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Home My WebLink About1994-02-08 PLB MINUTES• • • Englewood Public Library 3400 S . Elati St., Englewood, CO 80110 (303)762-2560 Minutes Englewood Public Library_ Board February 8, 1994 CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL The regular meeting of the Englewood Public Library Board was called to order by Vice Chairperson Valerie Williams at 7:00 p .m . PRESENT: Sunday Aigbe, Larilyn Ashlock, Marilyn Brenengen, Mary Dounay, Margaret Giffin, Rachel Stoddard, Valerie Williams, Jennifer Wolgemuth ALSO PRESENT: Alex Habenicht (City Council Representative), Hank Long (Library Director) REGRETS : Carolin Atkins, Donna Gottberg (Recording Secretary) Roll call was taken and a quorum declared present. We lcome was extended to Ms . Giffin on behalf of the Board. SCHEDULED & UNSCHEDULED VISITORS There were no scheduled or unscheduled visitors. OLD BUSINESS Correction to January 11, 1994 Minutes. Page three under Member's Choice: Ms . Stoddard's comment related to Serbia, not Somalia. 94-4 MOTION: That the Minutes from the meetiD.Q of January 11 , 1994 be accepted as amended. Moved by Marilyn Brenengen Seconded by Sunday Aigbe Motion carried. There was no Committee reports and no other Old Business to be discussed. NEW BUSINESS Library Board Chairperson's Report Ms. Williams began the meeting by announcing the recent resignation of Gloria Ulrich from the Library Board. Her leaving leaves a vacancy in the Board Chairperson position . Following discussion, it was decided -1D postpone the election for this position until the March meeting in_ order for all Board members to consider whether or not they wish to be considered as candidates for this position. Ms . Williams turned the meeting over to Director Long for his report. Library Director's Report Mr. Long reminded the Board that the annual joint Library Board/City Council meeting has been changed until Mond_~. April 4 at 6:00 p4m. _jn __ Conference Room A. The reason for the postponement was a last-minute meeting between Council and Equitable to discuss Cinderella City. The Board felt that · this was an important and log_i_cal reason to postpone their meeting with Council. Mr. Long briefly discussed the items on his "projects update" memo to City Council, a copy of which went to all Board members. Ms . Habenicht supported the need to recruit new volunteers to continue the Homebound Program, given the number of senior citizens in this community and given that the Bookmobile is not currently in service. Mr. Long reminded the Board of the City's upcoming meetings on the future ,, • • of Cinderella City. • • • • Mr. Long turned the meeting back over to Ms. Williams . Planning for the Future Discussion was held regarding the 1989 Survey of Services -that was distributed to the Board. Given that the Board has directed Director Long to prepare and submit an LSCA-grant proposal to the Color.adO-~State Library for money to fund the next five year p:lanning proce:ss:.ior the Library , and given that he will not know the--results of that ·proposal until June, the · Board decided to waft .. until then to pursue this p-rGje£-t Members' Choice: Ms . Brenegen mentioned two recent newspaper articles, Olle -eea+ing-·with the removal and apparent censorship of library books at an .Evergreen elementary school and the other dealing with. videotapes aL one ..oL the Denver Public Library branches. Mr . Aigbe asked for and received clarification regarding the-fecent memo from Council regarding Board and Commission. attendance. -He also asked about the extent of programs relating to multi-culturalism. Mr. Long responded that the Library does offer a wide: variety of pro.grams ·teat11ring people and customs of other countries. -He will also invite -Program-s- Librarian Mary Lou Tatum to the next Board-meeting to 9iscuss past aRd future programs. Finally , Mr. Aigbee asked about the percent.age of the materials collection devoted to multi-cultur.alism: Mr. Long:-:.-rasponded.. that it would be difficult to answer speciftcatly, but that he-would try · to get the Board a report showing the makettp · Gf the collection by-Dewey Decimal areas. There followed a discuss~n.. on how materials ..are purchased for the collection, with Mr . Lon.g__nutHning the ro!.es_of the half- time Reference Librarians in selecting mater.ia:tS:: from pubtishers' catalogs , monthly journals, etc. Ms . Habenicht mentioned today's groundbreaking ceremony for the Englewood Depot and its importance for the Oty. She also. briefly discussed other pending Council issues (inctudlng zoning fo.r ".adult businesses", home occupations, and adjacent . buildings) and encouraged Board members to attend public hearings oo these items . Ms. Wolgemuth mentioned that she has talked with other students at the High School and some have expressed an interest in volunteering_ in . tha Lib rary and on the Bookmobil e . Mr . Loo.g thanked her for this and asked that any interested students contact him. Ms . Giffin asked for clairification on the reciprocal borrov.iiqg and interlibrary loan statistics on the monthly_ report. Mr. Long_.expl~iried that these numbers reflected materials checked out. Ms. Ashlock mentioned that out of 17 new appointees to Boards and Commissions, only 4 showed up at the past Council Meeting to receive their recognition . Of those four, two (she and Ms. Giffin) were from tbe Library Board. Ms. Brenegen reported on her meeting with Mary Lou Tatum concerning,_ ideas for future programming, etc . She was very pleased with Ms. J:atum's enthusiasm and talents. MONTHLY REPORTS • There were no questions regarding the January Statistical Report. The • January Summary Expenditure Report was not available from the City in time for this month's meeting. ADJOURNMENT The Board thanked Ms . Wolgemuth for the refreshments. The meeting adjourned at 8:21 p.m. •