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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes_LAB_06.17.2013Minutes of the Meeting of the Library Advisory Board Of Georgetown, Texas June 17, 2013 MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Linda Nix, David Ciambrone, Lois Case, Margaret Thompson, William (Bill) Hammonds, and Tom Hagen. ABSENT: None STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Eric P. Lashley — Library Director OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: None ® Minutes of last Meeting: The meeting was called to order by Chair Linda Nix at 6:30 PM. David Ciambrone made the motion to accept the minutes of the May 2013 Library Advisory Board Meeting and Tom Hagen seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 0 Citizens wishing to address the Board: None Director's Report Director Lashley announced circulation was down for the month of May. This was due in part to school letting out later in the month and the bookmobile being down for maintenance the last month of May. He reported e-book usage jumped to 1,042. Lashley reported Charles Aguillon had resigned from the board due to his having moved to Lakeway, Texas. The City is looking for a replacement. Lashley asked the board members to encourage friends and neighbors to apply if they are interested. Staff changes: Kathleen Bowling retired at the end of May and her position has been converted to a professional position. Interviews will be conducted soon for that position. Debbie Scott was hired as the new library materials processor and Melissa Mote was hired as the new Teen Librarian. Kristyn Krogman has resigned as our storyteller to take a professional librarian position in Midland, Texas. The Friends of the Library has donated $10,000 for e-books, $2,500 for the summer reading program, $2,300 for a laminator, $3,000 for an early literacy computer station, and $1,000 for programming for the 20-something age group. Other news included the announcement that the library received the 3rd year of funding from the Texas State Library and Archives for the bookmobile librarian position; that the Friends' Hill Country author series with author Karen Valby was very - successful; and that the Texas Society of Sculptors will hold their annual show from July to September. Lashley reported he had met with the two new Council members; John Hesser and Steve Fought. Both council members had nice things to say about the library. Lashley shared an article from the ' Wall Street Journal that dealt with libraries selling e-books and physical books from their online catalogs. He stated he would place an item on the August agenda to discuss whether or not our library wanted to pursue this source of revenue. Director Lashley read the patron comments for May. Consideration of and possible action on the following: 1. Art Center Update — Eric Lashley: Lashley announced that the City is targeting August 1 for the opening of the art center. He shared an article in the Focus magazine about the art center and Georgetown Artworks, the nonprofit that will operate the center. 2. Cultural District Application — Eric Lashley: Lashley shared an article from the Community Impact newspaper concerning the City of Georgetown's application to the Texas Commission on the Arts' Cultural District Designation program. Lashley said he believes Georgetown has a great chance of receiving the designation. 3. Library Statistics — Eric Lashley: Lashley informed the board the library was doing a better job of using the reporting features of our automated computer system to show the return on investment to our taxpayers. The library estimates residents save approximately $12 million through the use of our materials. He said the staff was doing a better job of tracking top users and search terms to better serve our patrons. 4. Summer Reading Programs- Eric Lashley: Lashley gave the board members a calendar of events for the summer reading programs. Board members had a few questions about the programs. Lashley said attendance at the kick-off seemed to be larger than in previous years. The circulation statistics have been high the first couple of weeks of June. 5. Dates of future board meetings — Eric Lashley: There will be no meeting in July. The August meeting will be *the third Monday of the month Chair Linda Nix adjourned the meeting at 7:25 P.M. Respectfully submitted, V V Margaret ompson, Secretary Linda Nix, Chair HIGHLIGHTS • Debbie Scott joined the Technical Services staff as a part-time library aide. She was hired to fill the position that became vacant when Barlene Scott retired in April. For seven and a half years Debbie had done processing as a volunteer and became an expert at laminating. In her new position she has much more variety in her Work. • Melissa Mote was selected to be the new teen librarian. She's a recent grad from the LIT School of Information Science and is very enthusiastic about working with teens. Since she was;hired only three weeks before the teen summer program was scheduled to begin, she took the general plans that Bethni King had made, and in consultation with Bethni, expanded them to incorporate many of her own ideas. • Kathleen Bowling, the library's evening and weekend supervisor and volunteer supervisor, retired