Wayne Public Library Board of Trustees
Tuesday, November 1, 2005 / 5:15 p.m., Conference Room
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER: The
Wayne Public Library Board of Trustees met in regular session on Tuesday,
November 1, 2005 at 5:15 p.m. The
meeting was called to order by President Joel Ankeny.
ROLL CALL: Dennis
Lipp was absent. All other members were
present, along with Library Director Lauran Lofgren.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes of the October 2005 meeting were approved as submitted.
FINANCIAL REPORT: The
financial report was approved as submitted.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT:
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• Statistics
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SEPT 05
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OCT 05
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OCT 04
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◦
Circulation
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4114
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4597
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4719
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Patrons
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3669
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3719
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3698
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Meeting Room
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10
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12
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8
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Reference ?s
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528
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230
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271
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Computer ?s
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66
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43
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56
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◦ Phone
Calls
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404
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361
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369
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◦ OPACs
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251
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278
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211
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CD-ROMs
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207
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219
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209
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Internet
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1143
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1197
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854
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◦ New
patron cards
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34
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31
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32
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◦ Items
added
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107
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81
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141
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◦ Items
deleted
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36
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165
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138
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MEETINGS ATTENDED
- L Lofgren
met with Teri Headley of the Friends to discuss public relations.
- Maureen
Kingston and L Lofgren met with a class at WSC. The class has adopted the Friends as their semester project.
- L
Lofgren and J Osnes met with Duane Munson, vendor.
- L
Lofgren met with Lowell Johnson for her annual review. Ms. Lofgren has developed a list of
tasks that need to be completed each month. They also briefly discussed adding more staff.
- J
Osnes appeared on The View from Wayne, America with Teri Headley promoting
the Kim Brown story time
STAFF PROJECTS AND CONCERNS
- Beth
Ann Sharer tendered her resignation - started advertising the opening
October 24 with the application period closing November 4. No applications had been received as of
November 1.
- L
Lofgren and BA Sharer have spent significant time working through the
transfer of her duties
- L
Lofgren and L Kruckenberg are both learning the cataloging process.
- L
Lofgren took a half day off; Liz has her braces off!
- A
thank you was sent to the Minerva Club for the beautiful planting areas
they provided during the summer months
- L
Lofgren and BA Sharer continued the cleanup of the database prior to the
software migration
- The
staff started making the public aware of the policy changes happening in
January. They are already seeing a
change in how fines are handled by our patrons.
- Shifting
completed in the non-fiction area
- R-rated
stickers have been placed on the movie browsers and the movie boxes. No comments have been received from the
public.
- D.W.
Story Time with Kim Brown (sister of Arthur author, Marc Brown) was a big
success with 49 children and 27 adults attending. The speaker was paid for by the Friends
and gift funding paid for books to give away to each of the children (the
gift books were a huge success)
- J
Osnes held special events for Teen Read Week, including a movie even, a
"What You Like to Read" book sharing time, and a giveaway of movie tickets
donated by the Twin Theater
- J
Osnes is planning for Children's Book Week and National Family Week, both
happening in November. Also in
November she is planning a teen Murder Mystery Event - she is looking for
a volunteer "body."
- L
Lofgren, J Osnes, and Bonnie Andersen all renewed their adult, child, and
infant CPR certification
COMPUTER/BUILDING CONCERNS
- In the
workroom re-arrangement, a desk has been created for the Library
assistants that currently houses the library laptop
- Brian
Kesting will be ordering four new staff computers
OLD BUSINESS
1)
Several conference calls have taken place with Ted Smith,
Kathy Jacobs, and the Sirsi project manager
2)
A training questionnaire was submitted.
3)
A mapping of prefixes was submitted.
4)
B Kesting sent the entire bibliographic database for review by
SIRSI for potential problems
NEW BUSINESS
- Discussion
of fundraising inside the library - The board discussed the current way
the library staff handles young salespeople selling items for school and
other fundraisers; the children may approach staff members, but not the
patrons. The board agreed that
things should continue this way
- The
board discussed and approved of the proposed use of extra United Way funds
($500). Supplies for the
Children's Room, including a special clock and timers will be purchased.
- The
board discussed and approved the proposed use of anonymous funds ($500). A digital camera and supplies for it
will be purchased.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Carstens, Board Secretary
