HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 09.09.2008Minutes of the
Laurel Public Library Board of Trustees
September 9, 2008
Attending:
Gail Brice (presiding), Bruce McCullough, Clair Killebrew, Christy Smith and Nancy
Schmidt
Minutes:
The minutes of the August 12, 2008 meeting were corrected, read and approved.
Correspondence
The library received $631.94 for FY '09 State Aid per capita from the Montana State
Library and $1,454.50 for FY '09 Federation payment.
Circulation Report
Traffic for August 2008 was down 0.06% over August 2007. Circulation for
materials was up 2.7% from August 2007. Circulation of books alone was up
0.005% over last August. The biggest increase in circulating items was in
media - 14.5%. There were also 820 computer users for the month of August
down from 902 in July.
Old Business
The Public Library Standards were not ready for presentation from Nancy. She will bring
them forward one at a time for updating or implementation.
Nancy reported that the funding workshop in Great Falls was informational but not what
the library is looking for at this time. The type of funding presented at the workshop was
along the lines of total sustainability of services. Something for the library to look forward
to in the future but we are not ready for it at this time.
Nancy will attend the Fall Workshop in Livingston September 19 & 20. She will travel to
Livingston the afternoon before to avoid early morning highway hazards.
Staff training is being held every 6 - 8 weeks to help maintain continuity and
communication. There are still a few bumps in the road but staff members feel that we are
making progress.
There have been a few rumors but no results for any staff pay raises at this time.
New Business
Nancy is moving forward with creating a website for the library. She has asked that the
board members give her their opinions about domain names for the site. The choices were
laurelpublic library. org or laurelpubliclibrary.com. It was unanimous that we should use
.org as our domain extension since we are a nonprofit organization.
The Home School Knit and Crochet group has requested use of the community room on a
monthly basis as a central location for their meetings. Discussion followed the presentation
of the request. It was decided that the group would be allowed to meet at the library once a
month. The schedule would be determined by Nancy and the leader, Cara Campbell.
Christy presented a request for use of the community room for a daytime book club. The
board was in unanimous agreement that this be allowed. Christy will be in charge of the
book club and decisions that are needed to be made when they arise. Nancy will provide
Christy with a list of book club kits that are available through the Federation.
Gail brought forward the idea that the board should respond to donations with Thank You
letters signed by the Board Chair. Discussion followed. It was decided that for donations
of $50 or more, besides the thanks that the director gives, the Board Chair would send a
personalized Thank You to the donor. At least once a month Nancy will supply Gail with a
list of those that have made donations of $50 or more.
Nancy will create a notice for the Outlook asking for interested parties to apply for the
soon-to-be-vacant board position. The notice will appear next week.
Time to address the Board
No one addressed the board.
Next regular meeting
October 14, 2008 will be the next meeting.