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MINUTES
Englewood Public Library Board
November 10, 1998
Call To Order/Roll Call
The meeting of the Englewood Public Library Board was called to order by Chairperson,
Bervette Williams, at 7:04 p.m.
PRESENT: C. Belt, M. Dounay, M. Giffin, S.O'Leary, A.Ottoson, S. Smithers, B. Williams, and
Youth Member, Mike Heberling
REGRETS: L. Parkinson and Council Member L. Clapp.
ALSO PRESENT: Hank Long, Library Director and Joan Clayton, Recording Secretary.
98-20 Motion: That the minutes of the Library Board meeting of October 13, 1998 be
changed to reflect the change noted by Ms. Dounay, on page 3. With this • change the minutes be approved .
Moved by: Mary Dounay
Seconded by: Shannon O'Leary
The motion passed.
The next meeting of the Friends of the Library will be Wednesday, November 18th in the
Community Room of City Hall.
Ms. Dounay reported for the Bookmobile Committee that all is going well.
Mr. Heberling and Ms. Williams reported about the most recent Cultural Arts Commission
meeting. At this meeting Ms. Habenicht asked Ms. Williams concerning the recent discussion
by the Library Board about the Museum of Outdoor Arts proposal. At the Cultural Arts
Commission's suggestion Mr. Long and Parks & Recreation Director, Jerrell Black discussed
having the MOA come to a Library Board meeting to update the Board about the proposal at a
future date.
There were no questions regarding the statistics for the month of October for the Library or the
Bookmobile . Mr. Long noted on page 9 & 10 of the Library Board Report that the registration
fee for CLA for Ms. Ottoson had been assessed.
~ity Council voted on October 19th for Mr. Long to proceed with contract negotiations with
~uardiaNet and Amazing Controls for placement of their system in the Library. Ms. Dounay if
GuardiaNet would reveal the name of the library currently testing their system. Mr. Long said
this has not been specifically requested. Discussion followed. Mr. Long repeated that the
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Smart Cards would be just for computer usage at this time. The card would determine the
eccess level for children as chosen by their parents . GuardiaNet has the software to block
access to chat rooms and e-mail that is address specific.
Mr. Long said that at the recent Colorado Library Association Conference the incoming
American Library Association president was asked about Internet access and filters. She said
that there were no answers at this time and suggested that it should be addressed at the local
level. It seems that nationwide the East Coast communities favor filters while the West Coast
favors no filters. So there is no common agreement.
98-21 Motion That the Library Board support Mr. Long in negotiations with GuardiaNet.
Moved: Margaret Giffin
Seconded by: Carol Belt
Aye: 2 Nay: 5
There was discussion about the motion and the wording of the motion. Ms. Giffin felt that the
Board should be in line with City Council and support the negotiation process and support Mr.
Long. Mr. Long said that he felt supported by the Board. A discussion followed about how to
word the motion and an amendment.
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8-22 Motion: That Motion 98-21 be amended to read; "The Board supports the
negotiation process with GuardiaNet".
Moved by: Margaret Giffin
Seconded by: Carol Belt
Aye: 2 Nay:5
No new news with the new City Hall & Library plans. The architects have been very
responsive in working with the library regarding our design.
There will be a joint meeting of the Arapahoe Library Boards on Tuesday, November 17tn at
7:30 p.m. at the Koelbel Library. Ms. Williams indicated that she would be going. Ms. Belt &
Ms. Giffin said they would try to attend.
Ms. Williams asked if there would be anyone on the Library Board willing to help with the
planning of the volunteer recognition ceremony scheduled for Sat., January 30. Ms. Williams
indicated she would be willing to be on the committee.
Mr. Long said that for the gtn year the library is having Food for Fines, a program that accepts
food for overdue fines. The food is then given to lnterFaith Task Force for distribution. The
program was recently written up in a magazine entitled, "Hope".
~he Fraternal Order of the Eagles recently donated $500 to be used to purchase large print
books.
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.r. Long has been appointed to chair the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Colorado
Library Association for the coming year.
Mr. Long discussed the Rules of Behavior that were included in the Board packets.The rules
were developed from a staff perspective in dealing with increasing problems with children who
are allowed to run loose while their parents are in the library. The rules are intended to be
used as a "fall back" position. The rules are posted for the benefit of the parents' information
of what is expected from their children.
Members' Choice
Ms. Ottoson said she had brought several posters for Board Members from the recent CLA
conference. She said that the sessions she had attended were very good and she felt that it
was worth attending.
Ms. Smithers said the Christmas Tree was going up at work. Things are busy.
Ms. Dounay said that the Holiday Parade had gone off very well. The school Bond election
had passed by 550 votes. The mill levy override had lost by 192 votes. Ms. Dounay said her
daughter, Amy had recently been mentioned in Chemical Engineering magazine. Amy had
received a $20,000 fellowship from Parke Davies. Ms. Dounay said that what her daughter
.as done is take a very rare substance found in nature and to duplicated it in the lab.
Ms. Giffin said she had resigned her position with the Literacy & Learning Coalition because
she found she just couldn't work full time.
Ms. O'Leary thanked Ms. Belt for the lovely dessert. Ms. O'Leary said that she was proud of
the Board's stand last month regarding the vote about filters.
Mr. Heberling said he has been swimming in class every other day and will begin swim
practice at 4a.m. in January.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
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