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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda_LAB-12.16.2013Notice of Meeting for the Library Advisory Board of the City of Georgetown December 16, 2013 at 5:00 PM at Staff conference room, Georgetown Public Library, 402 W. 8th Street The City of Georgetown is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you require assistance in participating at a public meeting due to a disability, as defined under the ADA, reasonable assistance, adaptations, or accommodations will be provided upon request. Please contact the City at least four (4) days prior to the scheduled meeting date, at (512) 930-3652 or City Hall at 113 East 8th Street for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. Regular Session (This Regular Session may, at any time, be recessed to convene an Executive Session for any purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551.) A Citizens wishing to address the Board. As of the deadline, no persons were signed up to speak on items other than what was posted on the agenda. B Consideration of minutes of meeting. C Consideration of Library Director's report -- Eric Lashley D Update of Downtown Master Plan -- Eric Lashley E Update on changes at CTLS -- Eric Lashley F The terms of Mark Bobinger, Lois Case, Linda Nix, and Margaret Thompson expire in February 2014. Also, Dave Ciambrone's position is open. G Consideration of dates of future Board meetings -- Eric Lashley CERTIFICATE OF POSTING I, Jessica Brettle, City Secretary for the City of Georgetown, Texas, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted at City Hall, 113 E. 8th Street, a place readily accessible to the general public at all times, on the ______ day of __________________, 2013, at __________, and remained so posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting. ____________________________________ Jessica Brettle, City Secretary City of Georgetown, Texas SUBJECT: Citizens wishing to address the Board. As of the deadline, no persons were signed up to speak on items other than what was posted on the agenda. ITEM SUMMARY: FINANCIAL IMPACT: SUBMITTED BY: Judy Fabry City of Georgetown, Texas SUBJECT: Consideration of minutes of meeting. ITEM SUMMARY: FINANCIAL IMPACT: SUBMITTED BY: Judy Fabry ATTACHMENTS: Description Type minutes of November 18, 2014 meeting Backup Material Minutes of the Meeting of the Library Advisory Board City of Georgetown November 18, 2013 at 6:30 PM The Library Advisory Board met on November 18, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. in the staff conference room at the Georgetown Public Library, 402 W. 8th Street. MEMBERS PRESENT: Linda Nix, Lois Case, Margaret Thompson, William Hammond, and Tom Hagen. Regular Session – begun at 6:30 p.m. A. No one from the public wished to address the Board. B. Consideration of minutes of October 22, 2013 meeting: Tom Hagen made the motion to accept the minutes of the September 2013 Library Advisory Board Meeting and William Hammonds seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. C. Consideration of Library Director’s report – Eric Lashley. Director Lashley reported circulation was higher than the previous year, but visitations were slightly down over the previous year. He reported that Internet usage was 6,130, OverDrive e-book circulation was 2,979, and downloadable audio circulation was 237. Lashley reported volunteers worked 753.25 hours and 3,542 residents used our meeting room facilities during October. Lashley noted that the Halloween celebrations were a huge success as was the recent Dr. Who event. Lashley informed the board that the OverDrive Digital bookmobile will be visiting the library on Thursday, November 21 from 2 PM to 8 PM and the annual Gingerbread contest will begin December 6. Lashley informed the board that the bikes have been ordered for the bike share program. Sally Miculek, the new Assistant Library Director, started on November 4. The ribbon-cutting for the new Georgetown Art Center was held on October 26. Lashley said that the Friends of the Library’s Hill Country Author Series will feature Mark Pryor on Friday, November 22. Lashley played the ads for the library which will be shown at local movie theaters and he read the patron comments for October. D. Introduction of Sally Miculek, new Assistant Library Director – Eric Lashley. Lashley introduced Sally Miculek to the board. Miculek informed the board that she grew up in Oklahoma, is married and has two little girls, and lives in north central Austin. She comes to the library from the Austin Public Library and previously worked at the Dallas Public Library. She speaks fluent Spanish. She is looking forward to working for a smaller library system and hopes one day to become a library director. Members of the board welcomed her to the library and Georgetown. E. Report on visit to Georgetown Public Library by the Digital Bookmobile – Eric Lashley. Lashley announced the OverDrive Digital Bookmobile will be visiting Georgetown and Round Rock on November 21st and 22nd. Lashley noted the bookmobile will have devices people can try out as well as advice on how to download books to particular devices. F. Downtown Master Plan revision meeting, Tuesday, November 19, at 5:30 p.m. – Eric Lashley. Lashley reported that he and Linda Nix had attended a meeting that afternoon to get an update on the revised Downtown Master Plan. Nix gave a list of some of the changes and invited the board to attend the meeting on Tuesday, November 19th. She said a large part of the plan deals with redeveloping properties around the library: the old police station, old library, and GCAT building. They noted there was much discussion about development near the El Monumento property and towards the south entrance to the