04/03/2019 - Minutes City of Tigard
Tigard Public Library Board Minutes
MEETING DATE/TIME: Wednesday,April 3,2019 7:00 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: 13500 SW Hall Blvd., Conference Room, Second Floor
1. CALL To ORDER:
Chair Harris called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Members Present: Mary Bogert,Joseph Callahan,Becky Gauthier, Katie Harris, Kate Ristau
Members Absent: Jean Hart,Lonn Hoklin (tendered his resignation from the Board 4/03/19)
Alternates Present: Shirley Edwards,Nina Kung
Staff Present: Acting Co-Director of Library Services Halsted Bernard and Acquisitions Supervisor
Meagan Gibson
3. APPROVE MINUTES
The minutes from the March 13, 2019 Board meeting were reviewed. No changes were requested.
Motion by Mary Bogert. Second by Joseph Callahan to approve the March 13,2019 minutes.
Bogert—Aye Callahan—Aye Gauthier—Aye
Harris—Aye Hart—Absent Ristau—Aye
4. AGENDA ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
Halsted noted that the date of the Library Board's presentation to City Council has been changed to
April 23.
5. CALL TO THE PUBLIC
City Council Member Heidi Lueb attended the meeting. Lily Sanders attended the meeting as a
representative from the Teen Library Council.
6. LIBRARY OPERATIONS
Halsted reported on programs and other events we had in March,including the launch of the new Binge
Box collection, and a change in timing for the "Cantos, Cuentos, Juegos" storytime program. The
annual Volunteer Appreciation Event was well-attended and enjoyed by all. The Library Innovation
Team held their first meeting, and staff are considering logistics and making plans for the upcoming
shift of materials. Bibliocommons will soon have a new feature that will allow for relevant Library
events to show up along with catalog search results.
The February 2019 Statistical Report was distributed to the Board, with complete data input from
WCCLS.
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7. FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR ANNUAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 23,2019
The Library Board continued preparations for their annual meeting with the City Council. Katie Harris
will give introductory remarks, Joseph Callahan will present a trivia portion and share personal
anecdotes, and Kate Ristau will give a demonstration of the Bibliocommons catalog,including the use of
Staff Lists. Representatives from the Teen Library Council will attend to share their excitement about
the reinvigoration of the teen space. Halsted Bernard will send some data to Joseph Callahan to be used
for trivia purposes.
8. OTHER BUSINESS
Library trends were briefly discussed.
9. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Harris adjourned the meeting at 7:46 p.m. The next meeting of the Tigard Library Board is
scheduled for Wednesday,May 8, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the library conference room.
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