Wayne Public Library Board of Trustees
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 / 5:15 p.m., Conference Room
Rescheduled due to lack of quorum
REVISED AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER: President Joel Ankeny called the meeting to
order.
ROLL CALL: Dennis Lipp was absent; all other board
members and Library Director Lauran Lofgren were present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the September meeting were
approved as submitted.
FINANCIAL REPORT: During September, the library purchased
$3,000 worth of materials; some of these will be kept back and added throughout
the year. All bills have been submitted
for the end of the fiscal year. The
financial report was approved as submitted.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT:
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• Statistics
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AUG 04
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SEP 04
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SEP 03
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Circulation
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3892
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3997
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3779
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Patrons
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3764
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2635
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2762
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Meeting Room
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10
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17
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4
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Reference ?s
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186
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209
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306
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Computer ?s
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103
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53
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NA
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Phone Calls
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331
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296
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NA
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OPACs
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152
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227
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317
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CD-ROMs
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229
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150
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194
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Internet
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974
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878
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955
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New patron cards
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27
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29
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NA
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Items added
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120
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194
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89
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Items deleted
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177
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37
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47
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- OPAC
use is down, possibly due to at home access
Lauran Lofgren shared the annual statistics. Circulation for the year started slowly, in
part due to the reaction to low purchases during the final quarter of the
previous fiscal year. Final circulation
was 98% of the previous year's.
Staff Projects and
Concerns
- Lewis
& Clark publicity was completed for programs featuring Bev Hinds and
Brad Tennant.
- Fifty
persons attended the Lewis & Clark program on medical care.
- BA
Sharer and L Kruckenberg taught a computer class.
- Fall
story time is off and running, averaging 15+ a week.
- L
Lofgren began conducting annual staff evaluations.
- L
Lofgren spent time working on FY 2004 e-rate grant.
- Buseum
program held with 20-25 people attending.
- L
Lofgren attended the Northeast Library System (NELS) board meeting at St.
Edward.
- L
Lofgren attended NELS board training at Kearney.
- J
Osnes and L Lofgren were on Mark Ahmann's radio show to talk about
children's programs.
- L
Lofgren started working with Charlene Rasmussen on a Friends group, their
first meeting will be October 18.
- Great
Books for Great Kids promotion was held at Runza. The library will receive $230.
- J
Osnes and L Lofgren participated in the United Way kickoff. The library will receive $900 for
Summer Reading Program books to give away if United Way reaches its goal.
- BA
Sharer and J Osnes attended the Really Great Library Gathering meeting in
Stanton.
- Head
Start visited for a storytime and brought 17 children with 4 adults.
- J
Osnes has several volunteers from the college to help with after school
programming.
- The
Homework Help Desk has begun for the school year.
- Grammapa
Reading Program is off and running with 13 storytimes at 10
daycares/preschools and 13 readers participating.
- L
Lofgren is taking Wednesday, October 13, through Monday, October 18 off,
but will be in for the Friends' organizational meeting Monday night.
- P
Nelson, former children's librarian, has a new baby girl named Olivia.
Computer / Equipment
Concerns
- The
overhead projector is falling apart.
New ones range in price from $175 to $300. The projector has had 14 checkouts in
the last 13 months (primarily to the same patron). The board discussed whether or not to
replace the current one. The board
voted not to replace at this time.
L Lofgren will check with patron to see if he/she is interested in
purchasing the current one for $10.00.
Lofgren will keep track of unmet patron requests (if any) for the
projector to see if it should be replaced.
Building Concerns
- Handicap
access doors – The contractor anticipates they will start the job of
putting them in by the end of this week.
OLD BUSINESS
- Donated Pictures – The pictures
donated by the hospital have been checked over by the staff; they have
selected six to keep. Given the
low circulation of the artwork, staff is unsure about spending the money
to have the six pictures framed.
NEW BUSINESS
- Plan board training activities – Dennis
needs to receive board member training.
The board voted that L Lofgren invite Kathy Ellerton from NELS to
conduct an information session for the full board.
- E-Rate – Given the low payoff ($320) for the amount of time
required for completion of this grant, the board voted to recommend not
reapplying for this grant.
- Long range planning – A committee
to work on the issue will be formed.
J. Ankeny and M Carstens will represent the board.
- Discussion of library security –
Police Chief Webster and D Newton from city maintenance have checked out
security camera models and have made their recommendation on which one to
purchase. The board voted to
approve the purchase of the camera, pending word from the foundation on
payment for camera set up.
- Youth Services Grant Proposal – J
Osnes gave a proposal for application for a Youth Services Grant to create
a teen center in the library. The
board voted to approve the application.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m. The next board meeting will be Tuesday,
November 2, at 5:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Carstens
Secretary
