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Home My WebLink About1988-07-12 PLB MINUTES• • • Englewood Public Library 3400 S . Elati St ., En9lewood , CO 801 1 0 (303-761-4376) MI HUT ES Englewood Public Library Adv isory Board July 12. 1988 The regul6r Meeting of the Englewood Public Library Advi5ory Board was called to 01rder by ChairMan Quaintance at 7:32 p.M. PRESENT: Al Quaintance. John Peterson. Betty Oounay. Bruce Hogue. Joe Rathburn. Dorothy Totton REGRETS: Uirginia Johnson. Bev SiMon ALSO PRESENT: Alex Habenicht. City Council Representative. larilyn Ashlock. Mrs. Barbara Hogue. Sharon Winkle. Library Director. Donna Gottberg. Recording Secretary Roll call was taken and a quoruM declared present. There were no scheduled or unscheduled visitors. Mr. Quaintance turned the Meeting over to Ms. Winkle for the Pirector~s Reoort. Ms. Winkle gave brief background regarding the 1989 library OepartMent Budget RecoMMendations and the budget process followed by the City. InforMation for the budget is due for input froM the library and other City departnents by the end of July. In August representatives froM the Library will discuss the budget with Acting City Manager. Peter Uargas. The 1989 funding should not exceed the 1988 funding which was $753.973. As of this date the departMent recoMMendation for 1989 is $753.825. Ms. Winkle noted changes included in the 1989 figure. The figures discussed tonight are all preliMinary. The Capital Equipnent itens requested for 1989 were also discussed and charts were provided showing increased prices of periodicals. adult books. juvenile book5 and young adult books. Discussion of the charts and percentage change5 involved followed. -1 - • • • With regard to the Library fac~lity iMproveMents. the funding for this coMes through the Public Works budget~ e.g. Modification of publl.c restrooMs for wheelchair accessibility and relocation of the circulation desk. Ms. Winkle asked for the Board's thoughts regarding these iMproveMents. The Board feels the relocation of the circulation desk should have top priority. Ms. Winkle gave background on the estiMated budget (preliMinary) for the BookMobile for 1989. Discussion followed. The City has requested that the Library propose an expenditure reduction for 1989 in the aMount of $6~7 000. Ms. Winkle gave background and rea s oning for this reduction and where reductions could be Made. She also stated that inpact of these reductions would also be reflected in inforMation provided to the Acting City Manager. The Library OepartMent has changed its way of providing infornation to the staff. The staff will Meet once a Month in order to allow Mare staff MeMbers to attend. There will be a weekly staff bulletin issued to keep staff inforMed of pertinent inforMation regarding Library and City business. Director's Choice Copies of the Insider are now being provided to all Board MeMbers. Ms. Winkle has a d di t ional inforMation fron John Peterson regarding the fBI library awareness. See Sharon or Donna if you would like to read this i n forMa t ion in depth. Legislation regarding privacy of v ideo rental and library records has been i ntroduced in the U.S. Senate . Chairnan's Report Mr. Quaintance welcoMed Ms. Larilyn Ashlock 7 who will be forMally appointed to the Board 7-18 7 to fill the unexpired terM vacated by Lois Sterling 7 to february 1 7 1990. - 2 - • • • Mr. Quaintance noted that letter of thanks has been sent to Mrs. Polliard for her gift of a Colorado flag and related acces3ories. as well as accessories for the libraary's U.S. flag. Mr. Quaintance stated that a letter of thank3 had been sent to Lois Sterling for her years of service on the Board. A letter of thanks was sent to Ethel and Roy Altenbach for their presentation at the June Board Meeting. Mr. Quaintance read a letter froM Mrs. leiOMa Koestner» Circulation