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Home My WebLink AboutMInutes_LAB_07.13.2009Minutes of the Meeting of the Library Advisory Board Of Georgetown Texas July 13, 2009 MEMBERS IN ATTENDENCE- David Ciambrone, Glenn Mautner, Shana Nichols, Marisue Miller, Anjeanette Courtin, and Kathryn Morehouse. ABSENT: Betty Anne Sensabaugh STAFF IN ATTENDENCE• Eric Lashley, Library Director OTHERS IN ATTENDENCE: Linda Nix (CTLS Lay Representative) MINUTES: The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Shana Nichols at 6:30 PM David Ciambrone made the motion to accept the minutes of the April 2009 Library Advisory Board Meeting and Sue Miller seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. DIRECTOR'S REPORT: Director Lashley reported that circulation and patron visits continued to increase for the months of May and June Eric reported that library card registration and meeting room usage also were up in May and June. Eric announced the sculpture show by the Texas Society of Sculptures has been a success and the show will run until August 28. Eric distributed images of the library's new banners, children's mascot, and logo for our Live Music at the Library program. He also reported the Jeep has been completed and installed in the children's room. Eric reported that the Spanish classes taught by Billy Cryer were a success. He also announced that the library has two new employees, Thelma Dingier and Chris Guadian, who are paid through two different federal employment programs. These employees are contributing 60 hours of labor per week at no cost to the City of Georgetown. Eric reported that he had attended a City Council workshop earlier in the day and the City Manager's proposed budget does not include any cuts in next year's budget However, there is one frozen position and that position will remain frozen until the economy/revenues improve Eric said this was a very positive budget compared to library budgets throughout the nation. Director Lashley also reported an arrest of a homeless person at the library that caused some distress among some patrons Eric plans on speaking with the Police Chief to ask that in the future officers inform library staff if any arrests take place in the library. Eric announced the next Live Music @ Your Library event and read the patron comments. CONSIDERATION OF AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING: ■ Introduction of a library staff member - Eric Lashley: There was no staff member in attendance. ■ Introduction of a board member - Betty Sensabaugh: Shana asked for a volunteer to introduce themselves. Anjeanette Courtin, who goes by Angie, volunteered. Angie said she has lived in Georgetown for 2 years. Angie grew up in Detroit, Michigan. She is a graduate of Indiana University. She was a teacher and a High School administrator in Aurora, IL. She is married to an attorney and has one grown son Before retiring and moving to Berry Creek, Angie searched the Internet for a retirement home in Texas. She fell in love with Georgetown. She is experiencing her second Texas summer and is intrigued by the weather. Angie joined the Library Advisory Board because she wanted to get involved in the community. ■ CTLS news - Linda Nix: Linda announced that the State Legislature had increased direct aid to public libraries by $1.75 million in each year of the biennium and the annual appropriation of state money will be $7 4 million, an increase of 30% over FY 2009. She also announced the Legislature appropriated $750,000 per year for the ten regional systems. ■ Parking - Eric Lashley Eric reported he had been contacted by the Mayor and was assured the Council and City Manager are aware of the problem and will seek a Tong -term solution. The City Council discussed the library parking issue at a June Council workshop. The City is aggressively marketing the Albertson's building and decisions on City facilities will be made once the Albertson's property is finalized ■ Georgetown Learns - David Ciambrone: David announced the Library Foundation has agreed to sponsor the Georgetown Learns program. Instructors have been contacted and the committee is working on finalizing the course list and is working on a brochure and promotional materials. ■ Criminal background checks for library volunteers - Eric Lashley: Eric said he had been contacted by the Parks and Recreation Department within the City. Parks and Rec. is considering starting a formal volunteer program and is seriously considering requiring a criminal background check for their volunteers. This brought up the issue of whether the library should require criminal background checks for volunteers After much discussion, the Board felt it was in the best interests for the Library to require criminal background checks on all volunteers regardless of years of service. The Board also believed the repercussions of not requiring a background check would