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Home My WebLink About1987-02-10 PLB MINUTES• • • MI HUT ES ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY ADUISORY BOARD FEBRUARY 10, 1987 ChairMan Bruce Hogue called the regular Meeting of the Library Ad visory Board to order at 7:31 p.M. PRESENT: Bruce Hogue, Betty Dounay, John Peterson, Joe Rathb urn, Gerald SaMpson, Bev SiMon, Lois Sterling REGRETS: Al Quaintance, Uirginia Johnson 9 D B1.SO PRESENT: Mrs. Ba1~bara Hogue, Mrs. Susan Uan Dyke, City Council Representative, Sharon Winkle, Director of Libraries, Donna Gottberg, Recording Secretary Mr. Hogue Rathburn. unable to welcoMed new Board MeMbers, Betty Oounay and Joe He announced the appointMent of Mrs. Johnson, who attend the Meeting. Roll call was taken and a quoruM declared present. There were no scheduled or unscheduled visitors. Mr. Hogue turned the Meeting over to Ms. Winkle for the Director's Report. was Ms. Winkle briefly highlighted the 1986 Annual Report (narrative) and the Statistical Annual Report. Graphs of library service ac tiv ity were shown for both the Main library and the BookMobile for the years 1967-86 and the years 1976-86 with discussion ·following. The Long-Range (1986-1990) Action Plan was briefly discussed with copies being distributed for review by the Board. 87-6 MOTIOH: That action regarding acceptance of the 1987 Action Plan be deferred to the March Meeting. Moued by: Lois Sterling Seconded by: Gerald SaMpson Motion carried. ChairMan Hogue asked if the Board could get a copy of the Organizational Chart. Ms. Winkle replied that these are being prepared by the EMployee Relations OepartMent and will be distributed when available. ChairMan's Report Mr. Hogue shared a "thank you" note froM the David Clayton faMily for a contribution froM the Board to th~-ReMeMberance fund of the Library in MeMory of David B. Clayton . Mr. Hogue noted that the Board was now at full strength, a total of 9 MeMbers on the Board. He felt there was no longer a need to - 1 - If \ d is c uss the lowering of the quoruM requireMent as brought up la s t M ~nth . C hairMan Hogue noted he had received a copy of a letter sent to Ms. Uan Ualkenburg froM Mayor Otis thanking her for her service on the Board. He suggested that the Board draft letters to Jerry Ualdes, Dorothy Wheelehan and Kay Uan Ualkenburg also thanking theM for their service. Mr . Hogue gave special thanks to Oonna Gottberg for getting the Meeting Material prepared for this evening after being off for a week due to illness. MeMbers• Choice Bev S iMon asked if the plaque wording for George Perrin had been finalized as yet. Ms. Winkle noted that she had been unable to c ontact Mrs. Perrin for final approval. Ms. SiMon also asked if Mrs. Perrin had Mentioned giving the Western History collection of George 7 s to any organization. She would like Englewood to be considered. Ms. S iMon also Mentioned she felt the "snow" on the little log cabin in the Library was a nice touch. John Peterson has accepted an appointMent by David Chandler to the State Literacy Board. His wife lost her bid for State Legi s lature running against Chris Paulson. Mr. Peterson wanted to acknowledge the Many years of service by Ethel Altenbach (recently retired). He will draft a resolution for presentation at the March Meeting and a letter will be sent t o Ms. Altenbach along with the resolution, at a future date. Gerald SaMpson asked if the Arapahoe County Joint Boards would have future Meetings. Ms. Winkle replied stating that she brought up the subject at an APAL Meeting, but the other MeMbers