Wayne Public Library Board of Trustees
Tuesday, March 1, 2005 / 5:15 p.m., Conference Room
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER: President Joel Ankeny called the meeting to
order.
ROLL CALL: Board member Maureen Kingston was
absent. All other board members were
present, along with Library Director Lauran Lofgren.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the last meeting were
approved, with one correction to spell Julie Osnes' name correctly.
FINANCIAL REPORT: The financial report was approved as
submitted.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT:
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• Statistics
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JAN 05
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FEB 05
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FEB 04
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Circulation
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4227
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4370
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4112
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Patrons
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3242
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3359
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2651
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Meeting Room
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7
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6
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12
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Reference ?s
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89
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235
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218
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Computer ?s
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26
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69
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NA
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◦ Phone
Calls
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351
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332
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NA
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◦ OPACs
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226
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224
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329
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CD-ROMs
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177
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166
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129
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Internet
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1030
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1047
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644
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◦ New
patron cards
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25
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25
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NA
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◦ Items
added
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114
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188
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106
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◦ Items
deleted
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163
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276
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25
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Circulation and patron numbers are up from this time last
year, as is Internet/computer use.
Reference questions were up, which Ms. Lofgren credits to Middle
Schoolers' good relationship with Julie Osnes.
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• Staff projects
and concerns
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◦ Staff
finished weeding and shifting Biography section
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◦ Boy
Scouts picked up and discarded old magazines and the storeroom has been
reorganized
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Library has an N-Lighten Nebraska team
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◦ Held
a Mardi Gras party in the children's room
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◦ Held
a Valentine card craft party
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◦
Lauran Lofgren met with the county commissioners about the interlocal
agreement
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◦ The
commissioners approved extending the interlocal agreement for 5 years
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◦ Beth
Ann Sharer met with Jo Ann Field of Winside library to help her with ordering
from vendors
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Joined with Wayne Kiwanis to provide storytimes and free books to Wayne
children in home daycares for Dr. Seuss's birthday
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◦ Lauran
Lofgren had an annual evaluation with City Administrator. She stated her
upcoming goals for the year. They
are:
1. Coordinate
chicken show decorated egg project
2. Reevaluate
labor grades and salaries
3. Reevaluate
director's salary
4. Keep
up with technology changes
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◦ Wayne
Public Library was referred to in new Trustee flyer from the Nebraska Library
Commission. Ms. Lofgren submitted
some suggested corrections
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◦ Winter
storytime has been running well, with five sessions to go
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◦ Lauran
Lofgren attended the Northeast Library System budget meeting in Norfolk
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◦ County
funding of $5,000 has been received
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• Computer concerns
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◦ HeritageQuest
has been added to NebraskAccess
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Starting to investigate changing library software, possibly becoming a part
of OneLibrary. This program would
enable easier use of Interlibrary Loan system
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• Building concerns
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◦ The
library was closed early on Sunday, February 27 due to a bad smell in the
building. The source of the smell
turned out to be food left behind in the Senior Center Kitchen
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◦ The
staff is still working on finalizing security cameras, with three out of 4
operational
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OLD BUSINESS
Long range planning.
Board members gave Ms. Lofgren the names of willing members for the Long
Range planning committee. They will be
contacted in the next few weeks.
NEW BUSINESS
Upcoming changes in ILL (InterLibrary Loan) include having
to switch to a new interface by May 1, 2005.
We are also considering becoming a lender July 1 in addition to being a
borrower.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
The board went into executive session to discuss Ms.
Lofgren's evaluation at 5:46 p.m. The
board went out of executive session at 6:09 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:09 p.m.
The next meeting will be Tuesday, April 5, at 5:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Carstens
