HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda_LAB_09.06.2022Notice of Meeting for the
L ibrary Adv isory Board
of the City of Georgetown
September 6, 2022 at 6:00 P M
at Classroom 211, Georgetown P ublic Library, 2nd floor, 402 W. 8th St., Georgetown,
T X 78626
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A C itizens wishing to address the Board. As of the deadline, no persons were signed up to addres s the
Board. -Nos a As owata, Board C hair.
B S taff introduction and s ervic e spotlight. -S ally Miculek, Library Direc tor.
C C ons ideration and possible action to approve minutes from the July 5, 2022 Library Advisory Board
meeting. -Nos a As owata, Board C hair.
D C ons ideration of the Library Direc tor's report. -S ally Miculek, Library Direc tor.
E R eview of the Library's s trategic plan update. -S ally Miculek, Library Direc tor.
F C ons ideration and possible action regarding future meeting dates and times. -Nosa Asowata, Board C hair.
Adjournment
Adjournment. -Nosa Asowata, Board C hair.
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City of Georgetown, Texas
Library Advisory Board
September 6, 2022
S UB J E C T:
C onsideration and pos s ible ac tion to approve minutes from the July 5, 2022 Library Advis ory Board
meeting. -Nosa Asowata, Board C hair.
IT E M S UMMARY:
F IN AN C IAL IMPAC T:
None.
S UB MIT T E D B Y:
AT TAC H ME N T S:
Description Type
Minutes July 2022 Backup Material
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Minutes of the Meeting of the
Library Advisory Board
City of Georgetown
July 5, 2022
The Library Advisory Board met on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. in Classroom 211 of the Georgetown Public Library,
402 W. 8th Street.
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Nosa Asowata, Susan Cooper, Nancy Hill, Catherine Morales, Richard Thielmann and Kathy
Wieland.
MEMBERS ABSENT: None.
STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Sally Miculek–Library Director, and Lawren Weiss-Administrative Assistant.
The meeting was called to order at 6:02 p.m. by Board Chair Asowata.
A. Citizens wishing to address the board. -Nosa Asowata, Chair. None were present. No action required.
B. Consideration and possible action to approve minutes from the May 3, 2022 Library Advisory Board
meeting. -Nosa Asowata, Board Chair. Board members did not have revisions for the May minutes.
Motion by Morales; second by Thielmann to approve the May 3, 2022, Library Advisory Board
minutes as distributed. Approved 5-0 (Hill absent).
Hill entered meeting before the start of item C.
C. Consideration of Library Director's report. -Sally Miculek, Library Director. Miculek reviewed the Director’s report and
discussed the Library’s statistics, the Little Lemon café, and the Summer Reading program. Miculek reviewed patron
comments from the Library’s suggestion box. No action required.
D. Review of the Library’s strategic plan update. -Sally Miculek, Library Director. Miculek reviewed the draft strategic
plan update as provided in the agenda packet and asked for the Board’s feedback. Miculek reported that 1,075
responses were submitted for the Library’s community survey. Staff will review these and work them into the
strategic plan. Miculek will also ask staff to review the plan’s update again before finalizing. Discussion followed
regarding language used in the plan, various metrics, and digital materials. No action required.
E. Consideration and possible action regarding future meeting dates and times. -Nosa Asowata, Board Chair. The next
Library Advisory Board meeting will proceed as regularly scheduled on Tuesday, September 6 at 6 p.m.
Adjournment
Chair Asowata adjourned the meeting at 7:25 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nosa Asowata Kathy Wieland
Board Chair Board Secretary
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City of Georgetown, Texas
Library Advisory Board
September 6, 2022
S UB J E C T:
C onsideration of the Library Director's report. -S ally Mic ulek, Library Director.
IT E M S UMMARY:
F IN AN C IAL IMPAC T:
None.
