04/13/1995 - Minutes TIGARD LIBRARY BOARD
'April 13, 1995
MINUTES
Call to Order: 7:05 p.m., by Chris Lewis, Acting Chair.
Roll Cal : Yvonne Burgess, Lonn Hoklin, Nancy Irwin, Jeri Cundiff, and Chris Lewis.
Staff: Kathy Davis.
Minute Burgess moved to accept minutes as written, seconded by Hoklin.
.Reports: March Monthly Repo Director reported a 14.3 percent, incnoase in
circulation over February. 45,092 items were circulated in k1a_l j, 2,000
more than last record breaking month. The library will be closed Friday,
May 12, for staff in-service training day. The main focus of this training is
to discuss and brainstorm ways of marketing the library. Director extended
an invitation to Board members to attend this particular session. The
Farmer's Market will be using the Water Building parking lot on Saturdays.
In addition, the Friends of the Library will be holding a book sale. Fourteen
staff members are now signed up for Internet 'access addresses.
Volunteers hours are also up; equivalent of almost seven FTE.
Friends of the Library: The Friends will be holding a book sale on
Saturdays along with the Farmer's Market. The possibility of using
memorial funds for a Writer's Contest is being considered.
CLA : Still in the process of reviewing existing programs through WCCLS,
such as WILI, Outreach, the courier, and books by mail. Still reviewing the
idea of Countywide funding of library buildings through General Obligation
Bonds. As new ideas come up, CLAB will take back to each participating
library and will only continue process if all libraries are in agreement.
Review of Library Behavior Guidelines:
Director brought up concerns regarding existing guidelines and the fact that
they are not up to American Library Association guideline
recommendations. Director drafted new guidelines and reviewed with
Board. Board is in favor of guidelines that abide by laws of our particular
county and city. Hoklin moved to accept revised guidelines and to present
to library staff for feedback, seconded by Burgess.
Follow-Up Council/Budget Committee Walk Through:
Board discussed feedback on their particular tours. Board felt these tours
were a great benefit to Council and the Budget Committee as well as to
themselves. Technology, CD Roms, the Internet, and the newly expanded
children's area were all favorable. Director will now set up a meeting with
Board and Council to meet and discuss issues of the Board's vision for the
library and the steps to achieve this vision, space limitations, youth
resources, and technology.
Library Monthly Newsletter:
As staff contributes monthly to the Cityscape newsletter,there is not enough
space to include all articles of interest. The idea of adding a quarterly insert
into the existing newsletter to cover these other articles was addressed.
Board suggested articles on the Friends activities, special upcoming
activities, circulation statistics, Young Adult contributions, volunteer
opportunities, survey results, guest authors, information on the UMI Towers,
Internet, CD Roms, etc. The Board is in great support of this newsletter
addition. Director will discuss with library staff.
Review Library Survey:
Director reviewed process of survey and mailing procedures. Ideas and
suggestions were discussed on ways to better word questions to reach an
objective of how to better serve the community. Irwin and Cundiff will meet
with Director to discuss the revision of the survey.
Other Business:
Freebie Table: Patron requested displaying religious tracts on library's
information table. Board discussed and reviewed. Board denied displaying
of particular church brochures because of the limitation of space,.and that
the purpose of the table is for community announcements that are time
dependent and locally generated periodicals. Information will be shared
with patron.
Adjournment: Burgess moved to adjourn meeting and to view the Library Cable TV
Program at 9:10 p.m., seconded by Irwin.
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