be severe if something tragic happened involving a volunteer and a patron. ■ Hill Country Book Festival - Eric Lashley Eric explained that David had asked to place this item on the agenda David stated that last year the organizers of the Hill Country Book Festival did not pay for the use of the facility and did a poor job cleaning up after the event. David would like to see the Hill Country Book Festival organizers pay for the clean up and set-up of the facility. Eric explained that last year the organizers had the facility fees waived by the Arts and Culture Board. This year the Arts and Culture Board also agreed to be a sponsor of the event by waiving the facility fees. After much discussion, Eric announced that he would be meeting with the Board of the Hill Country Book Festival and would try having them take more responsibility for the setup and clean up of the facility. Vice Chair Shana Nichols adjourned the meeting at 7:45 PM. Respectfully submitted, Anjeanette Courtin, Secretary Shana Nichols, Vice Chair JvitTu flic/lt DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY May and June 2009 HIGHLIGHTS • The last activities related to Marley and Me, the 2009 Georgetown Reads! selection, took place during May. They included a book discussion session and viewing of the Marley and Me movie as well as several pet adoption opportunities. • Mandy Rothenberg played the piano in the Music! Live @ the Library series on Sunday, May 17 and Just Friends, a dance band from Sun City performed on Sunday, June 28. Both events were very well received and some couples took to the floor while Just Friends played. • Participation in the adult categories of the library photo contest was good. The winners, who received $100 cash prizes from the Friends of the Library, were Zeke Jagst in the category of interior or exterior features and Fredy Pacheco in the category of people reading. Because there were no entries in the age 12 and under category, that contest has been extended through the summer. Staff will advertise it during the children's programs. • The finale of the Read It Forward program, for 6 th - 9th graders, took place May 15. Approximately 75 kids came to the event, which celebrated the book they read — Schooled. The fun included a tai chi demonstration and tie -dying. (You'll have to read the book to know why.) • The children's and tween summer programs are drawing record -size crowds. This is the first year that special events have been offered for tweens (ages 9-12) and the response has been extremely good. The cake decorating and sewing classes were big hits. Attendance at the teen events is running about the same as previous years —between 10 and 15 at each program. 0 The Texas Society of Sculptors again chose the library as the venue for their big summer show. Twenty-seven artists are exhibiting 78 works. The sculptures will be in place until August 28. Two members of the Arts and Culture Board judged the show. • The long-awaited Jeep, which Chuck Croslin, the architect who designed the new library, donated more than a year ago, was installed in the Children's Room during June. The vehicle's restoration and modification to make it appropriate for children to play on were done by the crew at the City's Vehicle Service Center, the City's facilities maintenance technicians, and the employees of David Collision Repair. All work and materials were donated. • Lightpost banners designed by local graphic artist Nick Ramos have been installed on the streetlights on the library perimeter (8 th and 9th Streets) and in the parking lot. Gifts from Doris and Bur Clifford and Dawn and T.R. Reid made the banner project possible. Mr. Ramos also designed a mascot for the Children's Room --a bookworm that has been named 011ie --and an icon to use in advertising the library's live music series. STAFF Billy Cryer has been teaching an eight -week adult class in conversational Spanish. He is offering a class for children during the summer. Thelma Dingler is our new AARP-provided worker. She is working with Earlene Scott, processing new materials. Chris Guadian is working as an intern at the library for eight weeks this summer. He is being paid through a Texas Workforce program. 