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02/12/2009 - Minutes TIGARD PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES Thursday, February 12, 2009 Call to Order: 7:08 p.m. Roll Call Present at the meeting: Brian Kelly, Chair; Board members Richard Heath, David Burke, Jan Thenell, Jennifer Vasicek and Alternate Linda Monahan; Library Director Margaret Barnes and Executive Assistant Alison Grimes. Cecilia Nguyen and Karen Levear were excused. Minutes The December 11, 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 Nguyen Excused Heath Aye Thenell Aye Kelly Aye Vasicek - Aye Levear Excused approval. Agenda Additions and Deletions None. Call to the Public Barnes introduced Stephanie Winter, Library Assistant in Technical Services to the Board. With the Library for almost nine years, Stephanie magazine collection. She distributed mini-magazines she created containing statistical information and chatted with the Board about some of the statistics. Over the last three years over 6,000 magazines circulated in the Library. Magazines from the current and previous year are out for public use and those from 2007 are stored. Old issues are withdrawn. Not only adult, but also a variety of children and young adult magazines are available. Anime and manga magazines are popular with teens. People magazine seems to be the most popular and Dog Fancy the one most stolen. Winter noted that some magazines, probably due to economic reasons, are changing from monthly to quarterly issues. Staff and patron suggestions are taken into consideration when purchasing new titles. Library Operations Programs continue to be well attended. Barnes briefly reviewed the Library's 2009- 2010 budget and noted that it is due to City Administration Friday. She also informed the board that the Library submitted an application for a $50,000 grant through ICMA. Skype software is now installed in the computers in the Technology Room and classes teaching patrons how to use it will be offered. Barnes and Molly Carlisle, Youth Services Supervisor, participated in the College of Dupage "Soaring to Excellence" conference. The focus of the teleconference was reading readiness in young children. The WES commuter train is up and running but, so far, seems to have no discernable effect on patron count. Joint Meeting with City Council Barnes informed the Board that this meeting has been rescheduled from March to May. Information concerning the meeting will be discussed at the next Board meeting. WCCLS Update Kelly and Monahan recently attended a WCCLS-sponsored presentation to look at long- term advice on funding options and briefly updated the Board. Both felt the presentation was biased. Barnes will be meeting with this group March 12, the day of the next Board meeting, and will update Board members that evening. Other Business • Library Trends — Members discussed "Blue Ray" versus regular DVDs, Netflicks downloads and the Library's new webpage blog. The Board emphasized the need to continue to identify new ways to reach the public. Adjournment: There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. The next Library Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room at the Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd.