HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 07.08.2014 Minutes of the
Laurel Public Library Board of Trustees
July 8, 2014
Attendin�
Rose Marie Kline Dixie Feller
Bruce McCullough Nancy Schmidt
Minutes
Minutes for June 2014 were read. Dixie motioned the minutes be approved as read, Bruce seconded the
motion. Motion passed.
Corresnondence
None
Circulation Renort
Traffic: up 7.6 %; circulation: all items circulated totaled 3,435 (including 208 eBooks), book
circulation was down 7.48%,media circulation was up 4.6%, eBook checkouts for this month was
7.03%of total book circulation; computers: internet use was up 22.27%, children's use was up 21%,
wi-fi use down 19.9%; patron cards: not available at this time. There were 37 recorded technology
assists for June (most of these are requiring 1/2 an hour or longer).
Old Business
Public Library Standards are due at the Montana Sta.te Library. Signatures from Board Chair, Bruce
McCullough, and Library Director,Nancy Schmidt, are required for approval by the State Library.
Clair Killebrew has submitted a letter of interest for the open Board position. Bill Hansen has stated that
he would be interested in sitting on the Board if any other positions become available.
New Business
The amount awarded for Federation libraries will again be over$2,000 this year. The Federation Award
Agreement needs to be signed by the Board Chair and Library Director before being returned to Helena
for the library to receive this funding. Bruce and Nancy signed the agreement.
As per the library services agreement with the Montana Shared Catalog, a contract with OCLC must
also be signed and returned to Helena. This year the agreement will be a 3 year contract instead of the
yearly agreement that has been the standard in the past. Once the OCLC Group Services Contract is
signed by the Director the library will be locked in the OCLC and MSC for three years.Nancy explained
that there wouldn't really be a lot of difference between this agreement and those in the past except for
the time frame. After discussion, it was agreed that Nancy would sign the new 3-year contract with
OCLC.
Nancy is still working on job descriptions for library staff. She is comparing job descriptions listed on
Montana State Library websites with previous descriptions used by the library. This is going to be a
lengthy and time consuming process. When the new job descriptions have been created,Nancy will
bring them to the Board for approval. She will then ask the City Council to approve them. Bruce stated
that library staff should have input into the job descriptions since they are the ones working the
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positions. All Board members agreed with this assessment. I
Nancy presented job evaluation forms for the Board members to consider using in the future. Part of the
library standards indicate that Director evaluations are done annually, or as needed. In the past we have '�
done verbal evaluations with `discussions' among Board members and the Director. According to the
Standards the Director has to be evalua.ted yearly on paper. The evaluation must be kept on file for 3-5
years. The evaluation forms will be passed out then there is a meeting of the full Board. All were in
agreement with this idea.
Other
Addressing the Board
None
Negt regular meeting
August 12, 2014
Rose Marie motioned the meeting be adjourned, Dixie seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned at 7:05
pm.
Respectfully submitted,
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Nancy L. Schmidt