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09/10/1998 - Packet AGENDA TIGARD LIBRARY BOARD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1998 - 7:00 P.M. TIGARD PUBLIC LIBRARY-PUETT ROOM 13125 SW HALL BLVD. TIGARD, OREGON 1. CALL TO ORDER Beck 2. ROLL CALL: BECK_ CHAPMAN_ GUSTIN_ HARPER_ HOKLIN_ IRWIN KASSON 3. Approve Minutes for August 13, 1998. Beck 4. Agenda Additions&Deletions. Beck 5. Call to the Public. Beck 6. Monthly Report for August 1998. Sisson 7. Friends of the Library Report. Burgess 8. Cooperative Library Advisory Board Report. Sisson 9. Update on Facilities Ballot Measure and Planning. Beck/Sisson 10. Report on Purpose of a Library Foundation. Sisson 11. Report on Internet Guidelines Program for Parents& Children. Sisson 12. Other Business. 13. Adjournment. TO ENSURE A QUORUM TO CONDUCT BUSINESS,PLEASE CALL AND LEAVE A MESSAGE AT THE LIBRARY(684-5886),IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND. Agenda items for future meetings: hAdocskonnieVib-a TIGARD LIBRARY BOARD August 13, 1998 MINUTES Call to Order: 7:05 p.m., by Vice-Chair Tammy Gustin. Roll Call: David Chapman, Tammy Gustin, Pat Harper, Lorin Hoklin, and Sue Kasson. Staff: Melinda Sisson. Minutes: Hoklin moved to approve minutes for June, seconded by Harper. Motion passed unanimously. Agenda Additions/Deletions: None Call to the Public: None Reports: June/July Monthly Report: Four new part-time library assistants were hired to work in Circulation; Becky Choruby, Melanie Fraser, Ann Hunter, and Elizabeth James. Teresa Laubach has accepted the position of Reader's Services Specialist/Adult, and will begin working September 24th. Ramona Fitzpatrick will be returning in September after a leave-of-absence. On-call librarian, Jenny McKenzie, will now be working as part-time library assistant for Reader's Services. Michiko Myoga ended her employment as a temporary employee, but will be available for on-call in Circulation. Pete Koch accepted the position of MicroComputer Support Assistant, and will begin work September 14th. The Polaris "go live" date has been moved back to September 9th to address software configurations. During the downtime, there have been no fines and bestsellers are being reshelved. July 22nd was the cut-off date to add any new items to the current WILI system, this also means that no new materials can be added to the collection for checkout until after Polaris "goes live." Approximately 20 people have been identified to assist patrons when the new system comes up. Training will be conducted at Washington County Cooperative Library Services and at the Library. The Library is now circulating software programs on CD-ROM. There are approximately 50 available for checkout. The Summer Reading Program "Buggy" Mondays have proven to be very successful with two Mondays at 3,000+ cires. Before the self-checkout machine was unplugged due to WILI downtime, it was maintaining 13 percent of all checkouts. The self-checkout machine will receive new software and a network card as a result of the Polaris upgrade. It will be relocated to the Circ. desk. "Writin' in the Rain"was the theme for the Summer Adult Book Night Program which featured Northwest authors. Twenty-five people attended and supportive patrons helped donate food for the evening. WCCLS staff are reviewing the funding formula to also include receiving credit for in-house use of expensive reference and electronic resources. Reader's Services has provided research assistance by providing samples of library consortia funding formulas. Several questions have been raised regarding logistics of a formula. The library is waiting on final numbers for the Summer Reading Program and will report when they become available. Friends of the Tigard Library: The Friends have been involved in several projects over the last couple of months. The Buy-the-Foot used book sale brought in more than $1,100. They broke even on pins sold at the Balloon Festival and t-shirts, purchased for the Summer Reading Program. They felt both projects were good exposure. The Friends will contribute $400 for the grand prize in the Adult Reading Program which will be held October 5th- November 14th. The Friends will have another new book sale in November. The Friends will be expanding the donor board to provide room for more names. The ongoing book sale is averaging $300 per month. The Friends are conserving funds in preparation for anticipated needs for the new building. The Friends are in the process of reviewing the coffee service contract for renewal in December. They are now taking pre-sales for the 1999 Entertainment Books. The books are selling for $40 and include forms to order Entertainment Books from other areas. CLAS: The county-wide card application form is now available. On September 12th and 13th, the new Hillsboro Branch Library Kiosk, "Books-by- Rail" will open to the public from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in conjunction with the opening of the Westside MAX light-rail. September 24th and 25th, fourth and fifth graders from Tigard-Tualatin School District will be invited to tour old- fashioned steam and diesel engine trains in Tigard. The public will then have the opportunity to tour the trains until dusk both days. On Saturday and Sunday, September 26th and 27th, train rides will be available between Tigard and Beaverton. WCCLS,staff are making progress on the Telecirc. service of the Polaris system. Testing of Telecirc. software service functionality will take place in -September. Since