HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 10.09.2012 Minutes of the
Laurel Public Library Board of Trustees
October 9, 2012
Attending
Bruce McCullough (presiding) Rose Marie Kline
Alan Klebe Dixie Feller
Nancy Schmidt
Minutes
Minutes for August and September 2012 were presented, read, and approved.
Correspondence
None
Circulation Report
Traffic: down 27.27 %; circulation: all items circulated totaled 3,023 (including eBooks), book
circulation was down 26.28 %, media circulation was up 2.57 %, eBook checkouts for this month was
115, 4.6% of total book circulation; computers: internet use was up 8.77 %, children's use was up 8 %,
wi -fi use down 5.71%; patron cards: Not available at this time.
Old Business
Nancy reported that the paperwork for the Library Foundation has been sent to Helena. Nancy stated that
Secretary of State's office requested more information before our request could be processed. The additional
paperwork was faxed and we are now awaiting fmal approval.
A book sale will be held November 1St, 2 and 3rd at the library as a continuing fundraiser for the Foundation.
Sale times are 9:00 am to 7:00 pm on Thursday and Friday, and 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday. Dixie stated
that she should be able to work most of the sale except for a couple appointments on Thursday.
Summer reading program was a success again this year. The library had 178 registrations with 86 of them
returning for prizes. The Sunshine Academy reported that their students were thrilled with the programs and
activities presented to them this year. The biggest hits were, of course, the zoo animals and the alpacas.
New Business
Dixie reported on her attendance at the Federation meeting. She attended in Winnett (Petroleum County) with
Clair Killebrew as a ride - along. Every library in the federation was in attendance, including the two new
libraries: Colstrip and Forsyth. The biggest agenda item at the federation meeting was the request that someone
else take over as Federation Coordinator. A new coordinator would need to be chosen and voted on at the next
Federation meeting in March. Dixie suggested that Nancy should consider taking over as coordinator. After
some discussion, it was decided that this topic would be discussed at the next board meeting.
The Montana State Library will be holding a Trustee Training in Billings on October 20, 2012. Anyone
interested in attending could get more information from Nancy or she could forward the email to them. Dixie
expressed interest in attending.
A check was received from the State Library for our share of the State Aid grant in the amount of $1,559.11.
This will be put into our Library Aid Grant account for use as per our agreement with the Montana State
Library.
Nancy attended the Fall Montana Shared Catalog meeting in Helena on October 4 & 5 The biggest concern
was the type /size of library that we have changed to in the last year. Laurel is now considered a Large library by
type because we have over 45,000 items listed in our catalog. This number included over 9,000 eBooks. The
next MSC meeting is in Miles City on May 2 & 3rd
Other
The Montana State Library has announced Wednesday, January 16, 2013 as Legislative Day at the State Capitol.
If anyone is interested in meeting/greeting their representatives this is the day that MSL would like to see you
attend the legislature hearings. There is no preregistration to attend Legislative Day but the State Library would
like to know if you are attending.
Addressing the Board
Next regular meeting
November 13, 2012
Respectfully submitted,
ancy L Schfdt
Secretary