HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_LAB_04.21.2014Minutes of the Meeting of the
Library Advisory Board
of the City of Georgetown
April 21, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.
in the Staff conference room
Georgetown Public Library, 402 W. 8th Street
The Library Advisory Board met on Monday, April 21 at 6:30 Fh- m. in the staff
conference room at the Georgetown Public Library, 402 W. 8 Street.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Linda Nix, Tom Hagen, Michael Barnes, and Stephanie
Blanck.
Regular Session — began at 6:30 p.m.
A. Citizens wishing to address the Board. There were none.
B. Consideration of minutes of the March 17, 2014 meeting. — Michael Barnes
made the motion to accept the minutes of the March 2014 Library Advisory
Board Meeting and Tom Hagen seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
C. Consideration of Library Director's report — Eric Lashley — Director Lashley
reported circulation and visitations were up for the month of March overthe
previous fiscal year. Bookmobile circulation equaled 2,464, e -book circulation
equaled 1307, and downloadable audiobooks equaled 352. Lashley noted
the library had 976 hours donated by volunteers. Director Lashley reported
the Anne Frank exhibit was going extremely well and a Holocaust survivor will
be speaking at the library on Sunday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. He reported the
library now has WiFi printing capabilities for patrons who bring in their own
laptops or mobile devices. Lashley also noted the next speaker in the
Friends' author series will be James Magnuson, on May 8, 2014. The director
noted the $1,000.00 donation by PEC and Blanck asked about the $1,806.81
donation by Bonnie Stump. Lashley didn't know about the donation, but said
he would find out and report back to the board. The director passed out a
draft copy of the Georgetown City Center plan, written by Nore Winter and
Company, and informed the board that the draft plan will be presented in a
Council workshop session on May 13, 2014. He wanted the board members
to see the plans before the story hit the newspapers.
D. Consideration of the Georgetown Reads! Program for 2014 — Eric Lashley —
Director Lashley announced the 2014 Georgetown Reads! Selection is
Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. The book is about a
family that spends a year eating only food that they have raised themselves
or acquired locally. The library will be sponsoring book discussion events in
May and will have other programs relating to the book in September.
E. Report on library's budget for 2014-15 — Eric Lashley- Director Lashley
reported he is requesting additional funds for programming, library materials,
temp on call employees, travel and training as well as a new marketing
position. He noted the large number of programs the library is producing as
well as the added responsibility of promoting programs on social media is
justification for the new position.
F. Report from Staff regarding Texas Library Association annual conference —
Eric Lashley — Lashley did not have a report since he had just returned from
vacation and had not had a chance to discuss the conference with the staff
members who had attended.
G. Consideration of the library's policies regarding reconsideration of materials
and art — Eric Lashley- Director Lashley asked to defer this discussion until
more board members could participate in the discussion.
H. Consideration of dates of future Board meetings — Eric Lashley — Lashley
noted this particular agenda item allowed for meeting dates to be changed if a
quorum would be difficult for future meetings. No accommodations needed to
be made, so no changes were made to the future meeting schedule.
Chair Linda Nix adjourned the meeting at 7:47 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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Margaret ompson, Secretary Linda Nix, Chair Jj