AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER� The Wayne Public Library Board met on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 5:15 p.m.� Vice president Joel Ankeny called the meeting to order.

ROLL CALL� All board members and Library Director Lauran Lofgren were present.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES� The minutes of the January meeting were approved as written.

FINANCIAL REPORT:� The Library budget is right on target. As 33% of the fiscal year has past, 32% of the budget has been spent.� Major expenditures for January include speakers for the first Lewis and Clark program and funds set aside for a new copier and microfilm machine.

DIRECTOR'S REPORT

January Statistics�� 2003-04�� 2002-03

Circulation�� 3900�� 3895
Patrons�� 3203�� 2889��
Meeting Room�� 10�� 10
Reference ?s�� 382�� 372��
OPACs�� 388�� 491��
CD-ROMs�� 104�� 155��
Internet�� 649�� 612
New patron cards�� 28�� NA

Statistics were in line with January 2003.

Meetings / events attended

Ms. Lofgren attended the following meetings:

North East Library System (NELS) Board meeting
NELS Search committee meeting-Four applicants for the director position will be interviewed soon.
NELS Continuing education committee meeting
City of Wayne Department head retreat, which was very productive
Lewis and Clark presentation to Wayne Lions Club
Meeting with Dr. Rebecca Pasco of UNO regarding planning for the NELS Summer Institute.� Ms. Lofgren is in charge of planning until a system administrator is named.

Staff projects and concerns

The annual statistical report was submitted to the state
Periodicals that are being removed from collection given to Boy Scouts for recycling.
PR has been produced and sent out about January L&C program
The January 26 Lewis and Clark program was scheduled during extremely bad weather.� The evening program was cancelled.� 21 attended the 12:30 program.� Ms. Lofgren retrieved and returned speaker to Omaha airport.
The staff is proctoring a series of exams for a patron
Ms. Lofgren sent a request to Deb Finn for payment of county funding to.
A computer class (Basic Internet for Seniors) was taught
Winter Story Time has begun and has received a good response with 25-30 children each of the last three weeks
Lots of activity this month with the public access channel
The income tax table is up and running. The staff has received many requests for on-line filing, however the library has not purchased the software, largely because the staff would be asked tax and filing related questions that they are unqualified to answer.� After discussion, the board voted against purchasing tax-filing software.
A patron had a complaint about a book shelved in the Intermediate section.� The patron felt the book, The Canning Season by Dolly Horwath, had some inappropriate language and themes.� After checking the book's placement in other libraries, the staff decided to keep the book, and shelve it in the Young Adult section.

Computer concerns

All six computers are back in the lab and seem to be working just fine.
The Wayne Public Schools are buying a new Follett product, Destiny. Ms. Lofgren has had a question about WPL getting it also.� At first glance she don't recommend.�� However, there is a Follett users group meeting in March that she plans to attend to get more information.

Building concerns

The roof had another leak in a new area last Thursday.� It was pointed out to Jerry and Dean (custodians) and Lowell has been notified.� Indication is it was caused by snow being blown under flashing and cannot be addressed until spring.� We will continue to monitor the area.

OLD BUSINESS

There was no old business.�

NEW BUSINESS

Ms. Lofgren submitted the WPL annual report to state, which is informational in nature.
Ms. Lofgren expressed the need for an updated Library technology plan.� The planning committee would hopefully include Brian Kesting and Sue Buryanek.� A board member may be named later.
Set date for board officer elections. These will be held following the appointment of the new board member.�

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Carstens

Secretary