04/10/2008 - Minutes TIGARD PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD MINUTES
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Call to Order: 7:00 p.m.
Roll Call
Present at the meeting: Brian Kelly, Chair; Board members Richard Heath, Scott Libert,
Cecelia Nguyen, Jan Thenell, David Burke and Jennifer Vasicek, Alternate; Library
Director Margaret Barnes and Alison Grimes, Executive Assistant. Board member
Karen Levear was excused.
Minutes
The March 13, 2008 Board meeting minutes were reviewed and, there being no
additions or corrections, the minutes were approved as read.
Motion — Thenell Second — Heath
Burke —Aye Levear— Excused
Heath —Aye Nguyen —Aye
Kelly — Aye Thenell —Aye
Libert—Aye
Agenda Additions and Deletions
None.
Call to the Public
Sean Garvey, Adult Reference Librarian, was introduced to the Board by Barnes.
Graduating from Rutgers University and a librarian for 11 years, Garvey has been with
the Tigard Library for about six months. Previously employed at West Linn and Oregon
City, Sean said he enjoys working here as he is able to do everything he was trained to
do, from collection development to programming to interaction with patrons. The
coordinator of this year's Summer Reading Program, Garvey highlighted several of the
many programs planned for the event. He also has ideas for several other programs he
hopes to hold outside at the Library's gazebo. The Board answered several of Garvey's
questions before leaving the meeting at 7:20 p.m.
Monthly Reports for March, 2008
March was another record-breaking month with 102,865 items circulated. (As a
comparison, March 2007's total was around 85,000.)
This coming Saturday, April 12, Tigard Library hosts the "Hearing Voices" kickoff. The
Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones is the chosen book for "Tigard Reads" with a
variety of Chinese-themed activities occurring throughout the month of May. As next
year marks Oregon's 150th anniversary, the book Broken Twig has already been chosen
for the state-wide read.
WCCLS Update
Timing software presentations have been completed. Comprise, the current vendor,
and Envisionware, are the two competing vendors. Feelings are mixed about staying
with the current vendor or trying someone new. More meetings are scheduled before a
decision will be made.
Recently WCCLS took a web-based survey but completed it after receiving the first 100
responses. Many felt it was not very scientific and a larger sampling should be taken.
The bestseller collection project is moving forward; another meeting is scheduled for
next week. Barnes felt a pilot project, focusing on books, would be a good beginning —
start small to learn what works and what doesn't.
City Budget Meetings
The Library's 2009 budget will be presented Monday, April 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the
Community Room. It will be pretty straightforward, Barnes noted; the budget request
includes one additional FTE and an increase in collection development, the remaining
budget items are basically the same. Board members may attend if they wish, but it is
not necessary. If budget meetings progress well, Barnes should have an update for the
Board by the May meeting.
Summer Readinq Programs
Both the Adult and Children's Summer Reading Program will begin around the same
time and run from June through August. As the theme for this 13th annual program is
"Transform Yourself @ Your Library", the kid's theme will be bug-based. The Friends of
the Tigard Library are helping to fund many of the programs planned for this event.
Other Business
• Library Trends — None
• CCI —Although not in attendance, Levear sent an email letting the Board know
she expects to attend the May CCI meeting.
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:06 p.m.
The next Library Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in
the Conference Room at the Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd.