01-05-15SCBEERTZ PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
January 5„ 2015
Members Present: Sandy Keiser, Laura Wilson, Mary McAllister, Howson Lau, Melissa
Uhlhorn, Carol Cyr, Ruth Tienor, Janice Manzo, Neota Brady, Bobbie Boyce, Joanne Ward,
Juan Thorn, Patti Paulson
Visitors: None
CALL TOORDER: Bobbie Boyce called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
1. Minutes:
Consideration and /or action regarding the approval of the minutes for•
November 3, 2014 and December 1, 2014.
Mary McAllister moved to accept the minutes as reported with a minor typo change (removing
the word of). Juan Thorn seconded the motion. Motion carried. The November and December
minutes were approved.
2. Treasurer's Report: Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the
September Treasurer's Report.
Bookstore sales were $1,221.85, consignments were $221.04 - Total 1442.89. Ruth Tienor
moved to accept the Treasurer's Report as presented. Sandy Keiser seconded the motion. The
motion carried. The Treasurer's report was approved.
3. Librarian's Report: Librarian will report on the following items:
The October Statistics: Total Library circulation 27,823, Head Count 23,497, Library Program
Attendance 986 (Youth programs 899, Adult programs 87), Total Collection Titles 78,832, Total
Items 99,875, Patrons 31,143, New Library Cards issued 386, Library Cards Renewed 584, Self -
checkout 13,611, Volunteer hours 566.5, ILL (Inter Library Loans) 26, Meeting room usage 71,
Computer Usage 3,545, E- Resources 1165, TSLAC Service Population 86,162, Web page
sessions 3,953, Web page users 2,518, web page pageviews 8,121
The November Statistics: Total Library circulation 23,811, Head Count 17,610, Library Program
Attendance 905 (Youth programs 857, Adult programs 48),Total Collection Titles 79,244, Total
Items 100,971, Patrons 31,546, New Library Cards issued 310, Library Cards Renewed 397,
Self- checkout 10,876, Volunteer hours 341.0, ILL (Inter Library Loans) 7, Meeting room usage
63, Computer Usage 2,745 hrs, E- Resources 1065, TSLAC Service Population 86,162, Web page
sessions 3,525, Web page users 2,274, web page pageviews 7,108
General Operation for December
-Still in the process of hiring a "Virtual" Librarian — narrowed down to one candidate
_Eek — Mice. Our Library has rodents. All necessary trappings are in play.
Foundation paid for electronic resources, digital downloads and magazines
-The way of doing electronic books has changed, we have several copies of each, which made
the total count go up. We now have a nice cushion of books
4. Bookstore Report: Joanne Ward, Bookstore Manager reported on the following:
General Operation:
-Daily operations are doing well.
- No more VHS tapes to be taken
- The next bag sale will be 2/20 and 2/21. We will be setting up Thursday the 19`h at 5 :30. A
volunteer schedule will be passed around at the February Board Meeting.
5. Items by the Library Board Members: Briefing and discussion on the following
items:
- Correspondence received by the Secretary: None
- Other announcements by Library Board members: Howson Lau gave an update on the monthly
Mayor's forum meeting.
_Neota Brady relayed a request from a friend that the Library lengthen the time that books can
be checked -out.
Ruth Tienor moved to adjourn the meeting. Laura Wilson seconded the motion. The motion
carried. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. The next meeting is February 2, 2015.
Bobbie Boyce, Chairman Patti Dilworth, Secretary