Wayne Public Library Board of Trustees
Tuesday, December 6, 2005 / 5:15 p.m., Conference Room
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER - The Wayne Public Library met in regular
session on Tuesday, December 6, 2005 at 5:15 p.m. The meeting was called to order by President Joel Ankeny.
ROLL CALL - Board member Maureen Kingston was absent. All other members, plus Library Director
Lauran Lofgren were present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - The minutes of the November 2005
meeting were approved as submitted.
FINANCIAL REPORT - Highlights - Materials spending was a
little high because magazine subscriptions and a large print subscription were
paid this month. The report also
includes spending and reimbursement for materials for the Carroll Public
Library. The digital camera has been
purchased, at a lower price than was expected.
The financial report was approved as submitted.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
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Statistics
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OCT 05
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NOV 05
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NOV 04
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- Circulation
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4597
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3625
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4412
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- Patrons
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3719
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3169
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2554
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- Meeting Room
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12
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13
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20
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- Reference ?s
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230
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153
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191
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- Computer ?s
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43
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30
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45
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- Phone Calls
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361
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325
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358
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- OPACs
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278
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277
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180
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- CD-ROMs
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219
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143
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190
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- Internet
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1197
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966
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850
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- New Patron
Cards
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31
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18
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30
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Circulation was down, due to closings for SIRSI training and
bad weather. Patron numbers were up
over November 2004.
Meetings Attended
- L
Lofgren held interviews for the Adult Services position
- L
Lofgren made several SIRSI related phone calls
- Staff
members attended SIRSI training
- Julie
Osnes and Carol Kielty attended Basic Skills training in Norfolk.
- The
staff has undertaken extra duties during the transition period for the
Adult Services position.
Staff Projects and
Concerns
- The
new staff member is Carol Kielty
- The
staff continues to clean up database prior to final software change
- J
Osnes held the final fall story time.
Fall story time attendance averaged 22-23 adults & children per
week.
- J
Osnes held a teen murder mystery evening.
- J
Osnes held daily events during Children's Book Week. Activities included a mystery event
similar to the teen event, painting (cancelled due to weather), a book
sharing, use your imagination craft, and a Harry Potter trivia
contest. Had 15-22 children
participate each day.
- The
planned game night didn't materialize due to lack of attendance, probably
because of the high school music concert rescheduled to that evening.
- The
library closed early two days dot to bad weather, a day and a half for
SIRSI training and two days at Thanksgiving.
- J
Osnes read at St. Mary's school as a "local celebrity".
- The
Friends of the Library held a Christmas craft on November 5.
- L
Lofgren proctored an on-line test for a patron.
Computer/Building
Concerns
- The
new staff computers have been ordered
OLD BUSINESS
- SIRSI
update - Training is complete. Trainer
was very thorough. Ready for
change over in January.
- Long
Range Planning - The Long Range Planning summary was approved as
submitted. The final report will
be submitted to the state Library Commission.
NEW BUSINESS
The Board voted to change the January meeting date from
Tuesday, January 3 to Tuesday, January 10.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Carstens,
Board Secretary
