06/01/1979 - Packet TIGARD PUBLIC LIBRARY
12568 S.W_ Main Street
Tigard, Oregon 91223
PH: 619-9511
LIBRARY BOARD
Agenda for June 1979
1 . Call to Order
2. Reports
a. Minutes
b. Monthly Report for May
3. Old Business
a. Serial Levy Contract
b. Book Complaint
c. SB 31
d. Building Plans
e. Computer up-date
4. New Business
a. Loss of Books
b. Book Fines
c. Hiring of clerk
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[IGARD PUBLIC LIBRARY
12568 S.W. Main Street
Tigard, Oregon 97223
PH: 639-9511
MEMORANDUM
June 11 . 1979
TO: Library Board
City Council
FROM: City Librarian
SUBJECT: Monthly Report, May 1979
1 . Administration:
a. Library Board held its regular meeting on May 14. Minutes are
attached.
b. May 16, Yvonne Burgess and Jim Sidey attended the county meeting
for reconsideration of the serial levy contract for 1979-80. Citing inter-
ference in city control of libraries, the committee rejected provisions
dealing with hours of operation, staffing, book selection policy and materials
purchasing. The committee will meet in June to re-write the contract.
The Citizens' Advisory Board, at its meeting that same evening, passed a motion
that "recommends that the Board of County Commissioners not allocate library
serial levy funds to any entity that does riot agree to expend said funds
for library services in the fiscal year received." This would preclude
libraries using any of the money for a building reserve fund.
c. Doris Hartig, Tigard representative, attended a meeting of the
Washington County Friends of the Library on May 16. Her report is attached.
d. Librarian attended Washington County Cooperative Library Services
(WCCLS) annual meeting May 30. Of interest: The WCCLS reference librarian
reported 5093 requests for books and information from May 1978-April 1979.
Tigard had the greatest share, 675. This means two things: successful
extension of services through the county system and a need for more books.
Susan Hardie, Tualatin City Librarian, is working on an initial reciprocal
borrowing policy with Clackamas County. This is being pursued in light
of increased requests for services from people near the county lines to both
Washington and Clackamas county libraries. A preliminary step will be to
keep records of requests for services by libraries involved.
e. The formal Request for Proposal (RFP) for Computerized Circulation
System for, WCCLS has gone to Washington County. A committee has been estab-
lished to review the RFP on June 7. The RFP, with recommendations, will
go to Washington County Board of Commissioners June 19. It is planned that
bids will be opened July 18, evaluated July 26 and awarded July 31 . After
WCCLS has concrete costs, cities will have to become involved in a discussion
of future financial implications.
2. Personnel:
a. Volunteer hours totaled 169, an average of 6.5 per day.
h. A CE student from Tigard High School did a job exploration, May 20-22.
c. Two Boy Scouts from a local troop contributed 4 hours service.
3. Statistics:
a. Circulation 7401
Books 6993 Magazines 233
Adult_
dul C_'5_2_37 Audio-Visual. 153
Juven 1651 Other22
Interlibrary Loan105
Tigard Public Library - Monthly Report, May 1979 - 2
b. User cards issued 134_ In-Town 70 Out-of-Town 64
c. Story Hour 12 average (Wed and Thurs preschool)
Start Right Day School 15.5
d. Materials added 431
Adult Fic 28 Juvenile Fic 17
Adult Non-Fic 169 Juvenile Non-Fic 8
Adult Paperback 200 Juvenile Paperback- 4
Large Print 5 �
e. Materials withdrawn 129
f. Money Received:
Fines $8.00
Lost Books 7.05
Donations $10. 15
4. Programs:
a. The Friends of the Library conducted their first monthly mini-book
sale on May 19 at the Library. This is being tried as an alternative to
one large annual book sale.
b. The. Tigard Area Historical Preservation Association displayed some
local history artifact during Preservation Meek.
c. A group of Bluebirds and a group of Camp Fire Girls made and
donated to the Library throw pillows for the children's room and
puppets with play scripts adapted from several stories in the collection.
MEMORANDUM
June 4, 1979
To: Tigard Library Board
At the last Friends meeting the consensus of the Committee was to send a letter
of inquiry or intent to the Murdock Foundation. The intent of the letter of inquiry
will be to give a total shopping list, confined to capital construction, for each
library. If the foundation did not want to fund the entire package, they could pick
and/or choose specific library capital projects.
Each library is to indicate what is unique or unusual about their facility (service),
what planning has been accomplished, what matching or support money would be available,
site acquisition, preliminary plans, estimated cost, etc.
The Tualatin Library will draw up a "model" for other libraries to follow. As you
know, they have land for the site available, partial funding and possibly preliminary
plans prepared.
As I listened to the discussion regarding the difficulties of securing foundation
funding for a tax supported body, it appears to me that Tigard has done very little
specific planning for a new facility. As a result I am concerned that Tigard would
rank near the bottom of the list of recipients.
This information is submitted for your information and consideration.
Respectfully,
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oris Hartig
City of Tigard Representative
Friends of Washington County Libraries
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