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Home My WebLink About1987-08-11 PLB MINUTES• • • MIHllTES Engl eunorl Public Li brarv Adui snr\J Board August t t , l 987 PRESfHT: Bruce Hogue,, Al Quaintance,. Bettv Oounay ,, lh r!Ji ni.a Johnson" John Peterson"' .Joe Rathburn" Beu SiMon RE6RETS: Gerald SaMpsnn~ Lois Sterling Al.SO PRESENT: Susan Uan Dyke~ City Council Representatiue Sharon Winkle ,. Director of Libraries Oonna Gottberg,. Recording Secretary Rnll call ua s taken and a quoruM declared present. ThPrP wPr P no sc heduled or unscheduled uisitors . Mr-·. Hna11P turned the Meeting ouer to Ms. Winkle for t he lh rrct or•:. RrporJ;. Ms . Winkle gaue a brief update on the Oynix -IRUIHG project and g ~11e inforMafjon regarding the LSCA grant proposal. The four l thraries <AdaMs County , Douglas Count.y , Universit.y of Southern Colorado, and Englewood Public) requested funding to forM a network linking the four librries to IRUIHG. The grant requested $159,000 3 but $50 ,625 was approved. The libraries are preparing a M11lti -yPar deuelopMent of the project beginning with so ftware deuelopMrnt. Hank Long, Library Seruices AdMinistrator , is the project adMinistrator. He will be present at the SepteMber Meeting to answer questions and giue a progress report. The Money s hould he auailable in October. More LSCA Monies will be auailable next year for coMpetitiue award. Ms. Winkle relayed a Message fron Joan Hinkeneyer" InforMation Service s AdMinistrator. If Board MeMbers haue not been contacted regarding working a t the Open House 3 it was because she was unable to rear.h you~ and she asks that. you contact her at t .he library. A flier was distributed announcing the Open House 3 SepteMber 10. The press has heen notified and inuitations will be nailed to selected MeMbers of the COMMunity. There was brief djscussion nn the uarious duties volunteered by the Board MeMhers. .Joan HinkeMeyer will be present at next Month's Meeting to finalize the plans. Director's Choice A Collection OeuelopMent stateMent was distributed this evening and she asks on beha lf of Joan HinkeMeyer that all Bo~rd MeMbers becoM e faniliar with it. This is a working docuMent for staf f in selecting Materials for the collection. Joan will be at the SepteMher Me~ting for further di9cussion of this docuMent. - 1 //V 9 F Th ~rP was brief discussion on the Restricted Special Uses of Public Service Area MeMoranduM. This restricts personal use of the public equipMent in the library. The Board accepted the MeMoranduM as inforMation. A copy has been forwarded to the City Manager. InforMation regarding the Library grace period is available in the forM of a handout for the public. This handout explains the si tuation fully. Sharon gave brief inforMation tax collections for the City. budgeted aMount for July. regarding the July sales and use Collections were 6X above the The Library has had its first Budget Review. A second reuiew is scheduled for Friday~ August 11. She should have More inforMation for the SepteMber Meeting. Sharon will have back surgery on Monday> August 17> at Swedish Hospital. She is planning being off work for about one Month. Hank Long will be Acting Director for that tiMe. ChairMan's Report Uirginia Johnson is the first person to becoMe a Gold Card MeMber of the Contributors Club. Mr. Hogue presented her with her gold card identification and a print of the hi~toric Englewood Map. John Peterson is the first person to becoMe a Local History Associate of the Contributors Club. Mr. Hogue and Mr. Quaintance will be Manning a booth at the Open House giuing inforMation on the Contributors Club. Applications will be distributed starting this Thursday to all patrons who register to use the Library. There was brief discussion on the Hational Library Card CaMpaign. Our Materials froM AMerican Library Association will be received about the first week in SepteMber. This includes posters> which will be placed at schools. We want to reinforce to the Englewood schools the good job they are doing in seeing that Most children haue cards. Mr. Hogue asked for help in the endeavor to contact schools. Mr. Quaintance volunteered to help. October is the target date for the National CaMpaign. ChairMan's Choice Mr. Hogue noted the inforMation