HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 07.08.2025 MINUTES
CITY OF LAUREL
07/08/2025 06:00 PM
Laurel Public Library
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Meeting Canceled -
farewell dinner for Arthur
(no business was discussed)
OTHERS PRESENT: None
1. Public Input
Citizens may address the committee regarding any item of city business not on the agenda. The duration
for an individual speaking under Public Comment is limited to three minutes. While all comments are
welcome, the committee will not take action on any item not on the agenda.
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2. General Items
a. Circulation Report—(compared to the same time period as last year) Traffic: up 4.2%;
circulation: all items circulated totaled 4,929 (including 665 eBooks), book circulation
was down 9%, media circulation was up 19.7%, eBook checkouts for this month was
15.1% of total book circulation, we circulated 807 items to partners and 238 items from
other libraries; computers: internet use was up 78.8% children's use was up 200%, wi-fi
use was up 14.7%; patron cards: city patrons make up 61.2% of our registered users,
county is 28.9%, and state/out of county has 9.9%of our registered patrons. There were
62 tech assists in June.
3. Old Business
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4. New Business
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5. Other Items
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6. Announcements
a. The next regular meeting is August 12th, 2025, at 6:00 pm in the library community
room. A Zoom link will be added to the next agenda.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy L Schmidt
Library Director
Secretary for the Board
NOTE:This meeting is open to the public.This meeting is for information and discussion of listed
agenda items.
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