downtown. G. Ribbon-cutting and grand opening of the Georgetown Art Center – Eric Lashley. Lashley showed a short video of some of the ribbon-cutting festivities. He noted that the volunteers had kept the facility open all required hours. Memberships to the Georgetown Art Works organization have increased dramatically. The Art Center has hosted a number of well-attended meetings and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. H. Consideration of dates of future Board meetings – Eric Lashley. The next board meeting will be held on December 16, 2013.Tom Hagen made the motion to move the meeting time from 6:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for the December 16 meeting and William Hammonds seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Chair Linda Nix adjourned the meeting at 7:28 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Margaret Thompson, Secretary Linda Nix, Chair City of Georgetown, Texas SUBJECT: Consideration of Library Director's report -- Eric Lashley ITEM SUMMARY: FINANCIAL IMPACT: SUBMITTED BY: Judy Fabry ATTACHMENTS: Description Type director's report Backup Material statistics for November 2013 Backup Material memorials november 2013 Backup Material DIRECTOR’S MONTHLY REPORT GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY NOVEMBER 2013 HIGHLIGHTS · During November the Sun City Photography Club hung their annual show in the library’s galleries. Approximately 40 photographers showed 60 images. · The Vagabones Trombone Quartet, plus guest trombonist Megan Boutin, played to a full house on Sunday, November 17. · The Dr. Who fiftieth anniversary event on November 16 was perhaps the most successful family/all ages program that the library has ever put on. More than 200 people attended and a very good time was had by all. · Mark Pryor, mystery writer and assistant DA in Travis County, was the latest speaker in the Friends’ Hill Country Authors series. A record 115 people attended the event on November 22. PATRON COMMENTS FOR NOVEMBER Comment: This library is wonderful and makes my life more fun. Comment: Free Cookies Comment: Naked Thursdays Comment: Thank you for the public computers. They are a life saver when you do not have one at home. GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY Comparative Fiscal Year Statistics 2013 Oct Nov Dec Annual Total Patron Visits Current Year 26554 29893 56447 2012-2013 26729 27473 19786 350225 2011-2012 30822 27674 22499 396094 2010-2011 31410 27524 28878 362923 Circulation 2013 Current Year 46597 42212 88809 2012-2013 41909 42277 38971 550683 2011-2012 45280 42854 38880 552032 2010-2011 40965 40697 35963 527746 Children's Programs Annual Total Attendance 1351 789 2140 Programs 11 5 16 Story Time 27 19 46 Other (Tour, Movies, Crafts)8 4 12 After School Programs 4 5 9 Other Services ILL Ordered 64 38 102 ILL filled 41 32 73 Internet usage (persons)6130 5002 11132 Overdrive usage (E-books)1129 1188 2317 Overdrive usage (audiobooks)237 282 519 Bookmobile circulation 2979 2609 5588 Volunteer Hours Adult 667.25 692.50 1359.75 Teen 44.00 11.00 55.00 Community Service 42.00 55.75 97.75 Total 753.25 759.25 0.00 1512.50 Registrations City Residents-new 142 95 237 GISD Kids' Cards 8 6 14 Non-residents-new 26 21 47 Total 176 122 0 298 Cash Receipts Fines/Misc. Revenue 3302.99 3042.65 6345.64 Non-resident fees 2060.00 1880.00 3940.00 Donations 2868.85 1115.53 3984.38 Gifts/Memorials 125.00 2525.00 2650.00 Meeting Room Use persons attdg meetings 3542 3009 6551 Library Collection Changes Copies Added 1851 890 2741 Copies Discarded 473 389 862 212 75 287 Notes:Count taken early in July 2012 so August had 6 extra days FY 2013-0214Statistics Donations Added DONOR DONATION AAUW, Georgetown Chapter $50 in memory of Helen Kassen and Elsie Waller Grant Family Fund, J. Andrew Grant $1100 in honor of Master Caleb Plank-Grant Ray & Mary Jo Henning Copy of Through the Clouds to the Stars by Ingeborg Kuhl de Solano Libby Wood & Doris Oglesby Copy of The American Nurse in honor of Beth DeSimone D.A. Featherling Copies of her novels, Kissing Frogs and Murder Outside the Box Leila Levinson Copy of her book, Gated Grief Lester Frazier $250 for staff Christmas party Friends of the Library $750 for Christmas decorations for the library Lorraine Booth $20 in memory of Marty Goodstein Sondra Stecker $10 in memory of Marty Goodstein Karen Anderson $50 in honor of Barbara Phillips Merl & Laurie SchwenkSchwenk $200 in memory of Marty Goodstein Mary & Jerry Sivin $10 in memory of Marty Goodstein Howard & Denise Keesee $25 in memory of Lacey Unger Elizabeth Gallo $25 in memory of Lacey Unger GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY DONATIONS -- November 2013 City of Georgetown, Texas SUBJECT: Update of Downtown Master Plan -- Eric Lashley ITEM SUMMARY: The current update of the Downtown Master Plan is available at dtmasterplan.georgetown.org for you to read and comment on. The comment period ends December 13. FINANCIAL IMPACT: SUBMITTED BY: City of Georgetown, Texas SUBJECT: Update on changes at CTLS -- Eric Lashley ITEM SUMMARY: The upcoming retirement of Pat Touhey, director of CTLS, will have a large impact on the organization. FINANCIAL IMPACT: SUBMITTED BY: City of Georgetown, Texas SUBJECT: The terms of Mark Bobinger, Lois Case, Linda Nix, and Margaret Thompson expire in February 2014. Also, Dave Ciambrone's position is open. ITEM SUMMARY: Members with expiring terms must reapply to continue serving on the Board. A copy of the application form is a part of this agenda packet. FINANCIAL IMPACT: SUBMITTED BY: ATTACHMENTS: Description Type boards and commissions application form Backup Material City of Georgetown, Texas SUBJECT: Consideration of dates of future Board meetings -- Eric Lashley ITEM SUMMARY: FINANCIAL IMPACT: SUBMITTED BY: