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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes_LAB_05.17.2016Minutes of the Meeting of the Library Advisory Board City of Georgetown May 17, 2016 The Library Advisory Board met on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. in the Small Conference Room of the Georgetown Public Library, 402 W. 8th Street MEMBERS PRESENT: Pat Baldwin, Michael Barnes, Lindsay Cooper, Tom Hagen, Tom Milburn, Pete Rose, and Jonathan Sherwin. STAFF PRESENT: Eric Lashley- Library Director A. Citizens wishing to address the Board. — None were present. B. Consideration of the minutes from the April 19, 2016 Library Advisory board meeting. Pete Rose. Tom Hagen moved to accept the April 2016 minutes as distributed. Michael Barnes seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. C. Consideration of Library Director's Report. — Eric Lashley. Lashley reviewed April's statistics and events with the board, noting that library staff attended the Public Library Association and Texas Library Association's Conferences. Lashley shared the presentation he gave with librarians from Lake Travis, Southlake, and Coppell called, "Spinning Plates: Balancing the Budget as Collection Formats Multiply." Lashley also noted that Cienfuegos will return in June to perform in the Live Music at the Library series. The group last played at the library for the 50th Anniversary Gala in March. There will be a Dr. Seuss lecture by Gregg Philipson at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18, in collaboration with the Dr. Seuss exhibit in the library. The Children's Services staff will put on a puppet show Saturday, May 21 at 3 p.m. During May the library will roll out a 2 new adult programs: Coloring Circle and Games for Grownups will each take place twice a month. Lashley read patron comments from the library's suggestion box. D. Strategic Plan Update overview. — Eric Lashley. Lashley shared a survey that the Anacortes Public Library (Anacortes, Washington) is currently using in the development of their strategic plan. Board members reviewed the questions and discussed how a similar survey could be used in Georgetown. Rose commented that the survey should be done both via the Internet and with paper copies. Hagen noted that the survey should consider features that libraries will have in the next 10 years and use the survey to educate and capture the evolution of libraries. Board members discussed future development of the City and discussed possible locations of a future branch library. Lashley offered to invite Sofia Nelson (Director of the City's Planning Department), to come and speak to the board about where future development will happen in the city and extra territorial jurisdiction. E. Consideration of future board meetings. — Eric Lashley. The next Library Advisory Board meeting will be Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Chair Rose adjourned the meeting at 7:20 PM. Respectfully submitted, f Lindsay Cooper Secretary Pete Rose Chair DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY May 2016 MAY- HIGHLIGHTS • May 1- lecture and book signing by Yvonne Ward -Hughes, author of The Red Handkerchief. • Georgetown ISD provided art from all schools up and down stairs for 2 weeks during May. The Waterloo Watercolor Group finished the month with a watercolor exhibit entitled, Sacred Spaces: The Artist's Landscape. This exhibit will be up through July 1. • Minnie and Ella Jordan provided live music on May 15 at 2 p.m. • May 21 the children's crew put on a puppet show celebrating Dr. Seuss in conjunction with the Dr. Seuss Wants You! exhibit. • Gregg Philipson presented on May 18 about the art & politics of Dr. Seuss. Philipson also loaned his collection of Dr. Seuss memorabilia to display at the library during the month. • Kristina Gonzales Zepeda was hired in April as a Cataloging Librarian. She has already helped the Technical Services department deplete some of the backlog the library has been dealing with. • Recurring programs such as Storytime, Wired Wednesday, Knitting Club, READ Dogs, Teen Advisory Board (TAB), and Fandomosity continue. PATRON COMMENTS for May 2016 1. Patron comment: Get a vending machine. 