she mails it out to Lacie Lanaghan and
the Road Runners 4 -H Club.
Nancy stated that she put out word that a part-time temporary position is opening at the library.
No one has responded at this time so she will contact MSU- Billings about offering the position
for work study. The computer carrels have been ordered and Nancy is contacting someone to
oversee the remodeling that will involve moving the circulation desk. Nancy also presented the
idea that she would like to add a "teen 'bar' with stools" after this part of the remodeling is
completed. We need to look at ways to include our teens and tweens as an important part of
our library.
New Business:
Bruce, Dixie, and Clair helped Nancy with the budget for fiscal year 2011 -2012. The task was
completed within an hour and turned in to Shirley Ewan earlier today.
Clair and Nancy attended the South Central Federation meeting in Big Timber. It was interesting
and informational.
MontanaLibrary2Go will be discussed at a later date.
A meeting had been set with Bill Cochran and a couple of the Board Members from Parmly
Billings Library on Monday, February 28"'. The meeting lasted for over an hour with quite a bit of
the discussion centered on what Laurel wanted from Parmly (sic) but not much of what Parmly
wanted in return from Laurel. The general consensus after the meeting was that Parmly wanted
to work with Laurel but that we were not going to receive any funding from them any time in
the near future.
Other:
Addressing the Board:
None
Next regular meeting:
April 12, 2011
Future Considerations:
Overdue Collections Policy Personnel Evaluation
Technology Plan Update Library Personnel Policy
Library Partnerships