on May 31 after working for the library for 17 years. She plans to return as a temp on call after a few weeks of vacation. • Georgetown Reads! events associated with this year's selection, One Amazing 'thing by Chitra Divakaruni, took place the week of May 13-16.'The cooking demonstration and the evening of Indian music and dancing were especially well attended. • On May 16 Karen Valby, author of Welcome to Utopia Notes from a Small Torn, and the next speaker in the Friends' Hill Country Authors series, gave an engaging -talk to an audience of approximately 76 PATRON COMMENTS FOR MAY Comment: The One Amazing thing evening was so neat.: Comment: Please consider upgrading your selection of audio kooks in terms of numbers of titles and moving to MP3 instead of CD. ,lust moved from Marble Falls — population 7 7,063 and was used to large audio selection. As sight deteriorates, audio books nvaluable Comment: I'm from Lampasas and I covet your business/finance section. It is much better than ours. Comment: Thank you for Gloria (Spanish interpretation) Comment. I can't believe Georgetown has this wonderful library. It is like we live in a big city. Comment: Update your video programs. Watching video on these computers is very hard, the streaming is very slaw. Comment: lam yes... more Doctor Who comics please ... thank you Ellie L. Director's Daughter, Comment: This is the greatest library I have ever been in. GEOR ETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY Comparative Fiscal Year Statistics 2042; Ea tact Nov Dec ,fan Feb Mar Apr May Annual Total on Visits Current Year 26729 27473 19786 27227 2764 32142 29052 31322 221265 2011-2012 30822 27674 22499 35123 32409 47620 39433 26692 396094 2010-2011 31410 27524 28878 27363 2932 31269 3018 28835 362923 2009-2010 25763 24312 26060 30456 30302 2 297 28658 25359 343465 Circulation 2012 Current Year 41909 42277 38971 44973 40288 45324 44749 44932 343423" 2011-2012 45280 42854 38880 44006 41925 45073 42285 46462 552032 2010-2011 40965 40697 35963 42919 40488 44139 40729 44652 527746 2009-2010 38681 39091 38262 42493 40364 43808 40171 40471 524610 �— FY 2012-2013 Statistics Children's Programs Annual Total Attendance 1145 31 859 nla 482 1213 766 1156 5972 Programs 1 1 1 1 0 22 21 10 57 Story Time 18 21 18 23 23 14 25 30 172 Other (Tour, Movies, 5 1 2 nta 2 3 2 2 17 After School Progran 4 6 0 n/a 4 3 4 5 26 Other Services ILL Ordered 77 56 32 66 47 32 30 33 373 ILL filled 56 35 37 42 _ 46 31 22 24 293 ',.-net usage (persons) 5443 5814 5103 5947 4692 5271 576 5897 4414 . � drive usage (E-books) U 1,inve 710 655 710 883 852 849 73 1042 6574 usage (audiobook 121 143 116 167 128 169 163 184 1191 Bookmobile circulation 1351 1704 1567 1669 1828 2073 2313 1699 14204 Volunteer Hours Adult 790.50 708.00 710,50 69125 746.75 937.75 1023.75 740.75 6351,25 Teen 25,00 10,00 0.00 0.00 25:00 515 20,00 7.00 92,25 Community Service 134.25 187:00 141.50 172.00 130,75 102,00 12125 118,00 1108,75 Total 949.75 905,00 852,00 865,25 902,50 1045,00 1167.00 865.75 7552,25 Registrations City Residents -new 204 137 14 221 128 81 178 89 1052 GISD lids' Cards 21 12 0 16 8 4 6 23 90 Non -residents -new 29 22 4 54 35 22 40 25 21 Total 254 171 18 291 171 107 224 137 1373 Cash Receipts Fines/Misc. Revenge 2651,39 2853,22 2797:08 3607.69 3037,75 3379.38 3710.23 3398.99 25435.73 Non-resident fees 2069,00 2130.00 1750,00 2700,00 2456,70 2190.00 2325,00 2725.00 18345,70 Donations 2166,01 1606,80 1687.30 1096.66 2583,45 1907,22 1177,96 1910,17 141 5,57 Gifts/Memorials 1314.85 1310.00 2520,00 7772,30 475,00 2010,00 839,00 1950.25 18191,40 Meeting Room Use persons attdg meetings 2172 1390 1713 2064 2924 2760 3187 2641 18851 Library Collection Changer Copies Added 163 1362 1041 1073 1096 1307 1144 1249 9535 Copies Discarded 1033 529 414 546 456 430 665 391 4464 Donations Added 158 298 181 79 122 229 98 140 1305 Bcwk,nnoiAe dirt not run 11he.last week of may: vehi Pr, was in s+' cap tor quarterly maintenance anc GEORGETOWN PUBIC LIBRARY DONATIONS -- May 2013 4NOR DONATION ; Annie Puri Elementary Room 50 $70 in memory of Lacey Unger D. A. Featherling Copy of his book, Sauce for the Goose Annie Purl Elementary $365 in memory of Lacey Unger Norma Jean Jackson Estate $500 in memory of Norma Jean Jackson for large print books Tracy Jackson Alicia Jones Jane Porter Bernard Baumbach Georgetown Natural History Club Mary B. Denison Don and Judy Parks Janet K. Peirce Emory & Helen Douglass Ruth & Ralph Croteau Doyle & Emily Simpson Ronald & Michelle Drinkhouse Simon & Gillian Wadsworth Joan Howes Tary & Donna Wilkinson $500 in memory of Norma Jean Jackson for large print books $136, percentage of sales of her books sold from meeting room Copy of her book„ My Cowboy Valentine Copy of his book, They Only Changed His Name Copy of Lives of North American Birds, in memory of Lillian Rogers Copies of 3 romance novels by Suzette Hollingsworth, in honor of the author Copy of A Step of Faith in honor of James English's 88th birthday $25 in memory of Wendell Doug Miller $10 in memory of Wendell Doug Miller $25 in memory of Wendell Doug Miller $20 in memory of Wendell Doug Miller $20 in memory of Wendell Doug Miller $100 in memory of Wendell Doug Miller $25 in memory of Wendell Doug Miller $75 in memory of Wendell Doug Miller