2. Patron comment: Make printing process easier. 3. Patron comment: The Spanish books are being shelved with EF. 4. Patron comment: Disregard previous comment about Spanish books in EF. 5. Patron comment: Carts — small like the ones at HEB — Bring in your used puzzles and let someone else take them home to keep or return. 6. Patron comment: Need Morningstar. Page 6 of I I GBQRGETOWNPUBLIC LIBRARY Comparative Fiscal Year Statistics -":Patron Visits Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb K8a, Apr May Annual Total Current Year 25180 21672 23173 25830 17333 19129 23348 20301 177156 2014-2015 27404 25057 29346 22955 23173 24613 24639 27168 344433 2013'2014 26554 29893 24808 29552 28608 32771 29993 32234 381444 2012'2013 26738 27473 19786 37227 27534 32142 29052 31322 350325 2011'2012 30822 27674 22499 35123 33409 47620 38433 26692 396094 3010'2011 31410 27524 28878 27363 29232 31269 33018 28835 362933 Circulation 2016 Annual Total Current Year 43295 40538 38374 41508 39510 43111 39522 41144 327002 2014'2015 40634 41409 39820 41946 39834 45358 41654 43891 527887 2013'2014 46597 42212 40366 44732 40648 46748 42575 44837 559209 2012'2013 41809 42377 38871 44973 40288 45324 44749 44932 550683 2011-2012 45280 42854 38880 44006 41925 45073 42286 46462 552032 2010-2011 40965 40697 35963 42919 40488 44139 40729 44652 527746 Children's Programs Annual Total Attendance 378 360 475 980 1018 1697 931 1343 7212 Programs G 5 4 7 G B 4 8 49 Story Time Programs 16 18 18 24 22 22 30 26 176 Other (Tomr,Movies, 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 5 30 Other Services ILL Ordered ILL filled mwtemo usage (persons) Overdrive usage (E-boomV Overdrive usage (wunimbuo^ Bookmobile circulation Volunteer Hours Adult Teen Community Service Total Registrations City Residents -new G|SONido'Cardu Non -residents -new Total 47 30 24 28 47 37 25 43 381 32 28 20 17 34 5 24 36 195 6224 5332 5260 6163 5691 6213 5788 6011 46603 3001 1875 2045 2313 2067 2224 3171 2372 17168 587 491 518 GOS 528 674 622 568 4496 2465 3054 2201 3080 2993 2948 2583 2330 21714 607.00 64875 547.50 599.50 091.00 708.25 625,25 773.00 5200.05 5&50 9075 45.25 73.75 48.50 57.50 62.25 109.00 545.50 0.00 39.75 43.00 49.25 15.25 1475 20.50 0.00 182.50 665.50 780.35 835.75 722.60 754.75 778.50 708.00 882.80 5928.05 224.00 184.00 153.00 192.00 200.00 213.00 147.00 190.00 1489.00 10.00 4.00 8.00 12.00 8.00 8.00 1.00 10.00 59.00 69.00 43.00 41.00 74.00 92.00 88.00 67.00 55.00 529.00 303.00 211.00 200.00 278.00 300.00 309.00 215.00 261.00 2077.00 Cash Receipts Finen/Misc.Revenma 2571'41 Non-resident fees 2425.00 Donations 144378 Gifts/Memorials 1202.85 Meeting Room Use persons uxdgmeetings 2943 Library Collection Changes Copies Added 963 --Copies Discarded 1865 iiiiiiiiiiii]onotions Added 101 188680 185032 169072 2258.12 2204.34 200938 1998l4 1846713 1810.00 2050.00 2438.00 2080.00 25E5.00 258500 2710.00 19553.00 1856.66 2058.09 3659.71 3357.90 2988.61 2438.97 2894.91 20498.63 1800.00 2700.00 481.71 1020.00 180.00 2784.60 15000.00 25149.16 2466 1835 2087 3083 3144 2988 3865.00 22411 720 734 956 1305 814 1132 2349 8973 444 595 1429 2182 841 861 359 9186 59 30 108 324 70 78 201 971 9ogc7uf\\ GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY DONATIONS -- May 2016 iDONOFZ DONATION Texas Book Festival $2268.60 book club in a bag books Mina Aragon 5 books for her 6th birthday $46.21 3600311CHtRF1BK Page 8 of I I