patrons will not be able to dial-up to WILInet without Internet access, staff is researching low-cost alternatives for our patrons. An open house celebrating WILInet has been proposed for December. Space/Facilities Committee Update: Director distributed language that will be included for the proposed ballot for the November election on obligation bonds for Library and Police construction and City facilities renovation. City staff have discussed the order of events and placement of facilities if the ballot measure is supported. Hoklin expressed the need for the Board to take an active role with library staff in the design phase of the new building. Parking and road concerns have been expressed and discussed by City Council and City staff. The City hopes to have a road feasibility study completed within two years. _ f Other Business: Hoklin expressed the need to form a citizen committee to support the ballot measure and to provide accurate and informative information to the public. Board discussed how their roles as public officials will play in the process. Board compiled list of organizations/businesses that could be contacted for involvement with the committee. Adjournment: It was moved by Hoklin, and seconded by Chapman to adjourn the meeting at 8:55 p.m. Motion passed unanimously. hAdocs\connielboardlbrdmin.doc • MEMORANDUM DATE: September 9, 1998 TO: Bill Monahan, City Manager FROM: Melinda Sisson, Director of Library Services RE: Monthly Report, August 1998 • WlLlnet a.k.a. Polaris: The "go live" date has been extended to mid-September. Delays are primarily in the Circulation module and patron data. WCCLS has been aggressively testing each corrected release of software. All libraries agreed to be patient with this process so as to avoid any down-time after we "go live." WinNT workstations have been purchased and installed for library staff receiving new PC's this year. NT resolves the firewall issue allowing access to both public and private networks. Those staff with Win95 workstations will have access to only one network until upgrades are purchased in the next fiscal year. Training on Polaris for staff and volunteers has continued through the month and will be available through September in the Administration office. Patrons have expressed great interest in the new WlLlnet system, especially access over the Web. Only dial access that will no longer be available seems to upset patrons. The Library Directors Board has discussed this in their meetings with WCCLS staff and have found no satisfactory solutions as of yet. Patrons may e-mail their requests to the Reference Desk and information of free e-mail services has been made available. WCCLS staff has provided each library with information on WebTV that could substitute as a low cost method of accessing the Internet. It is not known how many patrons county-wide have PC's, but no (Internet service provider) subscription. Paula and Kate have prepared FAQs on WlLlnet for the July, August and September issues of CityScape. Kathy Smith developed two WlLlnet handouts for patrons. Evidence of their success lies with the patience our library patrons have extended this month. • Personnel: The dog days of August produced two resignations: Stacey Brockway, who has worked at the library over 10 years and Rebecca Choruby, who was hired in June. Both will remain as on-call library assistants. Interviews for Rebecca's position will be conducted in early September. Stacey's position is being advertised externally to build a list of applicants for this and any future vacancies. Ramona will return from her 3-month leave-of-absence in September. Elizabeth James, who substituted for Ramona this summer has expressed interest in the other two vacancies. Pete Koch has accepted the Microcomputer Support Assistant position 0 • and will begin working September 14. Teresa Laubach, Youth Reader's Services Specialist, will begin working September 24. • Circulation - The Lost Month: Paula reports that no circulation statistics were available this month while WILI was experiencing its metamorphosis. Staff reported that traffic and circulation have been slow since the end of the summer reading programs. August is usually a down month, but we have been even slower than normal. • Education and Training: All library staff have received WlLlnet training at WCCLS or at the Library. Kathy Smith, Tony Greiner, Diana Lauterbach, Paula Walker and Linda Parker have all participated as training instructors at WCCLS in Aloha for one or more classes. Additionally, Paula was part of the team testing corrected versions of WlLlnet. Diana received specialized training from WCCLS on the installation of WlLlnet staff client software. Melinda attended MSProject software training. • Adult Reading Program: Preparations for the Adult Reading Program began in earnest. After much creative angst, the Adult Reading Program Committee arrived at a theme. "Take Off for Paradise," which is based on the Jorge Luis Borges quote: "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." Solicitations for prizes have already yielded some positive responses. Kate has lined up several authors for our gala, and the opening night: "Gateway to Paradise" will feature six library staff doing book talks on a variety of literature. Several staff have volunteered to assist. Adult Reading Program begins Monday, October 5. • Collections on the Move: Kate and the circulation staff have tackled a major shift of books to interfile paperbacks with the hardbacks in the genre