felt it better if the Meetings were put on "hold" for the tiMe being. Ms. Winkle will ask again at a future Meeting. Ms.Sterling asked if the Board was planning an orientation in March for the new Board MeMbers. After discussion it was decided that the March 10th Meeting would begin at 6:00 p.M. for new MeMbers and old MeMbers wishing to tour the Library. At 6:30 a light supper would be served, after which the slide prograM "Missy Goes To The Library'' would be shown. The regular Board Meeting will begin a t 7:30 p.M. Ms. Oounay noted for the Board•s inforMation that John Rotolo was in Swedish Hospital after suffering a stroke. As inforMation, Ms. Winkle noted ·that United Cable taped the Chinese Hew Vear prograM here at the Library on January 24. rt was shown on Channel 10 at 6:00 p.M. this evening. The Libra r y will recJri-ve a copy of the tape froM United Cable. - 2 - • • • • • • There was no unfinished business . There were no coMMittee reports. The Statistica l Report for January was briefly discussed. ~7-7_ITPJIQH: That the Minutes froM the January 13~ 1987 Meeting be approved as p resented . Moved by: John Peterson Seconded by: Lois Sterling Motion carried . Meeting adjourn ed at 8:53 p.M. 2-13-87 dg - 3 - CIRCULATION Central Library Bookmobile DAYS OF SERVICE AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION TRAFFIC COUNT (Main) AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNT CIRCULATED TO ENGLEWOOD PATRONS ALO Reciprocal Borrowing Central Library Bookmobile OTHER INTRA-COUNTY Borrowing** Central Library Bookmobile CCLS Reciprocal Borrowing Central Library Bookmobile TOTALS: ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY Selected Statistics January 1987 17,103 8,963 (17,066)* ( 9,090) 26 ( 26) 1,003 ( 1,006) 22,339 (21,466) 859 ( 826) TOTAL: 26,066 (26,156) TOTAL: 21,162 (18,696) 1,071 ( 1,596) 616 ( 1,556) 479 ( 263 ( 649) 4 73) 2,152 ( 2,646) 323 ( 540) TOTAL: TOTAL: TOTAL: 1,687 ( 3,152) 742 ( 1,122) 2,475 ( 3,186) 4,904 ( 7,460) REFERENCE QUESTIONS ADULT JUVENILE 228 (262) 837 (797) TOTALS 2,605 (2,696) 1,083 ( 990) Answered at Central Library*** 2,377 (2,434) Answered at Bookmobile 246 ( 193) TOTALS: 3,688 (3,686) LIBRARY SPONSORED PROGRAMS AT CENTRAL LIBRARY NUMBER ATTENDANCE Children's Department Story Times Class visits to Library Special Programs LIBRARY ROARD MEETINGS MEETING ROOM USE BY OTHER GROUPS 8 ( 8) 3 ( 3) 1 ( ) 1 ( 1) 48 ( 45) *Parenthesis indicate activity for same month previous year. **Aurora, Littleton ***Includes 20 Healthlink questions and 112 Tax questions. 108 ( 64) 50 ( 41) 210 ( ) 9 ( 12) 374 (454) -continued .•... I • • • • -2- LIBRARY SPONSORED PROGRAMS OUTSIDE CENTRAL LIBRARY ~hildren's Department NUMBER ATTENDANCE Bookmobile story times Boobnobile Librarian's visits to classes Puppet Shows Coaching Puppetry Children's Lib. visits to schools Sc a ry Story Contest 5 ( 7) 33 ( 35) ( 1) ( 2) 6 ( 1) 79 (l18) 798 (894) ( 29) ( 3) 250 ( 17) CURRENT ACTIVE REGISTRATIONS VOLUMES IN COLLECTIO N 20,259 ( 13,396) 103,694 (106, 704) LIBRARY MATERIALS Books Records Cassettes Microfilm VID Comp a ct Discs DISBURSEMENTS Deposited with City Treasurer's Office ~ ALO Copyvend Donor's Fund Colo. Lo an (ILL) Acct. #81411 (lost and damaged materials) Acct. #64661 (microcomputer) Acct. #31121 (financi a l services) Volunteer Hours: 66 1/8 7 dg • VOLUMES ADDED 450 (518) ( 1) 40 ( ) 10 ( 3) 29 ( ) 17 ( ) $2,060.29 1,268.28 278.21 360.00 13.00 72.80 68.00 VOLUMES WITHDRAWN 522 (158) 7 ( 3) 2 ( 5) ( ) ( ) ( ) ($7' 270. 50) ( 1,285.98) ( 4,176.15) ( 94 .14) ( 334.90) ( ) ( 293.00) ( 36.75) ( 1,049.58)