Wayne Public Library Board of Trustees

Tuesday, September 7, 2004 / 5:15 p.m., Conference Room

 

AGENDA

 

CALL TO ORDER:  The Wayne Public Library Board met in regular session on Tuesday, September 7, 2004, at 5:15 p.m.

 

WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBER:  Dennis Lipp was welcomed as our newest board member.

 

ROLL CALL:  All members were present except for Betty Heier.  A quorum was declared.  Betty Heier arrived shortly thereafter.

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:  The minutes were approved as written.

 

FINANCIAL REPORT:

• The staff is still working on spending the extra funds available for books.  Have updated several reference titles.  J. Osnes is in the process of identifying titles for next summer's reading program.
• An unemployment claim has been submitted and will be charged against us in September.  It will be under $300.
• Due to a changeover in how the accounting is done, this 2004-05 year will show 27 pay periods instead of 26.  That may very likely cause us to appear to be over-budget in personnel costs.

 

DIRECTOR'S REPORT:

● Statistics	JUL 04	AUG 04	AUG 03
○ Circulation	6143	3892	3923
○ Patrons	3354	3764	2823
○ Meeting Room	9	10	3
○ Reference ?s	187	186	239
○ Computer ?s	61	103	NA
○ Phone calls	312	331	NA
○ OPACs	258	152	429
○ CD-ROMs	206	229	262
○ Internet	963	974	1076
○ New patron cards	20	27	NA
○ Items added	93	120	49
○ Items deleted	89	177	101

 

Circulation was normal for the month, but the number of patrons in the library was much higher than in previous years.

 

STAFF PROJECTS AND CONCERNS

• The Library has received county funding for 2004-05 FY
• A book memorial for Dr. T.H. Stevenson was received in August
• PR for "Bus-eum" The display will be tonight in the Senior Center.
• Lewis and Clark promotion continues
• Lewis and Clark presentation #6 – State Poet William Kloefkorn, had 50-60 people in attendance
• Art prints were received from hospital; some will be added to the collection and others may be sold at an upcoming book sale.
• The staff has switched around three collections – reference, audio books, LP books
• BA Sharer and L Kruckenberg held a Senior basic internet class
• Olympics Nite for kids was held with about 30-35 participating
• The staff is gearing up for fall storytime and the beginning of Grandmapa visits
• L Lofgren took a couple of days vacation and will need to take another week or two before the end of the year

 

COMPUTER CONCERNS

• The Follett program is acting hinky on occasion.  Brian is monitoring it.

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

NEW BUSINESS

• Internet use policy – A patron would like to request the board to reconsider the policy's limit of 1 use per day.  The board discussed the situation and voted in agreement with the staff's recommendation that the policy remain as writing.
• Library closings for 2004-2005 fiscal year (schedule enclosed)
• A request for L Lofgren, BA Sharer, and J Osnes to attend the NLA Fall Conference was approved.
• Election of board officers was held.  The winners, by acclamation are:

      Joel Ankeny – President

      Maureen Kingston – Vice President

      Mary Carstens – Secretary

 

Adjournment.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Mary Carstens

Secretary