0 VOLUNTEERS • The volunteers who help Rosa Garcia with the special summer programs have been especially important this year. The Rafique sisters, who have helped Rosa since they were young teenagers, are still there when she needs them, as are Debbie Abe and her daughters. PATRON COMMENTS for May and June Comment: Why is there no African American working at the public library? Comment: Would like to see a drama club over the summer. Comment: I love your Internet access to order a book, then pick it up from the shelf, and then to do a self checkout. Wonderful! Comment: Keyboards need to be cleaned out. Sick people use them. Comment: Make all the front row spaces handicapped in the parking lot. Comment: Please put a rush on the downloadable audio books. Comment: Please get the old British show "Fawlty Towers" with John Cleese. Comment: Good band "Just Friends". Bring them back. Comment: Update Manga series. Comment: Enjoyed the band. It was fun and we stayed cool. Comment: Samurai 7, best anime ever!! Comment: Thanks for having "Just Friends". Great Band! Enjoyed It! Comment: Could the Library subscribe to the Christian Science Monitor? It's now weekly. Comment: Does Elizabeth Fackler have any more recent books than 2003? If so, would you please get them? GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY Comparative Fiscal Year Statistics 2008 2009 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual Total Patron Visits Current Year 29997 22046 25586 27240 27116 28989 29899 25883 33098 249854 2007-2008 18694 24295 26951 25342 24229 25231 30570 304799 006-2007 22271 19035 14916 N/A** N/A** NIA** 188 21999 30895 20204 2005-2006 23232 17724 17784 21945 21506 2313 22228 23394 28151 265219 Circulation 2008 2009 Current Year 38909 33986 33923 37724 37916 43879 39281 38891 50823 355332 2007-2008 31074 3198 30642 35279 34536 35492 33663 33835 4815 431294 2006-2007 28923 25337 24141 17259 32507 36302 31555 35627 42374 386948 2005-2006 28242 26160 22436 28259 27898 31229 26559 28796 35726 348114 F`12008-2009 Statistics Childrn's Programs Annual Total ftendance 1698 939 1104 820 730 1225 1237 798 3108 11659 Programs 4 2 7 0 4 4 5 2 17 45 Story Time 21 19 13 24 20 20 24 24 0 165 Other (Tour, Movies, 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 4 17 After School Progran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other Services ILL Ordered 32 27 23 33 43 31 26 34 28 277 ILL filled 25 20 16 17 35 29 17 27 21 207 Lg Print Circuit 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 1800 Internet usage (persons) 7906 6565 7089 9738 8483 9266 9163 8133 9836 76179 Volunteer Flours Adult 688.25 584.25 634.50 687.00 602.50 668.00 703.00 622.00 620.50 5810.00 Teen 34.00 4.00 25.00 26.00 21:50 35.00 6.00 4.00 131.50 287.00 Community Service 118.00 - 173.25 153.00 354.25 160.50 234,00 271.50 95.25 143,75 1703.50 Total 840.25 761.50 81Z50 1067.25 784.50 937.00 980.50 721.25 895.75 7800.50 Registrations City Residents -new 111 51 204 179 188 167 114 102 190 1306 GISD Kids' Cards 8 13 8 9 63 13 10 12 38 174 Non -residents -new 26 23 39 41 31 49 31 18 69 327 Total 145 87 251 229 282 229 155 132 297 1807 Cash Receipts Fines/Misc, Revenue 2162.39 1766,50 2513.79 2612.79 2208.26 2686.14 2768,61 2326.64 3361.19 22406.31 Non-resident fees 1933.90 1670,40 1396.00 2727.30 242725 2676,20 2146.30 2454,20 4739.70 22171,25 Donations 1031.26 - 704A9 737:95 741.42 714A3 727:80 818.81 913.23 872.80 726119 Gifts/Memorials 14136A3 3927.74 550.00 5362.52 2655.00 9746.41 2330.00 528.70 2261:99 41498.79 Meeting Room Use persons attdg meetings 2688 2140 1345 2241 2137 2104 2320 1863 2637 1475 Library Collection Changes Copies Added 765 934 930 1203 1771 1923 1123 725 1396 10770 Copies Discarded 297 3311 5347 6639 874 703 920 558 788 19437 Donations Added 209 47 167 239 720 819 399 182 229 3011 Notes: Manual sign-up lists ended 3/28/06, no stats for last 4 (bBegan using Userful login counts. * Library closed 12127/06 - 1/20107. Not all public Internet computers were working as of 1/31/07. No people counting devices installed until April 20, 2007. GEOR ETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY DONATIONS -- May 2009 ...,,tt=. u.v .x t` f P h '.t Y. .,::r f „?r,< <. ., Ya .;m v 3i Y ti:•. t �' .;9 { J. {' §k tr n £. +t„ .;$ ,... �$ ... ,,,. 4§s� ,§..u}$ f : t3}. S 2£,S tr v .,, ...x ,b, Ri :•, i ,. .r. au.+ 7 ,,.. 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Robert Gilbert Livingston Chapter NSDAR Copy of Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses j GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY DONATIONS -- June 2009 r� :s}� Y # i•,�a t,.;7fr`f}` Z3 �},,rt £ `fit .,r tvl c�t<b�:.� ,•.�v{ &, xi'�. �1. �urlt .JS N;>>-ft�� .av t r ;,}°`}r?}`�<, sk t •:(�`r t{l( „i�r�. ,>,rY��r` j� j ty5 .,tz#r�;�� , l �3 ti> �3 � � >�,1,,,vr � t J,� 4f �t;� (f.t'' sty ,v �v a �, ��;�Yt ,v,}•,{ ,� .,t, ti� .v#C�. 4r 3 h� S' �t �a i<: �'��„t��(}It�7 ��}{t,��t`.�t ,�. �.. c7a�:}a�� ai'� z r�� z.:..�n�lr�'�,1�"�'w'�Sii£,��d�tl S'„,ar+.,{�,��"t•�`urr�Sa`r::u4�w ti�t`��,},f ,t, i,� 4:p {�r j „�.;: «... ' ��..'�'• ,{�„ il. �r<S,. �l�z ��,�u``�Gv,„� �u n,. A;;?�r' t (ti��,w �,�<i,� sUa '(} � tv ��ti�� d { ;l C, �.t �? �� }k��ta$, Patricia Morse -McNeely Copy of her book, The Inconstant Moon San Gabriel Woman"s Club $80 in honor of their 2008-00 speakers Judy & Paul Hindelan $40 in memory of Robert Dale Anderson Linda Walke $1000, use undesignated Kurt Johnson, Sr. Copy of his book, Glass Walls. A Case Study Involving Public Policy Decision -Making Ann Bell Copy of her book, Exploring Web 2.0. Second Generation Interactive Tools