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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-03-10 PLB MINUTES• • • Englewood Public Library 3400 S . Elati St ., En9lewood, CO 8011O(303)762-2560 Englewood Publfc Library Board March to. 1992 t The regular meeting of the Englewood Publfc Library Board was called to order by Chair Larilyn Ashlock at 7:05p.m. PRESENT: Larilyn Ashlock. Mary Dou nay. Sunday Aigbe. Marilyn Brenengen. Doug Cohn. Jeff Davis. Rachel Stoddard. Valerie Williams. Stephanie Thiessen REGRETS: Deryl 6ease. Alex Habenicht ALSO PRESENT: Hank Long. Library Director. Donna 6ottberg. Recording Secretary Roll call was taken and a quorum declared present. There were no scheduled or unscheduled visitors. 92-6 MOTION: That the Minutes from the meeting of February 11. 1992 be approved as presented. Moved by: Mary Dounay Seconded by: Doug Cohn Motion carried. Ms. Stoddard and Mr. Davis gave a brief report from the Friends Committee Meeting stating the goals they want to reach for the initial meeting. They also gave background for the benefit of the new members with regard to the thinking behind the formation of such a group. The Open House for the "Friends" is planned for Tuesday. May 19 at 7:00 p.m .• to see if there is an interest in the community. A question and answer period followed. One point of interest brought forth was whether to keep the membership strictly to Englewood residents or to include surrounding area residents. This will be discussed further at the upcoming committee meeting. 92-7 MOTION: That the Board accept the latest recommendations of the Friends sub-committee from the minutes of the previous meeting and ask that the committee proceed with plans for publicity for the membership meeting scheduled for May 19. 1992. Moved by: Rachel Stoddard Seconded by: Doug Cohn Discussion followed. Motion carried. Chair Ashlock turned the meeting over to Mr. Long for the Director's Report. New Board members introduced themselves and gave a brief back.ground as to their interests and family. Photos of the new members will be taken after the meeting this evening and added to update the section in the foyer on the Library Board. Mr. Long updated the EPL/Englewood Schools Networking Project. He has all the computers in his office and is awaiting arrival of one final piece of software. When that arrives the computers will be installed in the remaining 7 area schools. Mr. Long gave a brief background on this project for the benefit of the new members. Mr. Long distributed an article from the Denver Post regarding libraries and their boundary growth. Mr. Long and Pat White. from the Service Center. hope to fly to Ohio later this month to inspect the new Bookmobile veMcle. He hopes to have delivery by early April. Our Program Librarian is working on ideas for a contest to name the vehicle. We have permission from Warner Bros. to continue to use the ·Roadrunner· name. or a new name may be chosen. The Library has begun accepting Visa and MasterCard charges for items on sale here pr to pay fines. etc. This is a service to the community only. and the Library does not earn any funds. The question arose. Hare we able to use a phone charge?· Mr. Long will check into our ability to use a phone charge, should this question arise from the patrons. There is no availability to provide this service on the Bookmobile. Sent in an earlier mailing was a copy of a letter to Dr. Walpole discussing cataloging and processing of school books and materials here at the Library. Mr. Long gave background as to why this project was being aimed at EPL. Dr. Walpole has called Mr. Long to say he had received the letter and that he would respond later. A question and answer period followed. Mr. Long distributed several library-related articles regarding censorship, as information only. Mr. Long distributed a copy of articles tie has forwarded to Administration to have printed in the Council Newsletter. Among the articles is a list of new programs available1 free to the public. on the computers. Press releases will go out this week to inform the community of these new services. Mr. Long will be attending the American Library Association conference in San • • • • • • Francisco beginning June 29. If any Board member wishes to attend. there are funds set aside for this trip. This will be discussed further at the next meeting. Chair Report: Ms. Ashlock welcomed the new Board members and invited them to call any of the members if they have questions. Members' Choice Ms. Dounay asked if the Board had followed through on a motion passed previously where a book is donated to the Library in the name of the Board member retiring from the Board. This was a way of recognizing that Board member for his/her years of service. Ms. Ashlock replied that letters are being mailed to former Board members asking them to choose a book/author. A book plate will be placed in the front of the book with that former Board member's name. Mr. Davis suggested to Ms. Thiessen. an AV project for high school students. If anyone is interested. it would be nice to have the new Bookmobile arrival and festivities recorded on video tape. This could earn the student extra credits. There may be other events the Library or City would like to have video taped . Mr. Davis also suggested we have a program on ·saving books.· After a fire in Russia some time ago the people learned how to save books. He would like to contact the Russian Embassy. whom he feels will be very receptive to the idea of having someone come to Englewood and explain how this program was handled. He felt it would be interesting to see how another country handles the saving of important material. He asks approval of the Board to pursue this request from the Embassy. Discussion followed. Members present agreed to have Jeff follow through on his suggestion. Mr. Davis would also like to find a ·sister· library somewhere. possibly in Europe. so we could correspond and exchange ideas. The Board members felt this was a good idea and he should explore the situation. Ms. Gottberg asked members to be thinking about entering into memberships as they have done in the past. Chair belongs to ALA. Vice-Chair belongs to MPLA and all Board members belong to CLA. It was discussed at one time that Board members did not feel they got enough from these organizations and could save the money. Please prepare for discussion next month. The Statistical Report for February was brought forth for discussion. Mr. Long gave background for the new members as to why this Report is issued and explained the numbers in some areas. Brief discussion followed . The Board thanked Ms. Ashlock for serving refreshments this evening. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. NOTE: Mr. Long just received word (3-11) that there is no joint APAL board meeting planned at this time. However. all Board members and staff are invited for a tour of the new ALD Library from 4:00 -7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 8. Map and additional information will follow as they become available. 3111 /92 dg • • •