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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_LAB_12.13.2010Minutes of the Meeting of the Library Advisory Board Of Georgetown, Texas December 13, 2010 MEMBERS IN ATTENDENCE Betty Ann Sensabaugh, Glenn Mautner, Mansue Miller, S hana Nichols, David Ciambrone, and Anjeanette Courtin. ABSENT: Kathryn Morehouse S TAFF IN ATTENDENCE: Shen Miklaski — Public Services Librarian — in place of Eric Lashley - Library Director OTHERS IN ATTENDENCE: 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 November 2010 Library Advisory Board Meeting and Glenn Mautner seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. DIRECTOR'S REPORT: S heri Miklaski read from notes from Director Lashley Eric reported both circulation and visitations were up from November 2009 Enc's report also noted Internet usage was 7,736 for the month of November. S hen reported Rosa Garcia and Haley Denton had arranged for the music studio located next to the Library to provide free guitar lessons for kids during the month of December. She reported the Gingerbread contest voting would end December 14 and encouraged board members to vote at the end of the meeting. S heri also reported there would be music program on Sunday, December 19 by the Texas Rose Strings from 2 PM to 4 PM. She also noted the Friends of the Library would be selling calendars on that day as well. S heri reported a number of changes were made to the Library's website based on the comments from board members at the November 2010 meeting. The New York Times best sellers page is now dated, the blog articles now have a (..read more) at the end of entries, the Library's address and hours are at the top of the webpage, and the databases are easier to find on the catalog page. Shen noted there is a staff committee meeting to make additional changes to the website. S heri announced the Library has selected Susan Mallory's Already Home as the next Georgetown Reads selection. She said a committee has been formed that is considering having a wine tasting, walking tour, and a display of kitchen gadgets to promote the book. The story takes place in Georgetown and features many stores and restaurants located on the square. Sheri noted the Library had success collecting toys for the Blue Santa project as well as collecting canned goods for the Caring Place during the holiday season. Sheri read aloud the patron comments for the month of November. CONSIDERATION OF AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING. 1. Overdrive downloadable audiobooks - Sheri Miklaski: Sheri announced OverDrive audiobooks would be available starting December 17. Shen said that staff had attended a number of training sessions on-line and Laura Evans, cataloging librarian, provided training for other staff members. Sheri answered a number of questions about the setup and how the program would work. 2. Bookmobile - Sheri Miklaski: Shen reported Eric Lashley had met with City Manager Paul Brandenburg, Judy Apel and Louise Beyer from the Friends of the Library on November 19 to discuss the bookmobile project. Paul Brandenburg was very supportive of the project and asked Eric to make a presentation to Council in January to get approval to move forward. Board members asked about the current position which is frozen and Sheri responded that Paul supported ' unfreezing' the position, but the decision would be made by City Council. Shana asked about the Library position posted on the City's website and Sheri said the position was for a library assistant, due to the fact that Gail Pruett had resigned from the library to take a position with Apple Computers. 3. Changes to website - Sheri Miklaski. Shen reiterated a number of the changes that have already been made to the library's website, which were discussed previously in the Director's report, but asked the board members to continue to let staff know if there were items that needed to be changed. 