04/09/2014 - Minutes City of Tigard
Tigard Public Library Board — Minutes
MEETING DATE/TIME: Wednesday,April 9,2014 7 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: 13500 SW Hall Blvd., Conference Room, Second Floor
1. CALL TO ORDER:
Chair Scott Hancock called to order the April 9,2014 Tigard Library Board at 7:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Present at the meeting were: Katie Harris,Linda Monahan,John Storhm and Jan Thenell;Library Director
Margaret Barnes and Executive Assistant Alison Grimes. Laura Cadiz and Dan Snyder were excused.
3. APPROVE MINUTES
The minutes from the March 19 Library Board meeting are not yet completed. They may be presented for
review and approval at the May meeting.
4. AGENDA ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
Add: Date of May Board Meeting.
5. CALL TO THE PUBLIC
Katherine Szeto,Technical Services Library Assistant, met with the Board during this evening's meeting.
Starting at the Library in 2001 as a volunteer, she was first hired as a Library Aide and then applied and was
hired as a Library Assistant in Technical Services. It was obvious she had a background in teaching as,using
a story board and visual aids, she presented a detailed,yet clear description of her job duties, emphasizing
the process she follows during the year-end magazine rollover. Finally, she took the Board on a tour of the
magazine storage area and the periodical shelves in the Library.
6. LIBRARY POLICIES REVIEW
o Library Use Policy
The Board reviewed the changes suggested by the managers. The policy will be forwarded to the City Attorney
for his review and approval and will then be brought back to the Board for final approval.
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7. LIBRARY OPERATIONS
Due to time restraints, this agenda item was skipped. The information will be presented at the May meeting.
8. JOINT MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL
The Board reviewed the statistics provided by the Library and discussed ways to present the information to
Council. Members offered to speak about the following:
o Jan Volunteer and monetary statistics
o John Computers and WiFi
o Nikki Circulation
o Katie Programming
o Scott Overall Satisfaction and Wrap-up
o Linda Collection
o Dan was assigned Visitors
Topic-specific 2014 patron comments were distributed and Barnes suggested certain comments could be
chosen by individual members to include in their portion of the presentation.
She asked that members be at City Hall by 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday,April 15. They're scheduled to meet with
City Council at 7 p.m.
9. OTHER BUSINESS
o Library's Kindles have been reloaded with new titles.
o May Meeting—As Barnes will not be here for the May 14 Library Board meeting, she asked if the
Board would prefer to reschedule for a different day or proceed with a manager acting in her stead.
After discussion, the Board decided to keep the May 14 meeting as planned. Molly Carlisle, the
Readers Services manager,will sit in for Barnes.
o LIBRARY TRENDS
• Third Party Cloud Printing—if able to access wireless,patron can use their tablet,
smartphone, etc., to print. WCCLS considered launching it, but has now reconsidered.
10. ADJOURN
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:26 p.m.
The next meeting of the Tigard Library Board will be Wednesday, May 14,2014 at 7 p.m. in the second
floor Conference Room of the Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard.
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