HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda_LAB_02.04.2020Notice of Meeting for the
L ibrary Adv isory Board
of the City of Georgetown
F ebruary 4, 2020 at 6:00 P M
at Staff conference room, F irst F loor, Georgetown P ublic Library, 402 W. 8th Street
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Regular Session
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A C itizens wishing to address the board. As of the deadline, no pers ons were s igned up to speak on items
other than what was pos ted on the agenda. -Linds ay C ooper, C hair.
B C ons ideration and possible action to approve minutes from the January 7, 2020 Library Advis ory Board
meeting. -Lindsay C ooper, C hair.
C R ec ognition of Lindsay C ooper for her service to the Library Advisory Board. -Eric Las hley, Library
Direc tor.
D P resentation, disc ussion and possible action on the draft 2030 C omprehens ive P lan Update. –S us an
Watkins, AI C P, Hous ing C oordinator.
E R eport on the upc oming Anne F rank exhibit. -Linda S c haffer, Board member.
F C ons ideration of the Library Direc tor's report. -Eric Lashley, Library Director.
G C ons ideration and possible action regarding future meeting dates. -Linds ay C ooper, C hair.
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R obyn Dens more, C ity S ec retary
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Minutes of the Meeting of the
Library Advisory Board
City of Georgetown
January 7, 2020
The Library Advisory Board met on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in the staff conference room of
the Georgetown Public Library, 402 W. 8th Street
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Lindsay Cooper, Susan Cooper, Michael Kelley, Richard Thielmann, Thom
Sinwell, and Linda Schaffer.
MEMBERS ABSENT: None.
STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Eric Lashley – Library Director.
The meeting was called to order at 6:03 p.m. by Chair - Cooper.
Regular Agenda
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. No action required.
B. Consideration and possible action to approve the December 3, 2019 Library Advisory Board
minutes. – Lindsay Cooper, Chair. Motion by Kelley; second by Sinwell to approve the
December 3, 2019 Library Advisory Board minutes. Approved 6-0.
C. Consideration of the Library Director’s report. – Eric Lashley, Library Director. Lashley reviewed
monthly statistics with the board as provided in the agenda packet.
Lashley reported Kelley and Sinwell had reapplied for the Library Advisory Board and the City
received a number of good applications to replace Lindsay Cooper. Cooper’s term of service on
the Library Advisory Board is expiring, so her last board meeting will be in February.
Lashley reported the December 13 Polar Express holiday party was a huge success as well the
Noon Year’s Eve party. The Noon Year’s Eve party was so successful, the Library actually had to
turn away some children due to a lack of space. He also noted the children’s film screening of
Aladdin also drew a nice crowd on December 27.
Lashley listed a number of upcoming Library events: the World Cinema showing of Woman at
War, the art exhibit Tell Me a Story, the upcoming Hill Country Authors Series featuring
Elizabeth Crook, a Tween Zine event, a Super Smash Brothers video tournament, the annual
Stuffed Animal Sleepover, world music by Grupo Massa, and art displays by Craig Meurer:
Dynamic Birds of Prey and Karen Limbaugh’s Sharing My View of Nature photographs.
Lashley reported Linda Scarbrough had mentioned the upcoming Anne Frank exhibit at the
Library through our partnership with Congregation Havurah Shalom in her bi-monthly
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Williamson County Sun column. He also noted the Library launched its Chromebook project in
which patrons can checkout Chromebooks to use within the Library for the day.
Lashley reported the parking lot across the street from the Library is progressing. Sinwell
announced the AARP Tax-Aide would begin tax assistance at the Library this year, following Jerry
Sensabaugh’s resignation of lead tax assistance volunteer. Jerry served the public through
providing tax assistance at the library for the past 28 years.
Lashley noted there were two articles in the Williamson County Sun about Kalena Powell
receiving her Associates Degree from Austin Community College and the Sun City Cycle Club
taking over the maintenance of our bike share program.
Lashley read the patron comments from the library’s suggestion box from December. No action
required.