librarian~ stating her appreciation for the Board's suggestion that she be noMinated for the Colorado library Association <CLA> Life TiMe AchieveMent Award. Ms. Koestner declined the noMination at this tiMe. Mr. Quaintance suggested the Budget CoMMittee Meet week to finalize the figures for the Board Budget. exceed the 1988 Budget total. MeMbers' Choice again this They cannot Ms. Habenicht noted that the Council is looking very seriously at the Budget» and suggested Boards and citizens coMe forth. at the planned upcoMing public Meetings» to express their concerns and suggestions. Dorothy Totton's daughter» Haney. is in town for a visit. Haney plans to visit the Englewood Public library where she got her start in library work working as a Page. The Board thanked Betty Oounay for the refreshMents this evening. Mr. Quaintance noted that the pedestal to hold the Mark Twain sculpture is now coMplete. He plans to appoint a COMMittee to plan an Open House at the Library and display the sculpture at that tiMe . - 3 - • • • CoMMittee Report Mr. Hogue took a poll of the MeMbers present and it was decided that too Many MeMbers would be unable to attend the BOSAC picnic on July 23. It was suggested that the date be postponed or the plans for a picnic be dropped altogether and devote tiMe to planning an Open House. The Statistical Report for June was briefly discussed. 08-ZZ ~OTIOtt: That the Minutes froM the Board Meeting of June 11~ 1988 be approved as presented. Moved by: Bruce Hogue Seconded by: Joe Rathburn Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.M. 7/11/88 dg -1 - • • • SELECTED STATISTICS June 1988 17,565 (17,325)* CIRCULATION Central Library Bookmobile 7,291 ( 6,615)out of service 2 days TOTAL: 24,856 (23,940) DAYS OF SERVICE AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION TRAFFIC COUNT (Main) AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNT CIRCULATED TO ENGLEWOOD PATRONS ALO Reciprocal Borrowing 26 ( 26) 956 ( 920) 21,418 (20,844) 824 ( 802) Central Library 1,280 ( 1,154) ( 206) Bookmobile 831 OTHER INTRA-COUNTY Borrowing** Central Library 563) TOTAL: 18,860 (19,094) TOTAL: 2, 111 ( 1,360) Bookmobile 530 ( 81 ( 271) TOTAL: 611 ( 834) CCLS Reciprocal Borrowing Central Library Bookmobile TOTALS: 2,616 658 ( 2,483) ( 169) TOTAL: 3,274 5,996 ( 2,652) ( 4,846) ALICE TERRY SCHOOL: Adults 3/13 Juv. 20/70 TOTALS: 23 patrons 83 items REFERENCE QUESTIONS Answered at Central Lib.*** Answered at Bookmobile TOTALS: ADULT 2296(2176) 168 ( 126) JUVENILE 260 (282) 491 (384) LIBRARY SPONSORED PROGRAMS AT CENTRAL LIBRARY Story times NUMBER Class visits to Library Special Programs 1 ( 4 ( *Parenthesis indicate activity for same month previous year **Aurora, Littleton 3) 6) TOTALS 2556 (2458) 659 ( 510) 3215 (2968) ATTENDANCE 25 199 ( 60) (277) ***Includes 12 Healthlink questions, 7 tax questions, 5 local history questions. • • • LIBRARY BOARD MEETINGS MEETING ROOM USE BY OTHER GROUPS LIBRARY SPONSORED PROGRAMS OUTSIDE Bookmobile story times BKM Librarian's visit to classes Outdoor story times at BKM EPL visit to classrooms CURRENT ACTIVE REGISTRATIONS VOLUMES IN COLLECTION LIBRARY MATERIALS Books Records Slide Sets Cassettes Microfilm Compact Discs Videocassettes DISBURSEMENTS -2- 1 ( 1) 57 ( 50) CENTRAL LIBRARY NUMBER 31 3 24 1 15,135 ( 22,172) 103,415 (101,624) VOLUMES ADDED 563-(610) ( ) ( ) 3 ( 4) 9 ( 8) 23 ( 30) 4 ( 14) ( 19) ( 2) ( ) ( ) 12 ( 14) 462 (51l) ATTENDANCE 792 (485) 82 ( 73) 677 ( ) 366 ( ) VOLUMES WITHDRAWN 353 (1430) 4 ( 8) ( 15) 42 ( 6) ( ) ( ) ( ) Deposited with City Treasurer's Office $1,991.41 ($1,757.28) REVENUES Fines Copyvend Donor' s Fund Acct. #81411 (damaged and lost material) Acct. #64661 (microcomputer) Colo. Loan (ILL) Volunteer Hours: 33 6/88 dg $1,118.38 18.60 397.25 281.28 155.30 20.60 ($1,110.58) ( 11.00) ( 405.50) ( 164 .20) ( 57.00) ( 9. 00)