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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes_LAB_11.08.2010Minutes of the Meeting of the Library Advisory Board Of Georgetown, Texas November 8, 2010 MEMBERS IN ATTENDENCE: Betty Ann Sensabaugh, Glenn Mautner, Marisue Miller, Shana Nichols, David Ciambrone, Anjeanette Courtin and Kathryn Morehouse. ABSENT: None STAFF IN ATTENDENCE Eric Lashley - Library Director OTHERS IN ATTENDENCE: Sheri Miklaski — Public Services Librarian, Linda Nix — CTLS Lay Representative MINUTES: The meeting was called to order by Chair Betty Ann Sensabaugh at 6:30 PM David Ciambrone made the motion to accept the minutes of the September 2010 Library Advisory Board Meeting and Glenn Mautner seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. CONSIDERATION OF AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING. 1. Introduction of Sheri Miklaski, Public Services Library — Eric Lashley. Due to time constraints, Betty Ann changed the order of the agenda and allowed Sheri Miklaski to be introduced to the board prior to the Director's report. Sheri has worked for the library for more than one month. She is a recent graduate of the University of Texas - School of Information. Sheri has a background working with nonprofit organizations. She grew up in Detroit, MI and is a graduate of the University of Michigan. The board members introduced themselves to Sheri. DIRECTOR'S REPORT: Director Lashley reported that circulation for the fiscal year ended with 524,610 checkouts. Eric reported circulation was up for the month of October as well as visitations. Eric noted the first floor shelving had been rearranged to give more visibility to the coffee shop. Eric reported a number of new sculptures had been installed at the library. These sculptures are part of the new sculpture trail the Arts and Culture Board has coordinated with the Texas Society of Sculptors. Eric announced the following upcoming events: • Gingerbread house competition begins December 3 • Music Program — Golden Years Combo performs November 21 • Yoga classes will begin on Wednesday, November 10. Yoga classes will be offered every Wednesday at noon. • The library will have a barrel to collect toys for the Blue Santa program during the holiday seasons Shana Nichols asked if it would be possible to have a canned food drive at the Library. Linda Nix is a member of the Board of the Caring Place and said she would arrange for a barrel to be placed in the library to collect food during the holidays. Eric read the patron comments for the months of September and October. CONSIDERATION OF AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING: 2. Overdrive downloadable audiobooks — Eric Lashley: Eric demonstrated the beta website for the Overdrive audiobooks. Eric noted the staff would be trained the week of November 15-21 and he hoped to open the program to the public soon. 3. New adult graphic novel collection — Eric Lashley: Eric reported the library has created a new category of library materials for adult graphic novels. The juvenile and teen graphic novels have become very popular and the staff had received some graphic novels that were more for adults than teens. The staff believed that books with adult themes should be located in the adult collection and placed on the second floor of the library. 4. Bookmobile — Eric Lashley: Eric reported that representatives of the Friends of the Library would be meeting with City Manager Paul Brandenburg to discuss the possibility of starting a bookmobile program next fiscal year and to discuss the possibility of "un-freezing" the current frozen position within the library's budget. 5. Board members' input regarding library website — Eric Lashley: Using a Proxima projector, Eric projected the library's website onto the conference room wall and asked board members to comment on what they felt needed attention. Board members commented they wanted to be sure anything that appeared on the front-page was current. Other comments: • New York Times Bestseller page needs to be dated • Blog articles need to have a (read more) button at the end of the text instead of the (. .) • Staff e-mails should be clickable • Contact Us information should be more visible • Address of the library should be at the top of the page with the hours of operation • Databases should be easier to get to and used • Database icons on the catalog page look like advertisements Chair Betty Anne Sensabaugh adjourned the meeting at 7:40 PM. Respectfully submitted, Anjebnette Courtin, Secretary Betty Anne Sensabaugh, Chair DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY September -October 2010 B�Jw • Sheri Miklaski joined the staff October 4 as our public services librarian. She is a recent graduate of UT's School of Information Studies and before attending graduate school had worked for a number of years for nonprofit organizations. • More of the shelving for new adult materials has been rearranged to run east -west instead of north -south, which gives a more open feeling to the area and a better sight line to the coffee shop. • With Mike Gullickson handling the arrangements, the library sponsored the first annual Georgetown Poetry Festival October 1-3. The event featured poetry readings, writing workshops, and a musical performance by poet -songwriter Nathan Brown. • Members of the Sun City Photography Club displayed their work in the 2"d floor galleries during September, and were followed in October by entries in the 2010 Art Hop, which was sponsored by Georgetown Art Works. • September's live music performance was by Mariachi Jalisco and Cienfuegos, a quartet specializing in Cuban music, played for October's live music event. Both performances were well attended and received many compliments. • Several sculptures were added to the library's indoor rotating collection during October. On October 26 Julio Sanchez de Alba of El Paso placed his 3-ton black rhino at the south entrance of the library, where it will remain for a year. Dar Richardson, of the Arts and Culture Board, has made the arrangements for these and other additions to the Georgetown Sculpture Tour, most of which are in San Gabriel Park. • The staff observed Halloween on October 28 when they came to work dressed as characters from Alice in Wonderland. Ms. Rosa and her staff and volunteers put on a family Halloween party on the evening of October 29. STAFF ACTIVITIES • Eric Lashley represented the library or the Arts and Culture Board at the following meetings and events: Georgetown Project — Homeless Teens, Williamson Museum — acquisitions, Friends of the Library author event, Optimist Club, Sculpture installation, library Halloween party, CVB Board meeting, Main Street Board meeting, School Bond Committee, City Council meeting, TLA — Local arrangements for annual conference committee, Children's Literature Festival, Friends Board meeting, Citizen Academy, IT Steering Committee, Friends of the Parks SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2010 PATRON COMMENTS Comment: Don't let those old men look at porn!!! is Comment: Please fill soap containers in women's restrooms. Comment: Need to get current books on Health by well known Dr.'s or R.D.'s such as Dr. A. Weil etc. Comment: Stay Open Later! ! ! ! Comment: I just wanted to say what a wonderful job everyone is doing here. I've really learned a lot. Thank you. Comment: Curb side pick up for handicap patrons or drive thru window for check out. Comment: Please get more Westerns on CD. Comment: My grand kids really loved your summer reading program. Comment: Longer Hours Please! Comment: I think you guys should let us be able to add money to our card for the cafe. Comment: Stay open a little later — Thanks Comment: Please remind the young ladies that work here that this is a library and they should not carry on like they are at a slumber party. If they can't keep themselves busy, perhaps there are too many of them employed. — Thanks tax payer Comment: Would love to learn calligraphy — Any chance of a class? 0 Comment: Never trust a hippy! ! ! 0 GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY Comparative Fiscal Year Statistics 2009 2010 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Annual Total Patron Visits Current Year 25763 24312 26060 30456 30302 29297 28658 25359 34587 32866 29418 26387 343465 2008-2009 29997 22046 25586 27240 27116 28989 29899 25883 33098 34789 27994 27153 339790 2007-2008 21414 24170 18694 24295 26951 25342 24229 25231 30570 33907 25307 24689 304799 2006,2007 22271 19035 14916 N/A" WA" WA" 12388 21999 30895 31090 25898 23812 202304 Circulation 2009 2010 Current Year 38681 39091 38262 42493 40364 43808 40171 40471 54888 53607 49809 42965 524610 2008-2009 38909 33986 33923 37724 37916 43879 39281 38891 50823 52714 45896 42661 496603 2007-2008 31074 31938 30642 35279 34536 35492 33663 33835 43815 46637 39288 35095 431294 2006-2007 28923 25337 24141 17259 32507 36302 31555 35627 42374 41965 36779 34179 386948 FY 2009.2010 Statistics 7777777-1 Children's Programs Annual Total Attendance 985 580 795 1120 690 1340 652 960 2914 2380 0 520 12936 Programs 3 1 4 1 11 6 1 0 12 