09/11/2024 - MinutesTigard Public Library Board Minutes – September 11, 2024
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1. BOARD MEETING
A. At 6:31 p.m. Board Member Coleman motioned to appoint Board Member Bogert as
Temporary Board Chair. Board Member Stoffel seconded. The motion passed
unanimously.
B. Temporary Board Chair Bogert called the Tigard Public Library Board Meeting to order.
C. Temporary Board Chair Bogert called the roll.
D. Call to Board and Staff for Non-Agenda Items – None.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
A. Follow-up to Previous Public Comment: None
B. Public Comment – Written: None
C. Public Comment – In Person: None
D. Public Comment – Phone-in or Video: None
3. APPROVE MINUTES
A. Board Member Coleman moved to approve the Library Board minutes for the July 10,
2024, meeting. The motion was seconded by Board Member Allen, and the motion
passed unanimously.
4. ICEBREAKER
Present Absent
Helen Allen
Mary Bogert
Candice Coleman
Lili Diaz (Alternate)
Bart Hawkins
Rose Hulett (Vice-Chair) (Excused)
Pam Michael (Alternate)
Kate Ristau (Chair) (Excused)
Jenny Stoffel
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Library Director Bernard asked everyone in attendance the icebreaker question: Where do you
like to read?
5. CITY UPDATES: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP AND TIME-PLACE-MANNER
ORDINANCE
Library Director Bernard shared updates on Tigard’s Community Development leadership and on
the Time Place Manner ordinance.
6. DIRECTOR’S REPORT
Banned Books Week is coming up this September 22nd through 28th, 2024!
What is Banned Books Week?
o Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the
number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. Typically (but
not always) held during the last week of September, the annual event highlights
the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire
book community — librarians, educators, authors, publishers, booksellers, and
readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express
ideas. By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to
books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship.
How we are celebrating in the Library:
o In the library, we have Banned Books displays on the 2nd floor, in the Teen Scene,
and in the Children’s Room.
o There will be a Banned Books Week-themed BookTRON book club for teens on
Thursday, October 10th, with a selection of giveaway books to read ahead of time.
o There is a Banned Books-themed Take & Make – tiny puzzles of banned book
covers.
How is the City of Tigard celebrating:
o Mayor Lueb will proclaim September 22nd through 28th, 2024, as Banned Books
Week in Tigard.
o As Library Board members, you are invited to attend the City Council meeting on
Tuesday, September 24th at 6:30 p.m. to show your support of Banned Books
Week.
BUILDING , GROUNDS, AND TECHNOLOGY
This past month, our native garden's drip line systems were repaired. The Tigard Garden
Club continued intensive weeding with cooler weather, and we have started planning to
replace lost plants.
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STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS
In August we trained a new batch of On Call Librarians who instantly got to work (Yay for
Lindsay, Jana, Amy, and Christie!), welcomed Gordon as Senior Library Assistant in Adult
Services, and hired Jessica Fredrickson as Youth Services Supervisor (who will start on
September 9).
We celebrated Ramona’s 23+ years of work at TPL and her retirement on August 15 in the
Burgess Community Room.
COLLECTIONS AND MATERIALS
Circulation staff helped create 309 new library cards in August. This is the highest number
of cards created and the first month over 300 since the pandemic.
August checkouts were hopping. Total circulation for the month of August was 79,669,
the highest total circulation of the past year.
Tech Services began working on the alternate 200’s reclassification project that will affect
about 3,000 items. The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) revision team has updated the
200s (religion) classification table to make shelving and browsing easier (call numbers will
be shorter) and to spread out materials that are consolidated in the 290s (“other
religions”). This project is being completed to make browsing materials on religion easier.
Updating this area of classification will keep us up to date with national practices. The
DDC system is periodically updated to reflect current library user needs. The system was
first created in 1876 and has been fully revised 22 times since then – updates to the 200s
are among recent changes.
FINANCES
Director Bernard will present on the WCCLS funding and governance evaluation project
after the project update has been presented to the Board of County Commissioners at
the end of October.
PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH
ADULT SERVICES
Summer Reading was a whirlwind as always, and this year we tried out a new All Ages
reading record with registration upstairs & downstairs! A record-shattering 990 adults
registered for Summer Reading this year, a 119% increase over 2023, and 185 completed
entries for prizes, a 73% increase over 2023.
YOUTH SERVICES
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Storytime returned September 3 after a two-week end-of-summer break. 165 babies,
toddlers, children, and their grown-ups attended the first five storytimes of the Fall
session.
NEWS AND MARKETING
One patron said "I just love the library. You are all fantastic." Another said, "Tigard
librarians are awesome, and have swagger."
A patron complimented Traci on how quickly she answered the phone first thing in the
morning and how friendly her voice was.
Another patron commented, "Holly's story time is exceptional! I used to be a kindergarten
teacher for a long time; she does such a good job."
OTHER
From the August 21st issue of the Literary Activism newsletter, “Most Americans Oppose School
Book Bans and Restrictions: New Research Supports Freedom to Read”:
“Now, new research from the Knight Foundation in partnership with Langer Research Associates
further supports the fact that most Americans disagree with banning and restricting access to
books in school libraries.” [Knight Foundation]
7. ADJOURNMENT
At 7:22 p.m. Temporary Board Chair Bogert adjourned the meeting.