HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 02.18.2014 Minutes of the
Laurel Public Library Board of Trustees
February 18, 2014
Attending
Bruce McCullough Alan Klebe
Rose Marie Kline Nancy Schmidt
Minutes
January minutes were presented and approved as read.
Correspondence
The Unity Garden Club made a donation to the library foundation in the amount of $389.53. The
Garden Club requested that the money be used to pay for baby changing stations in the public
bathrooms.
Circulation Report
Traffic: down 8.04 %; circulation: all items circulated totaled 3,283 (including 220 eBooks), book
circulation was down 5.6 %, media circulation was down 24.01%, eBook checkouts for this
month was 7.6% of total book circulation; computers: internet use was down 31.97 %, children's
use was down 31.9 %, wi -fi use up 29.4 %; patron cards: city patrons made up 66.74% of all
issued cards, county patrons accounted for 26.14% of registered cards holders, and nonresident
county /resident - district patrons are at 7.1%. There were 70 recorded technology assists for
January.
Old Business
Nathan Baillet submitted a letter of resignation from the Board via email to Nancy. The open
position will be added to the list of board openings in the City and advertised when the rest are
noticed in the paper.
New Business
Nancy has her budget worksheets from Shirley. Anyone interested in helping with the 14 -15
library budget can meet with her on Tuesday, February 25 at 1:00 pm.
Dates for the Spring Book Sale were discussed. Nancy reported that the shed is full and the
community room is starting to overflow with boxes of donated books. The dates chosen were
April 24 25 & 26"' with the times open being 9:00 am to 7:00 pm on Thursday, 9:00 am to
7:00 pm on Friday, and 9:00 am to 3:00 pm on Saturday.
The next Federation meeting is in Big Timber on March 15 if anyone else is interested in
attending. Nancy will be traveling up and back on that Saturday to attend the meeting.
Other
It may be time to think about reestablishing the Friends of the Library group. Nancy will talk to
Deva about a timeline for the restart. Bruce suggested that the FOL from Joliet be contacted to
share ideas and policies on how a Friends group should be run. Nancy will call Deb Hronek to
get contact information for the Joliet Friends.
Addressing the Board
None
Next regular meeting
March 11, 2014
Alan motioned that the meeting be closed, Rose Marie seconded the motion. Passed. Meeting
adjourned at 6:38 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy L. Schmidt