HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 01.10.2012 Minutes of the
Laurel Public Library Board of Trustees
January 10, 2012
Attending:
Bruce McCullough (presiding) Dixie Feller
Clair Killebrew Nathan Baillet
Alan Klebe Nancy Schmidt
Minutes:
Minutes from December 2011 were read, corrected and approved.
Correspondence:
Donation from Heath Billingsley in the amount of $200 was received. Heath studies in the Community Room
when it is not busy and stated that she appreciates being able to fmd a quiet place for her studying.
Circulation Report:
Traffic: down 5.1 %; circulation: all items circulated totaled 2,587, book circulation was down 35.2% ,
media circulation was down 11.1% ; computers: interne use was up 7.01 %, children's use was up
2.5 %, wi -fi use up 80 %; patron cards: City patrons make up 80.2% of the total library patrons
registered, County patrons totaled 9.6% & Non - County patrons accounted for 10.2% of our patron
totals.
Old Business:
The final profit for the book sale was $1,592.47. The amount deducted from the gross for insurance,
electricity, gas, water and helpers totaled $457.06. Nancy reported that when she called to ask for the
gross amount of the book sale Sharon Russell stated that the Board did not need to know how much the
Friends group made.
Nathan reported that he would be attending lunch with the Marketing Director (project sponsor) and
the SIFE Director on January 11, 2012. He will report at our next meeting on the luncheon.
The BTOP team has called to let Nancy know that a vendor has been approved for computer
management software. The library will be receiving EnvisionWare for each of the public access
computers and a touch - screen computer for managing the software. Patrons will be required to sign in
to the computer before the system will activate for them. Patrons will also be required to authenticate
any documents they may want to print before the software will allow printing. We hope this will assist
staff in determining who prints and how much they print. We are hoping to realize a cost savings for
printed materials.
Nancy has not received word about the Steele -Reese Grant through the Great Falls Library for
participating in the MontanaLibrary2Go program. She will contact Susie McIntyre at Great Falls
tomorrow to fmd out if we qualify for the grant. Nancy will report at the next meeting. Laurel will "go
live" with e-books in March.
New Business:
The Russian Olive trees will be removed by City workers and new trees will be planted using a grant
from the Arbor Day Foundation. Nancy will report later on types of trees and date of planting.
Clair has been a Trustee of the Laurel Public Library for 9 1 h years. Her tenure is up June 30, 2012.
Nancy suggested that we start thinking about someone to fill Clair's place on the Board.
Other:
Nancy reported that the Library now has a separate line for a fax machine. The number is:
406 - 628 -9323.
Addressing the Board:
Next regular meeting:
February 14, 2012
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy L Sch t
Secretary
Future Considerations:
Overdue Collections Policy Personnel Evaluation
Technology Plan Update Library Personnel Policy
Library Partnerships