05/08/2019 - Minutes City of Tigard
Tigard Public Library Board Minutes
MEETING DATE/TIME: Wednesday,May 8, 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 7:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Members Present: Mary Bogert, Becky Gauthier, Katie Harris,Jean Hart, Kate Ristau
Members Unexcused: Joseph Callahan
Alternates Present: Shirley Edwards,Nina Kung
Council Liaison: Heidi Lueb
Staff Present: Interim Co-Director of Library Services Halsted Bernard and Confidential
Executive Assistant Margaret L. Reh
3. APPROVE MINUTES
The minutes from the April 3,2019 Board meeting were reviewed. No changes were requested.
Motion by Mary Bogert. Second by Kate Ristau to approve the April 3, 2019 minutes.
Bogert—Aye Callahan—Absent Gauthier—Aye
Harris—Aye Hart—Abstain Ristau—Aye
4. AGENDA ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
Katie suggested we add a Call to the Public agenda item as we had a visitor at the meeting.
5. CALL TO THE PUBLIC
Gail Stephens was in attendance. Gail has been a volunteer at the library for the past seven years. Gail is
interested in applying for the Library Board and wanted to attend a meeting to see what it was all about.
Katie Harris welcomed Councilor Lueb to the meeting.
6. LIBRARY OPERATIONS
Halsted Bernard reported on all the exciting things that happened at the library during the month of April.
The annual survey was completed. The results of the survey will be compiled and posted to the City
website. The summer teen volunteer program is ramping up to begin in June. Many staff members were
able to attend the OLA/WLA Conference that took place in Vancouver,Washington.
Lots of progress has been made on the new teen space. The walls have been painted. The library will be
opening late on Thursday, May 16 to give staff time to complete a large, noisy collection shift safely.
Halsted suggested the group take a tour to see the progress of the teen space at the completion of this
meeting.
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Halsted has been attending the monthly Just Compassion Coalition meetings. She recently represented
Tigard Library on a panel with other representatives from local libraries to talk with the Coalition about
the needs of our patrons experiencing homelessness and how we can best work together to connect
patrons with the resources they need.
The Library Director vacancy has been posted.This will be a national search.The City Manager is hoping
to have the position filled by the end of July.
The March and April 2019 Statistical Reports were distributed to the Board.
7. JOINT CITY COUNCIL/LIBRARY BOARD RECAP
Everyone thought the meeting went well.They were especially pleased with the representation of the Teen
Council members and how they communicated their excitement for the new teen space with the Council.
Katie Harris thanked everyone for their parts in preparing for and participating in the meeting.
8. OTHER BUSINESS
Biblioevents is a new add on component to the Bibliocommons catalog.A patron can search for materials
by keyword and see results for events related to the subject at libraries throughout WCCLS.
Nina Kung mentioned the multilingual story time grant that Martin Blasco at WCCLS was awarded and
asked if Tigard Library would participate. Halsted explained that although Tigard opted to not participate
in this inaugural year,we would consider participating in the future.
9. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Harris adjourned the meeting at 7:28 p.m.The next meeting of the Tigard Library Board is scheduled
for Wednesday,June 12, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Library Conference Room.
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