collections of adult fiction. Kate's goal is to improve access to these collections by reducing the number of locations a patron must check to find a title by the same author. The general adult fiction collection will also be interfiled with paperbacks and hardbacks after weeding of this collection is completed in September. • Technical Services: Diana accomplished a monumental amount of work this month with the installation of 17 new staff PC's, setting up a 4/PC training room and configuring 10 new OPACs for the public catalog. Frank Berry, Network Services Technician, came on board just in time to assist with the WinNT installations. Other Network Services staff have been available on-call especially since Diana left August 28 for vacation. Changes to workflow have been discussed among Technical Services staff and in coordination with Reader's Services and Circulation staff. Erik Carter, Reader's Services Librarian, will join the Technical Services staff in September for 12 hours per week as a serials librarian. With WILI unavailable this month, the Technical Services staff preprocessed new materials and worked with volunteers to cover and mend 241 books. • Summer Reading Program: 350 children and 45 teens participated in the end of summer reading parties. Final statistics are being compiled. Marin reports that there were 227 teens who participated in Summer Reading Program '98. Terri stated that over 1,400 children joined in the fun this summer. * Homework Center: Marin is recruiting volunteers from 'the International Baccalaureate and National Honor Society at Tigard High School, Oregon Retired Teachers Association and other interested citizens to serve as tutors in the new Homework Center. The Homework Center will be open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. in the Puett Room. Tigard/Tualatin School District will provide bus transportation from the middle schools to the library to support the program. Marin is seeking grant funding to support this new program. e Train Days: Terri Smith has developed bulletin board displays and bookmarks of train books and videos in support of the Tigard Train Days activities September 24- 25. Clickety Clack down the Railroad Track storytime will be offered to preschoolers, September 23 from 10-10:30 a.m. 0 Volunteers: Volunteer Type Number Hours Adult 107.50 846.25 Young Adult 6 30.50 Local/Oral History 1 11.00 Adopt-a-Shelf 2 3.00 Library Board 5 10.00 Community Service 2 11.00 Friendly Visitors 5 14.50 Total 128.50 926.25 = 5.34 FTE WORK INDICATORS JJUGUST 1998 AUGUST 19 AUGUST 1996 Circulation Adult Materials 26,970 24,031 Juvenile Materials 25,633 22,214 Total 52,603 46,245 Days of Service 28.5 28.5 29 Average Daily Circulation * 1,846 1,595 Hours of Service 283 279 290.5 Materials Circulated per Hour 189 159 Increase in Circulation * 13.7% 4.2% Materials Added 1,362 1,156 Withdrawn * 783 1,373 Borrowers Registered 290 369 Adult Programs 112 N/A N/A (Number of sessions) (12) Story Time 0 168 197 (Numbpr of Sessions) (0) (5) (6) Toddler Time 0 0 0 (Number of Sessions) (0) (0) (0) Special Programs 646 653 400 (Number of Sessions) (5) (3) (2) Children's Computer 11 N/A N/A Internet Users 1,554 168 98 Visitors (Gate count divided by 2) 20,858 16,789 17,268 Increase in Visitors 24% -3.6 0% Fines/Fees Collected $474.79 $4,746.35 $3,965.51 Gifts Received $ .00 $ .00 $ 14.40 * No statistical report from WCCLS was generated due to WILI down time. 199�j, hJR U1 I REGRET IT. a Karen Danczak Lyons, first deputy com- Le.nve ' t librarians takes s s of the Chicago Public Library, takes a similar view. Chicago, which has also chosen not to install filters, has not been overrun with teen-agers wallowing in Congress has no business trying to censor Internet use cyber-smut. Teen-age obsessions, it turns at thousands of community libraries across the nation out, are is that kidd a different type. "Our experience s look at sites related to Leonardo ne of the secrets to being a suc- Senators are alarmed that youngsters DiCaprio, the Titanic, Beanie Babies and 0 cessful politician is to choose using library computers could be exposed to rap music lyrics,"she says. your enemies well. A candidate pornographic material, which the Internet Supporters of the McCain bill fear that can hardly go wrong promising has in great variety and abundance. Wash- even the innocent may be exposed to hard- to battle fiercely against violent criminals, ington Democrat Patty Murray warns that core fare—say, if a 10-year-old girl directs a drug traffickers and Saddam Hussein.When children and parents may be scared away search engine to look for information about the Senate considered from the Internet for fear of "information cheerleading. Anthony says that's possible that is simply inappropriate." Arizona Re- but unlikely. "I've never had a complaint the Internet School Fil about it, and ,ve've been on-line for several tering Act a few weeks publican John McCain, the bill's chief spon ago, members probably sor, says libraries need"to assure that chi l Years,"she attests. figured it was a great A dren are protected from on-line content that Most libraries carry books and magazines opportunity to take on can harm them." with all sorts of potentially offensive content Larry Flynt, Bob Guc- The lawmakers act as though no one had —sexual.political.religious—yet Congress clone and other shame ever noticed this grave danger until they has never felt the need to issue orders about less purveyors of flesh. pointed it out. In fact, librarians have