4. Schedule of future meetings - Sheri Miklaski: Board members did not need to make any changes at this time to future meeting dates. Chair Betty Ann Sensabaugh adjourned the meeting at 7:00 PM. Respectfully submitted, Anjeanette Courtin, Secretary Betty Ann Sensabaugh, Chair DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY November 2010 HIGHLIGHTS • Ids. Rosa cooperated with the music studio next door to the library to give five' children, ages 9-12, four free guitar lessons during the month of December. The children needed their parent's permission to apply but they did not have to own a guitar. The five winners were chosen by a drawing. • More than 50 members of the Williamson County Art Guild participated during November in their second annual show at the library. A wide range of media were represented including watercolors, oils, mixed media and collage, and photographs. • The live music entertainment for November was a performance by the Golden Years Combo, a group of six Sun City residents who do vocal and instrumental music from the `0s, `40s, and `50s, STAFF ACTIVITIES • Staff members attended one of two webinars to learn how to use Overdrive, the online site that will process the lending of our downloadable audiobooks and ebooks. • The committee working on revamping the web page met for the first time this month and did several exercises to see what can be accomplished simply by rearranging pages and posts. 110 • Judy Fabry worked with the City webmaster to make the following changes to the web page that theBoardmembers suggested at their October meeting, 1) library address added to the hours/phone number block; (2) date added to NYT Bestseller list, staff email addresses on the Contact Us page are hot now; (4) truncated blog entries now have hot "Read more" at the end to take the reader to the full article: • The committee for Georgetown Reads! (Already Home by Susan Mallery) met for the second time. The publisher has agreed to provide postcards, posters, and other promotional materials. There will be two opportunities to meet with the author, one a free talk for the public the other a ticketed event at a local restaurant. A wine tasting is in the works as are "passports" to local businesses and a canned food drive. • Eric Lashley attended two meetings of the Local Arrangements Committee for the 2011 TI_A annual conference. He also represented the library at the ity' "open house" event at Sun City on November 1, NOVEMBER 2010 PATRON COMMENTS Comment: Why is the library spending money on adult graphic books when there are many in the teen section Comment. Give Leslie Bradley Sundays off so she can hang out with her daughter Zoe more. Comment: Yall should try to get Justin Beiber books, "Thanks from Breanikah 3d grade Comment. Por labor abisen me cuandu corrmi nsan ]as cl ses de conpinti (R.osa's translation: Please let me know when computer classes begin) Modste Martinez 1 2-868-84'7 0 Comment: I hate looking at rinosecious butt every time I walk out of library. He has to go! Comment: Need better -smelling soap in the public bathrooms. Comment: Leslie Bradley was very helpful! And good looking! Comment: THIS NOTE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO SOME ONE WHO IS ON SPEAKING TERMS WITH THE LIBRARY COMPUTER! Last Sunday when I as doing my li'l weekly volunteer task I checked in a book: title Married by Morning author Lisa Kleypas. What ho!! Sez I. Lisa Kleypas is highlighted by me in the list of favorite authors. I think that is supposed to mean that if a book comes in that is written by one of my high lighted authors it is supposed to be held for me, and/or I am supposed to be notified where I am on the waiting list for this new book. Well, that never happened. Could you speak to the computer about this?? I have checked out and read the book so I no longer have to be notified that it is in. Is it just me or does this happen to other patrons as well? Jean Erdenberger mejean3@verizon.net 11 GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY Comparative Fiscal Year Statistics 2010 Oct Nov Doc Annual Total Patron visits Current Year 31410 27524 58934 2009-2010 24312 26060 34346 2008-2009 29997 22046 25586 339790 2007-2008 18694 304799 Circulation 2010 Current Year - 40965 40697 81662 2009-2010 38681 39091 3262 524610 2008-2009 38909 33986 33923 49660 2007-2008 31074 31938 30642 431294 FY 2010-2011 Statistics Children's Programs Annual Total Attendance 1675 455 2130 Programs 7 2 9 Story Time 19 18 37 Other {Tour, Movies, 2 4 6 After School Program 0 1 0 3 Other Services ILL Ordered 61 57 118 ILL filled 49 43 92 Lg Print Circuit 200 200 400 Internet usage (persons) 8259 7736 15995 Volunteer Hours Adult 672,25 702,00 137425 Teen 38.50 16.50 55,00 Community Service 246.25 100:75 347,00 Total 957,00 81915 0.00 1776.25 Registrations City Residents -new 136 110 246 GISQ Kids" Cards 8 16 24 Non -residents -new 19 29 48 Total 163 155 0 318 Gash Receipts Fines/Misc. Revenue 2894.32 2926:17 5820A9 Non-resident fees 2105,00 1650,00 3755,00 Donations 4572.23 1370.32 5942.55 Gifts/Memorials 50,00 200,00 20.00 Meeting Room Use persons attdg meetings 3815 2724 6539 Library Collection Changes Copies Added 1088 1208 2296 Copies Discarded 1108 589 1697 Donations Added 224 127 351 Nsites.