D. Report on the WOW HD – home delivery van project. – Eric Lashley, Library Director. Lashley
reported the Friends of the Library would be presenting a ceremonial check to City Council at
the January 14th meeting at 6:00 p.m. The Friends raised approximately $82,000 and have
scheduled a ribbon cutting ceremony for Saturday, March 28 at 10 a.m. Lashley also reported
he is in discussions with the Community Association at Sun City to see if the Library could
partner with the Sun City Library so residents could pick up their reserves any day of the week
instead of only on Tuesdays when the bookmobile visits. No action required.
E. Report on Library’s reorganization. – Eric Lashley, Library Director. Lashley shared a plan to
create two Senior Librarian positions to manage Adult Services and Outreach Services. He also
discussed creating a Circulation Supervisor position. Lashley noted Sally Miculek, Assistant
Library Director, currently supervises 11 staff members as well as the temp/on call staff. No
action required.
F. Consideration and possible action to approve letter to Council concerning future Library
budgets. – Lindsay Cooper, Board Chair. Kelley circulated a draft letter to the Board
(attachment). After discussion, the board made a few small edits. Motion by Thielmann;
second by Shaffer to approve the draft of the letter to Council concerning future Library
budgets. Approved 6-0.
Chair Cooper adjourned the meeting at 7:17 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael Kelley Lindsay Cooper
Secretary Chair
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City of Georgetown, Texas
Library Advisory Board
February 4, 2020
S UB J E C T:
P res entation, dis cus s ion and pos s ible ac tion on the draft 2030 C omprehensive P lan Update. –S usan
Watkins , AI C P, Housing C oordinator.
IT E M S UMMARY:
T he 2030 C omprehens ive P lan Update is nearing c ompletion and staff is providing C ity of G eorgetown
Boards and C ommis s ions an opportunity to review the full draft plan, ask ques tions and possibly
recommend adoption to the C ity C ouncil. T he s chedule for adoption of the update is below:
· 2/12 O pen Hous e - 4:30-7:00 P M at the G eorgetown P ublic Library, 406 W. 8th S t.
· 2/18 P &Z meeting - P ublic Hearing and R ec ommendation
· 2/25 C ity C ounc il - P ublic Hearing and 1st R eading
· 3/10 C ity C ounc il - P ublic Hearing and 2nd R eading
At this meeting, s taff will provide a short overview of the draft 2030 C omprehensive P lan Update including
goals and policies for Land Use, Williams Drive G ateway P lan, G ateways & Image C orridors , Housing
and the Implementation P lan. A draft of the 2030 C omprehensive P lan update’s implementation plan, the
final part of the plan update, was pres ented to the C ouncil in January. T he implementation plan outlines
three major s trategies:
· R egulatory framework
· Dec is ion framework
· P lans , programs and partners hips
Each strategy relates to the goals outlined in the 2030 P lan update, whic h were drafted using public input
from c ommunity surveys including the firs t O n the Table, in whic h more than 1,400 people partic ipated in
conversations to envis ion G eorgetown’s future and an acc ompanying online public survey taken by an
additional 1,460 people.
T he full plan is available for review online at 2030.georgetown.org.
F IN AN C IAL IMPAC T:
None.
S UB MIT T E D B Y:
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Director’s Monthly Report
Georgetown Public Library
January 2020
January Highlights
The library was closed January 1 for New Year’s Day and January 20 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Library staff interviewed 3 candidates in January for the vacant Reference Librarian position.
Assistant Director Sally Miculek and Children’s Services Librarian Bethni King attended ALA Midwinter in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 24-28.
Bookmobile services were re-configured after damage to the AC units on the roof occurred on the way to a
scheduled stop. Outreach staff acted quickly to minimize disruptions in service by borrowing the Visit
Georgetown van to continue with the schedule of stops.
Recurring events for children/tweens/teens such as Storytimes, READ Dogs, Music with Mar, Teen Advisory
Board and Dungeons & Dragons continued this month. Other programs included:
o Read to a Mini-Pony! 3rd Saturdays at 10 a.m.
o Tween Zine Publishing on January 11
o Teen Super Smash Bros. Tournament on January 11
o Stuffed Animal Sleepover on January 31 & February 1: Mystery themed
Recurring events for adults such as artist receptions, Games for Grown Ups/Adult Coloring Circle, Knitting
Club and Wired Wednesday continued this month. Other programs included:
o GPL World Cinema screened Women at War on January 8
o Live Music Sunday featuring Grupo Massa on January 19
o Adultish-Game Night on January 24
o Art exhibits:
Waterloo Watercolor Group: Tell Me a Story. . . Art as Narrative, December 9-January 12 in
the upstairs galleries.
Helena Conti-Hatch: Art with Enthusiasm, January 15-February 22 in upstairs galleries.
Craig Meurer: Dynamic Birds of Prey: Photography from Multiple Continents, January 15-22
in the Café gallery.
Patron Comments
1. Please offer more adult programs such as reading clubs, speakers etc.
2. I liked in the café, the smoothies.
3. So cool I want to be an artist when I grow up.
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GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Oct Nov Dec Annual Total
Patron Visits
Current Year 32586 26643 23995 83224
2018-2019 32687 17375 27062 386647
Circulation Annual Total
Current Year 46708 38121 39868 124697
2018-2019 43804 36467 35565 547279
Annual Total
# patron checkouts 4722 4274 4258 13254
WOW! Circs 2447 2063 2454 6964
Children's Programs
Attendance 1380 595 1057 3032
Programs 7 2 4 13
Story Time Programs 28 14 13 55
Other (Tour, Movies, Crafts)8 2 4 14
After School Programs 4 5 3 12
Teen Programs
Programs 7 5 3 15
Attendance 112 81 58 251
Teen Space Users 572 491 461 1524
Adult Programs
Programs 17 7 9 33
Attendance 402 227 154 783
Other Services
GPL ILL Req. filled 99 77 98 274
Outgoing ILL 24 21 32 77
ILL Requests 91 142 35 268
Overdrive usage (E-books)3944 3793 3628 11365
Overdrive usage (audiobooks)2044 2069 2007 6120
Volunteer Hours
Adult 911.00 61.00 710.00 1682.00
Teen 88.00 69.00 27.00 184.00
Community Service 6.00 1.00 2.00 9.00
Total 1005.00 131.00 739.00 1875.00
Registrations
City Residents-new 240.00 172.00 200.00 612.00
Non-residents-new 129.00 42.00 76.00 247.00
GISD Student memb.4.00 5.00 2.00 11.00
Total 373.00 219.00 278.00 859.00
Cash Receipts
Non-resident fees 2465.00 1735.00 1985.25 6185.25
Copies 1820.83 1466.13 1452.92 4739.88
Donations 3291.33 3279.70 2962.68 9533.71
Gifts/Memorials 7000.00 2100.00 4430.00 13530.00
Meeting Room Use
# of attendees 3038 2348.00 1450 6836
# of reservations 128 310.00 76 514
Study Room Use
# of attendees 520.00 584 1104
# of reservations 201.00 244 445
Library Collection Changes
Copies Added 2057 1222 1588 4867
Copies Discarded 1232 937 938 3107
59 97 72 228
2019
FY 2019-2020 Statistics
Donations Added
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DONOR DONATION
Col. Lester G. Frazier $250 for Staff Christmas party
Peck Family Charitable Foundation $2000 for Adult programming
Terrance Tobias Too Much Is Not Enough by Andrew Rannells
Don & Kathy Parrish 5 books by Marc Simmons: Teddy's Cattle Drive
Friday the Arapaho Boy, Millie Cooper's Ride,
Billy Blackfeet in the Rockies, Jose's Buffalo Hunt
Lynn Marchesi $75 for NF Children's books
Don & Jacqueline Brown $100 unspecified purpose
GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY
DONATIONS -- December 2019
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