been keeping these materials away from under But now they find they 3T � dealing with it for years, and most of them age readers. Libraries have always been are also up against the �a��A� see filtering software as a lamebrained solu- treated as local institutions whose first and likes of Carolyn Antho- tion. The American Library Association op- last purpose should be serving the needs of n`, poses the legislation, arguing that software their communities. Anthony is director filters will inevitably censor a lot of materi- The rise of the Internet doesn't diminish of the Skokie, Ill., Public Library,one of the al that is constitutionally protected. the wisdom of that approach. If people in biggest in Illinois, and president-elect of the Carolyn Anthony regards these devices as Skokie think their kids have overly easy ac- Illinois Library Association. As a librarian, an unacceptably crude shield, and Skokie cess to unsuitable fare on the library com doesn't use them. Some filters, set up to puters, they can address the issue without she is among the thousands of people who block sites dealing with "sex" or "breasts," involving Congress—and without insisting will be conscripted to implement the bill if it also cut off those dealing with poet Anne that the entire country adopt the same rules. becomes law. And like -most of her col- Sexton or breast cancer. A solution that satisfies people in Gila Bend, leagues, she gives the impression that this In any case, Anthony thinks the senators Ariz., may not please the residents of Berke- task will be the most fun she's had since she are making a mountain out of a molehill.Pe- ley, Calif., and a federally imposed policy last dropped the Oxford English Dictionary rusal of dirty pictures by kids on her li- may not suit either. on her foot. brary's computers, she says,"has not been a Senators have good reason not to trust the The innocuous-sounding bill says that any major problem."One reason is that Skokie's good will of pornographers, but their real school or public library getting federal In- computers are in open areas offering little quarrel in this instance is with librarians. ternet subsidies incurs an obligation: to in- privacy. "That tends to deter a lot.of it," she What gives John McCain the idea that he's stall filtering software on its computers to says. A staffer who notices an adolescent ex- better able to handle this problem than Car- block material that is"'inappropriate for mi- ploring raunchy venues will promptly in- olyn Anthony? And why would anyone be- nors." Upwards of 60.000 school and public form him that it's not appropriate in the lieve him? libraries could fall under the mandate. children's areas. C 1999,creators syndicate, Inc. - -7- lion o lion of it in a bootless run for governor. l 1vmur t re Now, management folks, this the kind of thing that will chap your workers. All of which brings us to the larger issue of the great rise in inequality in America: The stock markets recent gyrations the pay gap. James K. Galbraith of the Uni- 01101ht to end talk of privatizing Social Security versity of Texas. who has been so right for a so long that I don't see how he can restrain himself from saying, "I told you so" (but ay, here's a dandy idea: Let's priva- to Baker, from 1923 to 1998, the economy he's a better person than I am), wrote in the tize Social Security and have every- grew at an average rate of 3 percent a year. Boston Globe: "Some economists enter- body put their retirement money in Even if we assume, as the Social Security tained the reassuring illusion that personal the stock market, where it will be so trustees are wont to do, that it will grow at computers had caused rising wage inequali- safe and profitable,eh? less than 1.5 percent during the next 75 ty and that the condition would be self- Just seems like a good moment to remind years,the system is not in big trouble.. correcting as diligent workers learned new people why that never Baker observed: "If in the future the econ- skills. . . . But in fact, inequality corrodes was a good idea and G omy grows at less than half the rate it did in the work ethic and devalues the acquisition never will be a good the past, how can the stock market provide of real skills. A society where the rich are idea. And to remind us the same return as it did in the past? The obsessed by stocks and everyone else by lot ' Who is pushing this "` privatizers don't answer this question. teries can never be a productive, progres- scheme and why. s„ "The projected slow growth of the econo sive, happy place. It will not be a place A combination of my means we can expect returns in the where hard work is the main value or where Wall Street fund man- stock market, on average, of about 3.5 per people make sensible education choices. agers and brokers (forcent annually, not the 7 percent claimed by "The great inequality crisis was brought whom such a planprivatization advocates. This cuts their . . .. aaapnt�+ on not by co?Hooters but b, mass unemplo, Library Hotline, April 6, 1998 9 XXVII_ 13 Homework Center Grants ing to energize an existing homework center pro- Consist of Gale CD Products gram. The other is designed for libraries plan- ning to develop a new homework center. In each Gale Research has created two grants case, judges will give special consideration to designed to recognize and encourage the devel- libraries that involve local schools and other opment of homework centers in public libraries members of the community in the homework cen- serving the