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Home My WebLink About2002-01-08 PLB MINUTES• • • Call To Order/Roll Call 1000 En glewood Parkway, Englewood, CO 80110 303-76 2-2560 Voice 303-783-6890 FAX MINUTES Englewood Public Library Board January 8, 2002 Ch airpers on, Son ie Smithe rs at 7 :0 1 p .m , call ed the meet ing of the Englewood Public Library Bo ar d to order . PRES E NT: C. Belt, R.O tt oson (a rri ved late), C . Ransic k, Y. Russell , S . Smithe rs, B. Williams , and You th Membe r , Ta ra Holm es. REGRETS : L. Cah ill, K. Pilgr im, School Board Member, Mary Dounay and Council member, J . Grazulis. ALSO PRESE NT Hank Long , Lib rary Director and Joan Clayton , Record ing Secretary. 02 -01 Motion: Th at th e minutes of the meeting of Novembe r 13, 2001 be accepted as written . Moved by: Chris Ransi c k Se con ded by : Bervett e W ill iams The Mot ion pas se d . Ms . Smi the rs rep or ted on the Friends of the Library. The ne xt meeting of the Friends is We d ., Jan ua ry 23 at 6 :3 0 p.m . A travel prog ram sponso red by the Friends w ill be on Thursday, January 17 at 7 p.m . Ra yle ne Al Qa tam i; a membe r of the Library staff will talk about her experiences liv ing in Kuwa it. Th is pro gram h ad been postpo ned from Sep tember. Mr . Long remarked on the display promot ing this pro g ra m in th e m ai n Lib rar y. O ther trave l prog rams sponsored by the Friends will be held on Thursday, Feb ru ary 2 1, a canoe in g advent ure wi th Bill Cl ayton and Paul Holscher and T hu rsda y, March 21, barging on th e can als in Fran c e w ith Re fer en c e librar ian , Sus an Pell egri ni. Mr. Long pa ssed to those pr es ent a memo giving an overview of the fi ve -year plan. It wa s dec ided to rev iew the m emo and di s c uss at the February meeting . Ms . Smi thers had a Ch r istm as card for the Boa rd from the Staff that she passed around the tabl e. T he nex t order of bus iness was the electio n of officers of the Board for the coming year . 02 -02 Motion : Nomi nate Chr is Ransick for the position of Chair of the Publ ic Library Bo ard. Mov e d by : Yvonne Ru ssel l Sec onded by: Berve tte Willi ams The Mo tio n passed . 02 -03 Motion: T h at th e nominatio n s be closed and Mr . Rans ick be elected by accl imat ion . -1 - Moved by: Sonie Sm ithers Seconded by : Carol Belt The Motion passed unanimously. 02 -04 Motion: Nominate Yvonne Russell for the position of Vice-Chair of the Public Library Board . Moved by: Chris Ransick Seconded by Bervette Williams The Motion passed . 02 -05 Motion: That the nom inations be closed and Ms . Russell be elected by accl imation. Moved by : Caro l Belt Seconded by: Bervette Williams . The Motion passed unanimously. Mr . Ransick as new Board Chair and Ms . Russell as new Vice -Chair will begin their positions at the February meet ing. Mr. Long reported on the Ex pitech contract for the Library computer upgrade that has been approved fo r the year 2002. This contract provides for moving from a te xt base to a web-based database , called Horizon . Before the move to Horizon the bibliographic records need to be moved to a MARC st andard format, using a company called Marcive . The records will be updated first then follow with the upgrade to be completed mid -year. • Englewood Public Library received a check in the amount of $9 , 189 for year two of the State Funding for Libraries. Last year , the first for this funding Englewood received $10, 042 . The amount varies with the number of libraries applying for the grant. This money will be applied towards the purchase of materials for • the Library. T he 1ih Annual Food for Fines program realized over $2 ,000 in food items for lnterFaith Commun ity Services Food Bank . Englewood Public Library has raised over $12,000 in food ite m s in the life of this prog ram for lnterFaith . Ginny Steele of Denver C ity Restorations has had her contract with the City extended for 2002 . Her duties will include 20 hours per week, to be used toward coord inating planning for the Englewood Centennial Celebration for 2003, Englewood Santa Fe Depot historical project , the Thomas Skerritt House historical project and ass isting the Historical Society in goal setting and policy I program development. Member's Choice Ms . W illiams sa id they had had a very nice hol iday. She wanted to than k Ms . S mi thers for 2 goo d years of work as Library Boa rd Chair. Ms . Russell also said her holiday had been very nice . Ms . Ottoson said she had had 3 weeks of "chaos" at the homefront , with lots of visitors and fami ly from out of town. Ms . Belt said he r husband was doing well after having had 2 surgeries in 2 months . She will not be at the Feb ruary meet ing as she is having knee surgery on Jan . 31 51 . Everyone w ished her we ll. Ms . Sm ithers sa id she had heard Eileen Ca lk ins, a long ti me Fr iends member on the radio host in g a coo king show. Ms . Calkins mentioned Eng lewood Pub lic Lib rary as a good place to check out coo kb ook s . Mr . Long reminded the Board tha t the Libra ry would be celebrating Martin Luther King Day for the fir st tim e - 2 - • • • • this year . The Library and City offices will be closed on Monday, January 21 in honor of Dr . King . There being no further bus iness the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m . -3 -