24 0 1 64 Story Time 19 18 14 23 10 16 26 24 0 0 0 27 177 Other {Tour, Movies, 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 7 12 0 0 0 27 After Schaal Prograr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Other Services ILL Ordered 38 24 19 24 43 38 20 37 44 43 55 43 428 ILL filled 29 20 10 22 32 26 16 21 28 34 39 35 312 Lg Print Circuit 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 2400 iotemet usage tpersa sl 7242 6271 7597 8586 7986 8207 7851 6134 9666 9830 9770 8104 97244 Volunteer Hours Adult 601.00 649.25 623.25 556.50 816.25 871.00 624.25 593.00 612.25 76525 768.75 682.00 Teen 22.00 24.50 13.50 2.00 10.00 51.00 6.50 19.50 88.00 41,00 0.00 9.50 Community Service 130.50 174.25 159.00 8600 103.00 172.25 139.50 176.00 200.25 363.00 244.50 167.00 Total 753.50 848.00 805.75 644.50 929.25 1094.25 770.25 788.50 900.50 1169,25 1013.25 858.50 Registrations City Residents -new 178 108 85 164 185 143 75 139 168 161 172 126 GISD Kids' Cards 30 7 2 14 28 16 13 14 25 11 26 14 Non -residents -new 37 21 12 33 36 37 28 26 39 43 39 38 Total 245 136 99 211 249 196 116 179 232 215 237 178 Cash Receipts Fines/Misc. Revenue 2973.07 2679.03 2380.88 2918.72 2604.60 3743.37 3164.08 2801.91 3299.12 3396.85 3259.58 2407.10 Non-resident fees 2014.50 2570A0 1764.10 2201.70 2337.20 2250.00 2165.00 1845.00 4070.00 2919.00 2730.00 2615.00 Donations 891.15 736.24 72SAS 741.16 918.78 1201.57 869.47 953.50 1255.00 969.41 1159.61 1543.09 GiftslMemorials 442.30 10171.00 600,00 1671.00 24069.48 2195.00 11429.95 2260.57 10080.00 7362.00 725.00 4645.47 Meeting Room Use P.- adds meetings 2640 1678 2155 3294 2322 2401 Library Collection Changes Copies Added 1346 1258 1436 1295 979 1207 Copies Discarded 922 560 1936 610 469 579 Donations Added 379 267 364 511 267 139 Notes: Manual sign-up lists ended 3128106, no stats for last 4 days of Marc 'Began using Userful login counts. " Library closed 12/27106-1720/07. Not all public Internet computers were working as of 1l3110T No people counting devices installed until April 20, 2007. 0 1799 1494 2942 2628 1804 2385 1236 1065 1332 1120 990 916 462 583 1154 1650 2025 865 180 242 270 260 239 196 8162.75 287.50 2125,25 10575.50 1704 200 389 2293 35628.31 29481.90 11967.45 75651.77 27542 14180 11815 3314 • GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY Comparative Fiscal Year Statistics 2010 Oct Nov Dec Annual Total Patron Visits Current Year 31410 2009-2010 25763 24312 26060 343465 2008-2009 29997 22046 25586 339790 2007-2008 21.414 2-4170 18694 304799 Circulation 2010 Current Year 40965 2009-2010 38681 39091 38262 524610 2008-2009 38909 33986 33923 496603 2007-2008 31074 31938 30642 431294 FY 2010-2011 Statistics Children's Programs Annual Total Attendance 1675 1675 Programs 7 7 Story Time 19 19 Other (Tour, Movies, 2 2 After School PrograrT 0 0 0 2 Other Services • ILL Ordered ILL filled 61 49 61 49 Lg Print Circuit 200 200 Internet usage (persons) 8259 8259 1-0 Volunteer Hours Adult 672.25 672.25 Teen 38.50 38.50 Community Service 246.25 246.25 Total 957.00 0.00 0.00 957.00 Registrations City Residents -new 136 136 GISD Kids' Cards 8 8 Non -residents -new 19 19 Total 163 0 0 163 Cash Receipts Fines/Misc. Revenue 2894.32 2894.32 Non-resident fees 2105.00 2105.00 Donations 4572,23 4572.23 Gifts/Memorials 50.00 50.00 Meeting Room Use persons attdg meetings 3815 3815 Library Collection Changes Copies Added 1088 1088 Copies Discarded 1108 1108 Donations Added 224 224 Notes: DONATIONS -- September 2010 GE[lRG hJpUB\|C)|BR4RY Judy & Don Parks $25 in memory ofScratchy TavomoParks (family pet) Neel &Pat Richardson $25 inmemory ofFrances Duke EUnChmwe|| Copy ofher book, Creative 3oapmahing, William B.Jones Copy of/sParis Burning? Joe Satterfield Copy nfhis book, That Extravagant Decade? Lawrence Simpson Copy ofThe Case mf the Missing Stradivarius, inmemory ofEdEvans DONATIONS -- October 2010 c�0��~_'--`-^��^� ONA/^O��---^~^��^��.-�^_�_.^.�� Judy & Don Parks $25inmemory Cf Feldspar Young Parks (family pet) Judy & Don Parks and James K. English $5Oinmemory nfSally Rose Black Moore Randy Gilbert Copy ofthe OVD.Secrets mfthe Chaparral Robert Brent Clifton Copy ofOur Heritage: J%Brief History ofthe Church ofJesus Christ ofthe Latter-day Saints, inhonor ofCharles Cutler Ann Bell Copy ofher book, Rebmknh'sJourney Sunrise Rotary Club ofGeorgetown Copies ofthe following books: Vannpirates/B6ank Heart byJustin Snmper Laylie's Daring Quest byKerstenHamilton Voyage ofSlaves bvBrian Jacques .4lCapone Shines &yyShoes byGenniharCho|denko / Know Who Likes You bvDoug Cooney Lion Boy. The Truth bvZbou Corder