needs of kindergarten through ter's development and maintenance. twelfth grade students.Recipients of the grant Applications are being accepted now with a will receive a complete set of Gale DISCovering deadline of August 1, 1998. Guidelines are avail- Program CDs for use in the center, plus free able by contacting Beth Dempsey in Gale Corpo- access to Gale DISCovering Program databases rate Communications at beth.dempsey@gale.com. on GaleNet for one year. The market value of Winners will be selected by Gale staff members each award is approximately$11,600. and an independent panel of librarians. Their One grant will be awarded to a library look- names will be announced September 30. Branching Out The 24,000 square foot North Regional Branch of sion of Phoenix Public Library's Mesquite Branch. the Cumberland County Public Library& Information Considered the most heavily used branch per square Center in Fayetteville, NC, recently opened. It is the foot in the system,the Mesquite branch will be a first of three branches to be built as a result of a suc- 19,000 square foot facility when completed in Spring cessful $11.4 million bond referendum.The county 1999;almost double its current size. originally approved the sale of bonds for library Ventura, CA, has committed$1.5 million out of an branches in 1992,but a lawsuit by a citizens group $8,6 million reserve fund to redesign the E.P. Fos- challenged the results of the bond referendum and ter library located in the downtown area.The money delayed the projects. A 21,000 square foot_East was first set aside by the city council in 1987 and, Regional Branch Library is expected oto open„in Feb- after more than a decade of debate,city officialsplan ruary:1999-and,the 12,000 square foot Spnn6 Lake to rehabilitate the"library and expand the collection Library is scheduled to open two to three months later. ta into'what had been county office space on the sec- The new North Mason Timberland Library opened and floor of the library building on March 21 in Belfair,WA.With four, times the previ- Northbrook Public Library, IL,is planning to move ous library's`inierior space,'the library opened w th'acol- at least 75 percent of its 269,000-volume collection lection of 42,000 items,nearly twice the size held in the to a`former supermarket site until constriction is com- older building. In ordering new items,special attention pleted on a 34,000 square foot addition to its present was given to developing a special collectton.of mated- M1111 building.”Library board members voted on the move als about the Hood Canal and the Olympic ntains. in order to keep the library in the downtown area dur- ..} A partnership between HarvardUni(versity and Ing the 12 to 15 months of construction.The$10.25 the City of,Boston has'resulted inIHarvard's dona- million'con structiongrogram will start in June and is tion of a parcel of land to be used as the site of an expected to be finished in June 1999. Allston, MA; public.brary. Between the time the pro- The New York Public Library for the Performing jeci was first proposed and the present,`�Harvard Arts,(NYPLPA) NY, will undertake a the, $30 increased the size of the site from 22,525 square million renovation, reconfiguring the use of space in feet to approximately"57,000 square feet.The design the building. Major funding was provided by Dorothy process will begin immediately and continue through and Lewis Cullman and the renovated building will 1998. Construction is expected to begin early in 1999 be named for them. Construction is scheduled to and the library is scheduled to open in the'spring of begin July 1998 and NYPLPA will temporarily relo- the year 2000 The city has budgeted approximately Cate their collections to other libraries in the system. $3.5 million for the project. _ The NYPLA comprises four research collections with Phoenix's Dollar Bond" began its last pro- more than eight million items and a circulating col- ject recently when ground was broken for an expan lection of more than 400,000 item's. The Weekly Newsletter from Library Journal and School Library Journal 23 July 1998 CITY OF TIGARD J. Marin Younker Tigard Public Library OREGON Youth Services Librarian Beth Dempsey Gale 835 Penobscot Bldg. 645 Griswold St. Detroit, Ml 48226 Dear Ms. Dempsey: Enclosed is the Tigard Public Library's application for the 1998 Gale DISCovering Program, Homework Center Grant, as well as a letter of support from Susan Stark Haydon, Director of Community Relations for the Tigard- Tualatin School District. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, iMirn�1�nke 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 (503)639-4171 TDD (503) 684-2772 108 Gale DISCoverin9 Grant Future Homework Center Tigard Public Library Community Tigard is a city in the Portland Metro area with an increasingly diverse population of approximately 37,000. In 1969, 5 small school districts, including Tigard's, a joined to form the Tigard-Tualatin School District, currently Oregon's 11th largest school district. It is composed of 2 high schools, 3 middle schools, 9 elementary schools, a swim center, and an alternative program. The Tigard-Tualatin School District had an enrollment of 11,071 in the 1997-98 school year. The 1997 racial and ethnic breakdown for the district is: 9,566 (86%) White (not of Hispanic origin); 164 (1%) African American (not of Hispanic origin); 736 (6.7%) Hispanic; 555 (5%) Asian/Pacific Islander; and 41 (.4%) American Indian/Alaskan Native. In the Fall of 1997, 526 students were