in tonight's packet regarding the Colorado Library Association conference in October at Fort Collins. There will be tiMe to look ouer this inforMation and advise the secretary if MeMbers plan to attend by the next Board Meeting. MeMbers' Choice The Board thanked Beu SiMon for serving refreshMents this evening > and wished her husband> Dr. John SiMon> a speedy recovery froM his recent heart attack. John Peterson distributed an article regarding TraMMell Crow> the Developer for the Englewood Marketplace. -? -L • • • • • • S u s an Uan Dyke not e d that Dm.mtown DeuelopMent was Mouing right al ong. 6round jus t South of the new King Soopers will be broken i n October for two new stores which will open in the Spring of 'BB . A year froM now the Ory Creek iMproueMents will be r.oMplet.ed. Bettv Dounay recOMMends a terrific arMchair vacation with the Library's uideo on Austria. Ms . Do11nay donated to the Local History collection. a history of the Hawthorn school, a picture postcard of the horsecar and a 1939 Englewood directory. Th e r e was no unfinished business. CoMMittee Re port s The Board -S taff picnic was held August 1 at Cushing Park. Mr. Peterson reported that there was a sMall nuMber in attendance. hut a n enjo yable tiMe was had by all. Sharon Wink l e thanked the Board for all their help in planning the picnic. The Statistical Report for July was briefly discussed. Mr. Hogue asked if the front entrance ceMent work could be iMproued. The Board agreed that this area was unsightly and potentially dangerous . Ms. Winkle replied that she has been working with the Building Services and asking that this work be don e. She hopes to haue More news on this after the friday Budget Meeting with Mr. McCown. The Board Mentioned they felt the conference rooM entrance should also be addressed. 87-21 "OTIOH: That the Minutes froM the July 1~. 1987 Meeting be approued as presented. Moued by: Al Quaintance Seconded by: Beu SiMon Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.M . B-1 2-8 7 dg --::z ·-.. CIRCULATION Central Library Bookmobile DAYS OF SERVICE AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION TRAFFIC COUNT (Main Lib.) AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNT CIRCULATED TO ENGLEWOOD PATRONS ALO Reciprocal Borrowing Central Library Bookmobile OTHER INTRA-COUNTY Borrowing** Centra l Library Bookmobile CCLS Reciprocal Borrowing Central Library Bookmobile TOTALS: ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY Selected Statistics July 1987 (18,186)* 18, 111 8,054 ( 8,896) TOTAL: 26,165 (27,082) 26 ( 26) 1,006 ( 1,042) 20,632 (20,457) 794 ( 787) 1,230 ( 1,620) TOTAL: 20,919 (21,528) 436 ( 301) TOTAL: 1,666 ( 1,921) 829 ( 120 ( 608) 359) 2,516 ( 2,531) 115 ( 135) TOTAL: TOTAL: 949 ( 967) 2,631 ( 2,666) 5,246 ( 5,554) Alice Terry Juv. 28-115 Adult. 5-33 Total: 33-148 REFERENCE QUESTIONS Answered at Central Library*** Answered at Bookmobile TOTALS: ADULT 2, 288 (2, 11 7) 168 ( 412) LIBRARY SPONSORED PROGRAMS AT CENTRAL LIBRARY Children's Department Story Times Special Programs LIBRARY BOARD MEETINGS MEETING ROOM USE BY OTHER GROUPS JUVENILE 181 (261) 457 (712) 11 NUMBER ( 9) ( 11) 1 ( 1) 48 ( 60) Parenthesis* indicate activity for same month previous year **Aurora, Littleton *** Includes 22 Healthlink Questions and 18 tax questions. TOTALS 2 ,469 (2 ,378) 625 (1,124) 3,094 (3,502) ATTENDANCE (127) 462 (556) 10 ( 9) 412 (514) • • • -2- LIBRARY SPONSORED PROGRAMS OUTSIDE CENTRAL • Children's DeEartment Bookmobile story times • • Story time by Children's Lib. (June & July) CURRENT ACTIVE REGISTRATIONS VOLUMES IN COLLECTION LIBRARY MATERIALS Books Records Cassettes Microfilm Videocassettes Compact Discs DISBURSEMENTS @ BKM 22,523 102,044 Deposited with City Treasurer's Office REVENUES Fines Copyvend Donor's Find Acct. #81411 (lost & damaged materials) Acct. #64661 (microcomputer) Colo. Loan Volunteer hours: 156 7/87 dg LIBRARY NUMBER ATIENDANCE 33 ( 35) 868 (857) 10 ( 12) 305 (341) (17 ,101) (104,651) VOLUMES ADDED VOLUMES WITHDRAWN 12 (1984) 432 (351) 3 ( 5) 9 ( 21) 8 ( 6) 16 ( ) 23 ( ) 1 ( ) 2 ( ) ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) $2,030.75 ($2,287.52) $ 880.59 340.38 342. 75 330.03 116. 00 21. 00 ( 839.65) ( 227.18) ( 1,134.69) ( 54.00) ( 32. 00) ( )