S UB MIT T E D B Y:
AT TAC H ME N T S:
Description Type
Statistics July 2022 Backup Material
Director's report Augus t 2022 Backup Material
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GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Patron Visits Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Annual Total
Current Year 23860 17934 17290 17213 17485 22963 22693 20744 26937 30262 217381
2020-2021 22205 12192 0 0 0 0 8245 9366 14466 25724 129803
Circulation Annual Total
Current Year 40042 38101 34021 38249 36468 42287 39259 41435 50214 50681 410757
2020-2021 38241 26368 15961 16009 14279 22625 28820 31518 44030 44116 363581
Annual Total
# patron checkouts 3426 3754 3510 3803 3789 4067 4025 4136 4896 5097 40503
WOW! Circs 2736 3006 2230 2583 2546 2992 3097 2808 3061 2532 27591
Children's Programs
Attendance 858 332 579 405 498 1105 857 990 2002 1790 9416
Programs 3 2 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 7 24
Story Time Programs 15 12 19 28 24 26 38 37 36 28 263
Teen Programs
Programs 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 22
Attendance 34 30 28 15 29 46 87 34 12 35 269
Adult Programs
Programs 10 8 10 10 3 14 11 11 10 16 103
Attendance 544 207 279 255 10 678 164 313 139 568 3157
Other Services
GPL ILL Req. filled 76 120 52 67 110 84 66 48 90 52 765
Outgoing ILL 15 13 10 18 14 16 15 18 17 17 153
Overdrive usage (E-books)4819 4484 7817 5439 4843 5182 4861 5291 5396 10342 68904
Overdrive usage (audiobooks)3115 2990 3053 3333 3035 3445 3324 3486 3643 4055 37720
SimplyE 10 12 19 31 17 24 35 16 18 4 186
Database Searches 4657 4937 3517 2974 2918 3053 3403 2996 1485 3,643 33583
Internet usage (sessions)837 1649 1988 1866 1498 1958 2,099 14747
Volunteer Hours
Total # of hours worked 553 342 38 718 510 982 736 629 652 687 5847
Registrations
City Residents-new 335 208 184 277 273 320 317 295 483 470 3162
Non-residents-new 170 92 78 145 118 186 129 181 323 233 1655
GISD Student memb.9 6 5 6 4 10 14 6 35 19 114
Total 514 306 267 428 395 516 460 482 841 722 4931
Cash Receipts
Non-resident fees 3,635.00 2400 1,735.00 3,055.00 2,530.00 3,720.00 2,660.00 3,785.00 6,855.00 4,465.00 34,840.00
Copies 896.55 708.21 612.00 1,009.52 768.89 1,028.49 968.70 1,051.64 1,129.07 1,101.19 9,274.26
Donations 3,735.21 1597.82 2,707.60 2,324.78 1,303.85 2,284.74 2,204.10 2,040.26 2,604.98 2,379.94 23,183.28
Gifts/Memorials 770.00 180.00 810.00 60,833.40 881.80 29,950.64 1,170.00 38,721.00 1,855.00 - 135,171.84
Meeting Room Use
# of attendees 2894 3186 2476 2346 3370 4198 4159 3495 3509.00 2933.00 32566
# of reservations 122 99 85 99 118 127 122 131 111 97 1111
Study Room Use
# of attendees 753 609 415 401 445 550 600 563 767 680 5783
# of reservations 282 258 222 264 270 317 278 316 404 397 3008
Library Collection Changes
Copies Added 1512 1761 990 1309 1477 1707 1228 1278 1559 1298 14119
Copies Discarded 367 674 1477 1183 1417 1364 1537 940 1925 2783 13667
8 30 4 7 16 15 4 6 234 324
2021 2022
FY 2021-2022 Statistics
Donations Added
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Director’s Monthly Report | Georgetown Public Library | August 2022
August 2022 Highlights
• Children’s team finalized details for fall programming plans during August, following the busy summer
months. No programs for kids, tweens and teens occurred during August.
• Programs and activities for adults and all ages in August included:
o In-person artist receptions
o Wired Wednesday
o Fiber & Friends
o AARP Tax Clinic
o Adult Summer Reading Boardwalk Games
o Games for Grown-ups returns!
o GPL World Cinema screened My Octopus Teacher
o Live Music Sunday featuring Kiyoshi Tamagawa
• Art & Exhibits
o Anca Thomas: Abstracts (Café gallery)
o Williamson County Art Guild: Colors of the Rainbow (2nd floor hall & bridge gallery)
o Texas Society of Sculptors 14th Annual Summer Show (1st and 2nd floors)
o Cindy Loos: Textiles=Art (2nd floor hall & bridge gallery)
Patron Comments
Comment: Hello, my name is []. I’m the 56 yr old homeless woman that comes in here frequently. I
was in the ladys restroom and someone blessed me I don’t know who showed me kindness but I’d like
to thank you very much and bless you mam.
Response: While we do not ask patrons about their housing status, sometimes they choose to share
that information with us, or with other patrons. It’s a privilege to be able to serve in a community that is
compassionate and to be able to welcome everyone into the Library.
Comment: A sour note on “Sweet Lemon”—Ridiculous Prices—will never order there again!
Response: The Little Lemon’s prices are set by the owners of Sweet Lemon, and reflect the cost of
ingredients, preparation from scratch, and service by a well-trained and friendly staff.
Comment: We would like to suggest a storytime for kids in Spanish. Thanks for all you do!
Response: We have been able to offer Spanish-Language storytime at various times. At present, we
do not have a Spanish speaker available on staff to provide a weekly storytime program (we have three
Spanish speakers on staff; none of them is able to provide a weekly storytime due to other time
constraints). This request will be passed along to the Children’s Team, and we will continue to seek
and consider opportunities to offer storytime programming to meet a variety of needs and interests.
Comment: For Adult programs after Library is closed please have a better system. If only one door is
opened put a sign on the other side of the building saying that or put procedure to come in on website
for that event.
Response: Our standard procedure for Library -sponsored programs after hours is to open one door at
both the 9th and 8th street entrances, and to station a staff member in the lobby to direct patrons to their
destination as they arrive. 15-30 minutes after the program’s posted start time, that staff member will
lock both doors for safety, and will then proceed to the meeting room where the program is being held
in order to assist other staff who are presenting. We’re sorry for any inconvenience this may have
caused a patron; the programming teams will discuss whether we should make changes to this
procedure or provide more information for patrons in advance of after-hours programs.
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