HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 08.12.2014 Minutes of the
Laurel Public Library Board of Trustees ,
August 12,2014
Attending
Rose Marie Kline Dixie Feller Alan Klebe
Bruce McCullough Claire Killebrew Nancy Schmidt
Minutes
Minutes for July 2014 were read. Bruce motioned the minutes be approved as read, Rose Marie
seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Corresaondence
Mary Kasner donated $100 to the Laurel Public Library Foundation for new books.
Circulation Reuort
Traff'ic: up 0.12%; circulation: all items circulated tota.led 3,267 (including 208 eBooks),book
circulation was down 27.16%,media circulation was down 22.82%, eBook checkouts for this month
was 7.37%of total book circulation; computers: internet use was up 7.64%, children's use was up
6.25%,wi-fi use up 6.82%; patron cards: city patrons account for 65.69% of the items checked out,
county patrons checked out 25.81%and non-resident patrons 8.17%. There were 48 recorded technology
assists for July.
Old Business
According to the Montana State Library each director needs to be evaluated at least once per year.
Nancy handed out some evaluation forms to each Trustees to be completed at home and returned at the
next meeting for compilation.
Nancy has stated that she is still working on updating the staff job descriptions. She is using guidelines
from Montana State Library and asking for input from the library staff. As each job description is
completed it will be submitted for Board approval then passed along to the City Council for their
approval.
Darlene Enriquez is our new cleaning person at the library. She is contracting to clean the library up to 5
hours per week. The agreement between Darlene and Nancy will be 2 times per week for 2 '/2 hours each
session. Darlene will plan to clean on Tuesday after closing and Friday afternoon.
New Business
The next Federation meeting is being held at the Billings Public Library on September 13, 2014. All
trustees are encouraged to attend if possible.Nancy will be planning the meeting and the food. She
asked for suggestions for CE training. More information about the new gadgets on the market was
suggested.
Officer elections were held: Clair Killebrew was nominated by Dixie as Board Chair, seconded by Rose
Marie; Rose Marie was nominated for Vice-Chair by Bruce, seconded by Dixie;Dixie was nominated
for Federation representative by Bruce, seconded by Alan. All nominations passed.
Other
Nancy reported that the transfer of the Federation duties has gone smoothly so far. All of the book kits
are now housed at Laurel.
Addressing the Board
Dixie welcomed Clair back as a member of the Board. We are very glad that Clair feels that she should
be part of the decision making process at the library. All members are in agreement.
Next re�ular meeting
September 9,2014
Alan motioned the meeting be adjourned, Dixie seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned at 6:32 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
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Nancy L. Schmidt