HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 08.08.2017 - Revised Minutes of the
Laurel Public Library Board of Trustees
August 8,2017
Attending
Clair Killebrew Dixie Feller Bill Hanson
Arthur Vogele Samantha Barnhart Nancy Schmidt
Minutes
Bill motioned that the minutes for July 2017 be accepted as read. Clair seconded the motion.
Motion passed.
Correspondence
None
Circulation Report—compared to same time period last year...
Traffic: down 9.3%; circulation: all items circulated totaled 3,433 (including 428 eBooks),book
circulation was up 1.9%, media circulation was down 12.3%, eBook checkouts for this month
was 14.6%of total book circulation, we circulated 480 items to partners; computers: internet use
was down 15.9%, children's use was up 2.7%, wi-fi use down 9.8%; patron cards: city patrons
hold 60.7%of registered cards, county patrons make up 35.9%of registered cards and out-of-
county patrons are 3.4%. There were 37 tech assists in July.
Old Business
Samantha Barnhart has submitted a letter of interest to the library for the open position on the
library board. Mayor Mace is appointing her to the Board at the regular City Council meeting
tonight.
The Summer Reading Program was a very big success again this year! We had 102 registered
participants that spent 88,722 minutes reading(OR 1,478 hours 42 minutes OR 61 days, 14
hours, 42 minutes). The weekly programs averaged an attendance of 22 people per week.
The per capita funding for libraries will not be available this year due to budget cuts at the State
level. It is most likely not going to be available next year either. This is a loss of$2,600 for
Laurel. The State Library is allowing a one-time allotment to public libraries to help off-set the
loss of per capita funding. All libraries in the Federation will receive $1,405.19 this year to be
used for programs for which we would have used the per capita funding. There is a stipulation
that we can't use the monies for new programming, etc at our libraries.
The issue of soggy newspapers has been taken care of for now. The Billings Gazette will ask its
carrier to put the paper in a plastic bag when it delivers to the library.
New Business
Fall workshops offered by Montana Library Association will be offered in Bozeman, September
7th& 8th. Workshops include learning to use GIS information from the State Library, social
media for strengthening our library's web presence, conversations with staff and board members,
and learning to work closely with our local governments.Nancy is planning on attending and
will report back at the next meeting.
The next South-Central Federation meeting is scheduled for Saturday, September 23, 2017 in
Hardin at Big Horn Public Library. If anyone is interested in attending please let Nancy know for
travel purposes.
The library will be closed for the long Labor Day weekend, Saturday, September 2-4, 2017. In
the"old"days this would have been a changeover weekend so we will continue with the tradition
to give staff an extra day off during that weekend.
Other
Patti and Nancy will be taking some time off during the week of Labor Day.Nancy will be
available via email or cell phone if needed. There is a tentative Federation Coordinator's meeting
scheduled in October as well as retreat to Chico. More information will be presented at the
September meeting.
Addressing the Board
None
Next regular meeting
September 12, 2017
Dixie motioned the Board meeting be adjourned,Bill seconded the motion. Motion passed,
meeting adjourned at 6:54 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy L. Schmidt