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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-02-05 EULESS LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES February 5,2009 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS STAFF OTHERS Marcia Brown Kate Lyon LuAnn Portugal Priscilla Cauley Karan Jasper Rachel Feltenberger Betty Fuller Beverly Leake Chris McAllister Mike McGehee Barney Snitz Adriane Weinstein Chairman Mike McGehee called the meeting to order at 7:00p.m. DISPOSITION OF THE MINUTES: The Chairman asked for a motion to be made to accept the January 8,2009 minutes. Marcia Brown made the motion to accept the minutes and Adriane Weinstein seconded the motion. WELCOME VISITORS: Chairman Mike McGehee and Library Administrator,Kate Lyon welcomed LuAnn Portugal and Youth Librarian, Rachel Feltenberger. REPORT FROM THE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR: Kate introduced Rachel Feltenberger, Senior Youth Librarian,to the board. Kate reported that statistics continue to be outstanding including the Wireless Access Stats. She also shared with the board the after school issues seem to be much better,but as time gets closer to the end of school we may need to have staff in the lobby again to help keep things calm. The staff has completed the library inventory. The library currently has 104,000 items available for the public and out of this total only 1/10t of 1%could not be located. We did not have any missing DVD's!! Most libraries do not inventory but libraries that participate in an inventory process say that 3%is acceptable. The library has a good process of tracking books that are not returned. Staff makes contact with the borrower and only after many attempts without success to solve the issue is the patron's account turned over for collection. The library will no longer offer proctoring of exams. This is very staff intensive and we cannot guarantee that the testing requirements can be adhered to and we are not set up to offer the test on-line as many places require or prefer to eliminate the possibility of cheating on the exam. We do have a list of locations at the Reference Desk of locations that offer proctoring of exams. The library will participate in a Pet Food Drive through Tarrant Area Food Bank starting February 7th and ending on February 215`. The food bank has so many families asking for pet food they would like to assist if possible instead of families being forced to give their pet up to a shelter. This does not waive fines for the patrons it is simply a donation to help the food bank. Downloadable books are coming soon!!! We are working with a test from Recorded Books and it seems very promising. We have a list of MP3 players that are compatible and Ipods will be compatible with some titles at a later date. Patrons will be required to sign up for an e-book account at the library before they can download to their MP3 player from the home computer. Kate Lyon and Betty Fuller attended a NTRLS meeting at the Colleyville Library. One of the exciting items that was shown to the attendees was the Flip Video Camera. Kate would like to purchase one for the Youth Department. The cost was between $110 refurbished to$159 through NTRLS. • - " Kate reported that the Dallas Morning News ran an article on the Dallas Public Library program "Street Smart." They purchase multiple copies of top books and the public can pay$5.00 to check out before it is offered to the public. This is not something we will consider for our library;Kate is of the opinion that the concept is in opposition to the general idea of a public library. Threadneedle Street is the next Masterworks program on Monday, March 9th at 7:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room. PHOTOS OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS,OR ANY BOARD MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A NEW PHOTO,WILL BE AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING—BRING YOUR BEST SMILE"mut DISCUSSIONS: 1. Mike McGehee enjoyed the NTRLS Conference for Library Supporters that was held on January 31' in Fort Worth. 2. Marcia Brown also attended the NTRLS conference and found it to be very informative. 3. Barney Snitz reported that the ELF tile project is doing very well and over 120 spines have been sold. 4. Barney Snitz attended the Townhall Meeting at City Hall. He shared with the group that problems with barking dogs should be reported to Animal Control. 5. Chris McAllister suggested contacting Fort Worth Child and Suburban Parent to advertise the Masterworks Programs and to distribute flyers to area business. CITIZEN INPUT: LuAnn Portugal gave Kudos to the staff for the impressive inventory figures and supports the decision to no longer offer proctoring of exams in the library. She also suggested attending other board meetings and handing out information on the Masterworks programs we offer. ADJOURNMENT: The Chairman asked for a motion to adjourn. The motion was made by Barney Snitz and seconded by Adriane Weinstein. The meeting was adjourned at 8:13 p.m. Respectfully Submitted e Kar n Jasper Recording Secretary Mike McGehee Euless Library Board Chairman