enrolled in the English as a Second Language Program. High school dropout rates for 1996-97twere 92 (5.37%) for Tigard High School and 112 (7.3%) for Tualatin High School. Customers Primarily, students from Tigard's 2 local middle schools will be targeted, though we will invite students from Tigard High School and ABLE, the alternative program, as well as homeschooled students. We are limiting advertisement to those schools that are within the Tigard Public Library's service area. Setting The Tigard Public Library was founded in 1967. Its holdings include over 93,000 books, 400 periodicals, numerous CD-ROM titles, online databases, etc. It is staffed by 37 paid employees, including a Children's librarian, a Young Adult librarian, and a full-time Youth Services library assistant. Over 200 volunteers provide additional service. Program Description In October of 1998, the Tigard Public Library will open its first homework center in a combined effort with the Tigard-Tualatin School District. The creation of the Center was initiated, in part, in response to requests by local students for expanded academic assistance. Furthermore, there are few local activities for students, and the library can provide a safe afterschool place for students to study, read for pleasure, and attend programs. J.Marin Younker Youth Services Librarian Tigard Public Library 13125 SW Hall Blvd,Tigard,OR 97223 503-684-6537 x283 1998 Gale DISCovering Grant The targeted population primarily will be students from the 2 local middle schools, though no students will bedenied. It is especially difficult for middle school students to obtain transportation to the library. Middle schoolers currently attending the library's advisory council and book group have complained that it is difficult for them to get to the library to attend programs. School buses will drop middle school students off at the library after school, and it will then be the responsibility of the parent(s) to pick up their children - this responsibility will be., emphasized in letters to parent(s) or guardian(s). Additionally, a waiver will be signed by parents allowing the students to ride the buses to the.library, and all will be informed of the Center's rules and the library's policies. 'The local high school and alternative program are on a city bus-line, thus making the library more accessible to these students. The Center will be located in an already existing conference room, equipped with tables and chairs and able to comfortably seat 30 people. The hours of operation will be Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The library has an existing computer, outside of the conference room, loaded with software for college selection and homework support, dedicated to. , the needs of young adults. In the near future, an additional machine will be added in the young adult area of the library for word processing. The staff of volunteers for the Center will be selected from Education programs, the local high school, and the library's already existing pool of over 200 community volunteers. The library will target volunteers who are excited about working with this particular age group and are skilled at teaching and tutoring. The library's volunteers and staff will be prepared to handle possible discipline problems. Because middle school students are sometimes a difficult group to empathize with, it will be emphasized that the students need to be treated with the same respect as other library patrons. The establishment of a homework center will be an invaluable addition to the Tigard Public Library and the community. There is a concerted effort by staff to improve library participation and usage by young adults through increased programming and contact with this population. Outside of school, there are limited social and academic opportunities for this age group in our community and with the limited transportation means of students, especially middle schoolers, cooperation with the school district and the creation of a homework center is crucial. When students begin to utilize the homework center, they will become more aware of what the library has to offer in the way of programs and resources intended to fulfill their educational and entertainment desires. J.Marin Younker Youth Services Librarian Tigard Public Library 13125 SW Hall Blvd,Tigard,OR 97223 503-684-6537 x283 , 08/98 WED 12:46 FAX 503 68496 TIG.ARD MLATIN SCROD fa 002 Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J - Lary Hibbard Adminlstration Center - 13137 S.W.Pacific Highway - Tigard • Oregon • 97223 • (503)620.1620 • FAX(503)684-2296 • hf#pa/www.ttsd.kl2.or.us Board of Directors MGnI4 Haas Chair July 8, 1998 Al web.%__Cnar Richard Colson Tom Shcrp Potrtaoaggs To: Beth Dempsey Gale Corporate Communications Superintendent R.meQJofd.MD. From: Susan Stark Haydon AwceeSupednrendent Director of Community Relations px McyoficaRtse5 EdD. R&ess Mar gar Gecr:a Fisher Die=. cfHumcnRmurces On behalf of the Tigard-Tualatin School District, I am PeieLvaln pleased to support the Tigard Public Library's grant Dkec'crcfS±af�e od"Fent application for Gale DISCovering CDs to create a homework DVectr of Sludenr Smices center. Perna Hoaer*vtlden j We see many benefits from having a homework center at the public library and plan to support this program by BidgeportEiemertory running after school bus routes to the library from our two Scat'Bakec ftidpd Tigard middle schools. Byrom EEemenrary JoM Horn.Prinoipal We think this program will offer students much needed chaiss F.Jim R rd e.Rin ay het after the school da We also see it as a positive benefit Jim P!erce.Pwapm P-- Y• Dew CmekElementory for parents whose students will be engaged in productive and Vcn=SuriwRndpd safe activities outside of school and away from home. Dunam Samentary 4p GladdedRtD.,Ptlndpal Me�yar 6emenkry Ed McVkkef Pdrdpd Templaton Elamantary Nancy IDngaka Pdndpal Tudadn i:fenre M Red PSL Rbcipd May Woodward Erernentary Art%tkkt Rncipaf Fowler M4*Sdrod Sumn Carle.Nncnal Ha;et rook Wide Sdicol VeAe Fates.Nn#af Twcfrty MlCdle Schad Jim V4==,Pmro Tgord High Schco! Mc*KuDraczylr.Rr capd Tuo!aM Hign Scrod Lam Pettwwn.Pncc,',j 21st Centuy Acodemy — Jerrrifer N&on Diector AQuctfc Centers We Branam Dkeda `Our commitment is to educate 0ery student to be a successful and responsible conMbutor hi our changing world." WCCLS SERVICE POPULATION 1997 - 1998 Circ to Washington Washington County County Unincorp. Percentage of Total Unincorporated City Service Public Library Patrons of Column 1 Population* Population Population** Banks 14,691 0.68% 1,158 625 1,783 Beaverton 497,050 22.94% 39,166 66,225 105,391 Cedar Mill 604,603 27.90% 47,641 --- 47,641 Cornelius 6,308 0.29% 497 7,845 8,342 Forest Grove 75,005 3.46% 5,910 15,968 21,878 Garden Home 23,195 1.07% 1,828 --- 1,828 Hillsboro 195,422 9.02% 15,399 58,365 73,764 Outreach 5,458 0.25% 430 --- 430 Sherwood 18,048 0.83% 1,422 8,125 9,547 Tanasbourne 413,939 19.10% 32,617 --- 32,617 Tigard 156,066 7.20% 12,297 36,680 48,977 Tualatin 25,952 1.20% 2,045 20,405 22,450 West Slope 131,393 6.06% 10,353 --- 10,353 TOTALS 2,167,130 100.00% 170,762 214,238 385,001 * percent of total of column 1 times 170,762 ** unincorporated population plus city population Source: Population figures came from the Oregon State Library with the Ready to Read Grant application for 1997-98. Tualatin population estimated at 89% Washington County and 11% Clackamas County. F:/wili/wilireports/servcpop97-98 WILI COUNTS FOR OREGON STATE LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 1997 - 1998 These are counts of item records in the WILI database. The counts were made during July & August 1998. The total for titles exceeds the total number of title records in WILI because many titles are shared by member libraries. Total Patrons Titles Holdings Circulation Banks 1,715 11,167 14,319 20,229 Beaverton 88,304 152,130 199,093 1,258,252 Cedar Mill 22,585 97,347 134,007 730,493 Cornelius 3,265 21,240 23,776 47,636 Forest Grove 17,955 76,026 101,084 226,867 Garden Home 694 8,812 9,437 38,591 Hillsboro 42,820 98,560 128,623 624,312 Tanasbourne Branch 30,114 61,451 79,688 631,646 OR College of Art&Craft 742 6,367 6,897 6,029 Outreach 1,646 11,376 12,994 32,488 Sherwood 4,939 18,901 21,254 101,240 Tigard 37,052 90,235 115,069 634,812 Tualatin r 20,036 54,175 71,009 224,329 Tuality Health Info. Ctr. 477 4,825 6,032 2,670 West Slope 6,174 24,009 29,096 179,038 TOTALS 278,518 952,378 4,758,632 LP/ADN11N/0SL97-98C0UNT/8/26/98 A Link To Our Past--- What The Ubrary A Path To Our Future Means To You Our family has used This November,the voters of importance of an inviting children's the Beaverton library Beaverton will decide: Should the City area that houses an excellent collection from the first week we of Beaverton build a new library? If the of children's library materials. The new moved into town, vote is YES,construction will start in the library will have such an educational checking out schools in spring of 1999 and should be completed resource. There also will be a well- the area. Our two girls b the end of 2000. With the designed area for children's story hours. started using the library Y in the first grade and recommendation of a Citizens Advisory The public library helps to maintain continued through their Committee,the City Council has Beaverton's standard of educational high school years. My selected the site on the corner of 5th excellence by supplementing the wife and I use the and Hall for a new library. schools'curricular materials. library as our resource center,covering a Thomas Hacker and Associates, a A YoungAdultRoom variety of topics that Portland architectural firm,has The present library does not have an include everything from designed the new library so"the light area designated for teenagers. Man auto repair to zoology. Tm g y We thank the city for that shines forth from the library teenagers like to come to the library making such a resource windows will serve as a beacon to after school and in the evenings tq available. education and enlightenment". study with friends. The new library will Jerry Storm, Architectural drawings are on display at have a room especially designed for Denney-Whitford the current library at Allen and Hall young adult use. In this environment, NAC Blvds. These plans,approved by the conversation at a low volume will be City Council,are the result of several teenagers work on I support the 1998 acceptable as Beaverton Library Bond. years of study. Initially, a citizens homework projects together. Both the i Future economic committee studied the need for a new Children's area and the Young Adult vitality and social library and,with the help of a room will be acoustically designed so justice require that all of nationally recognized library building that noise will not travel to the rest of us have good access to consultant, analyzed the results of focus the library. information and that groups,public meetings and surveys. we have safe,quiet Quiet Places To Read And Study public places to study, What needs did people identify for Our present library is a new library? Will these needs be met The Beaverton Public Library is one grossly overcrowded in the new library? of the busiest libraries in the State of and cannot easily Oregon. In 1984,library users borrowed accommodate new More Space 384,790 items from the library;today's technologies. It is - The proposed library will be users borrow over 1.2 million items each inadequate to do an approximately 67,000 square feet in size year. As a result of crowded conditions important jab. FF Y q y Dick Schouten, and will meet the Oregon Library and general congestion,it is difficult for West Beaverton Associations standard for a city the size library users to find a quiet table and NAC of Beaverton. The current library of chair for study. The new library will 19,000 square feet was first used in 1984 provide tables and chairs in a Reading/ "Civil society and when the population of Beaverton was Reference Room which will be quiet. In culture are being 33,450. Since then the population has addition, there will a quiet area for the assaulted at every turn. more than doubled and the use of the reading of current newspapers and The new library is an opportunity to library has increased by over 300 periodicals. The Adult Reference Service contribute to the percent. The new library will hold more area and all computers and printers will bettering of our society books,other library materials and will be separate from the quiet areas. and local culture. have comfortable seating areas for Libraries are for people, people of all ages.The new library BetterAccess To The World Of who could be against a ElectronkInformation library?" would catch up with the rapid growth Beaverton residents have a high Andrea Saltman, of Beaverton. Raleigh Park NAC average level of computer literacy and Larger Children's Library Parents realize the educational (Continued page 9) Your City page 8 A Link To Our Past--- Continued (from page 8) are eager to take advantage of the latest people,including people with special What The Library advances in library technology. The needs. For those who have trouble Means To You new building will have adequate space reading small print,the new library will "rhe library is an for computer equipment and services. have space for an expanded collection important part of our The wiring and cabling will be designed of large print books. To serve the community! for flexibility so the new library will growing diversity of our community, Circulation has continue to provide state-of-the-art the library will have a multi-lingual increased and we have simply outgrown the technology in the new millennium. center which will house library materials existing facility.It is vital CommunityMeetingRooms in the various languages spoken in that funds for the new Beaverton. library be approved." Many study groups and community Bob Tenner, organizations have requested meeting MoreParking Highland NAC space at the library where they can take The need for more parking will be advantage of library materials. The new addressed in the plans for the new "For the kids who library will have a large meeting room library. The proposed bond referendum want to learn. For the which can be divided into three smaller will include funds topurchase some senior citizens who look forward to reading for rooms. This space will be used for an additional land in the 5th and Hall entertainment. For the active schedule of children's programs area. business people who and also can be used by community need access to "at Will Not Change In The New reference material. For groups. In addition,several conference Library? Customer Service! all those people who rooms will be available to the public. enjoy the many On the lower level of the building, an Surveys consistently indicate library newspapers,magazines auditorium with seating for 150 people users value the quality of customer and electronic reference will be available for adult cultural service provided by the knowledgeable material available. How programs and public meetings. and friendly staff. Whether the library many children got their is in the old building or the new, good first exposure to Special Collections customer service will continue. computers at the library? Yes,I support a A public library exists to serve all newlibrary." Jack Franklin, Chairman, Committee for Citizen Involvement "The New Beaverton Library will be located in Central Beaverton. Members of the Committee were involved in the planning process. We are happy to finally see progress forward building the desperately needed facility. We look forward to the library being at the core 7 of an area devoted to City services." 7 Nell Langelluttig, Chairman, CBNAC Your City page 9 The Beaverton City Library Foundation presents an evening with Portland attorney and mystery writer PhIll,ip Margolin at a gala fund-raising dinner to benefit the new city .1rary Saturday, October 17, 1998 Greenwood Inn No dost cocktails, 6:00 p.m. Entertainment by Valley Catholic School Dinner, 7:00 p.m. i Tickets: $50 per person ($30 tax deductible) Marls your calendar to join us. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yes, I/We would like to attend the dinner on October 17. Name Address Zip Phone - Number of reservations Credit card type and number Expiration Please make checks payable to Beaverton City Library Foundation. Mail reservation to Beaverton City Library, 12500 S.W. Allen Blvd., Beaverton, 97005. Call 526-3702 for more information.