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LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES t
October 18, 2011
MEMBERS PRESENT:
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Andy Austin
Julie Carter
Jennifer Andrews
Carrie Ann Taylor
Arthur Bea Williams
Amy Bobrowitz
Jean Hall
Peggy Browning
Donna Jane McGough
EX- OFFICIO MEMBERS PRESENT:
Annetta Pope, Council Liaison
Jack Murphy, Director of Parks &Recreation / OFFICE
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Alan Martin, President Friends of the Wichita Falls Public Library D
Lesley Daly, Library Administrator
A quorum was present and the meeting was called to order at 4:15 pm.
Librarian's report:
Ms. Daly introduced Alan Martin, the new president of the Friends of the Wichita Falls Public Library.
Ms. Daly gave an overview of the part Wichita Falls is playing in the Overdrive consortium which currently comprises 21 North
Texas libraries. The consortium is expecting to expand by the end of the calendar year and has shifted its focus over the past three
years from purchasing primarily electronic audiobooks to an almost equal acquisition of electronic audio and text books due to the
recent boom in the popularity of e- readers. (Statistics presented are attached).
Looking at the library's current physical audiobook inventory, there is a ratio of approximately 4:1 with regard to cd:cassette format.
There are just over 1,000 cassettes still in the adult, young adult and juvenile collections, over 900 of which were on the shelf as of
October 17, 2011. The library will be looking closely at recent circulation activity, but will most likely be weeding the cassettes
(particularly those in young adult and youth) within the next quarter. Cassettes have not been purchased for approximately two years.
Ms. Daly noted that there have been recent rumors regarding the TexShare card program and its imminent demise, but reassured the
board that there is no plan to discontinue this program. TexShare is a reciprocal borrowing agreement between participating Texas
libraries that allow patrons to gain direct access to materials not owned by their home library or while traveling across the state. Rules
for issuing TexShare cards vary from institution to institution, but the program itself is stable.
The library will be holding another `Food for Fines' canned food drive this year from November 5 -19, coinciding with the annual
`Hope for the Holidays' sponsored by the Homeless Coalition on November 17 in Room 205.
Friends Report: Alan Martin announced that the newly - elected Friends' board will be undertaking a review of current by -laws,
looking to add long -term savings as a standard policy and procedure for the organization. He is in the process of updating
membership and volunteer rosters and schedules, and hopes that the Friends can increase marketing this coming year to attract more
customers and raise community awareness.
Old Business: New operating hours came into effect October 1 with both staff and patrons (gradually) adapting accordingly. The
State Library is aware of the adjustment and is happy that the library is again in compliance with minimum standards, but WFPL will
remain on probationary status until the next annual report submission. Probationary status does not negatively impact the library with
regard to applying for and receiving grants, nor to inclusion in State Library events, elections etc.
New Business: North Texas Library Partners (North Texas Regional Library System) has announced a new director: Adam Wright
recently resigned his position to take a post at Fort Worth Public Library, and Carolyn Davidson Brewer is returning to NTLP having
had 9 years experience with the organization from 2002 -2011.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:08 pm.
Next meeting: November 15, 2011, 4:15 pm
Jonna Jane McGough, Chair
Digital Library Statistics
Purchased Titles in Collection: 4,358
Audiobook: 2,898
eBook: 1,460
Purchased Copies in Collection (counting each copy of each format of a title): 5,167
Audiobook: 3,214
eBook: 1,953
Checkouts: 88,762 (Current: 2,606)
Audiobook: 64,989 (Current: 1,244)
eBook: 23,773 (Current: 1,362)
Holds: 46,295 (Current: 3,092)
Audiobook: 26,146 (Current: 882)
eBook: 20,149 (Current: 2,210)
Unique Library Patrons Checking Out Titles: 7,615 (Current: 1,293)
Current Waiting List as of 10/17/20111:11 PM ET
Branches: All
Total patrons on waiting list: 3,097
Population
Average wait period: 14.33 days
Checkouts from
05/01/2008
through
10/17/2011
Patrons on waiting list by format:
Wichita Falls Public Library
Kindle:
929
EPUB:
1,251
OEPUB:
3
PDF:
31
OMA:
351
OAB:
532
text - indisputable ereader leader - 59% estimated market share
text - designed specifically for ebooks
text - open epub files not protected by digital rights management (DRM)
text - grandfather of formats - available royalty free
audio - titles using MP3 - pretty much universal use
audio - titles using WMA (microsoft product) Overdrive magic!
Branch
Population
Number of
patrons
Checkouts from
05/01/2008
through
10/17/2011
Average
checkouts
per patron
Wichita Falls Public Library
101,202
982
15694
16 **
The Colony Public Library
49,429
692
10527
15
Bedford Public Library
49,155
810
10444
13
Keller Public Library
38,951
860
9907
12
Grapevine Public Library
50,471
603
7316
12
Burleson Public Library
34,908
561
7256
13
Benbrook Public Library
22,957
436
5551
13
John Ed Keeter Public Library
20,295
394
5107
13
Flower Mound Public Library
69,307
579
3609
6
North Richland Hills Public Library
65,078
377
2215
6
Azle Memorial Library
14,619
178
1920
11
Weatherford Public Library
67,638
189
1761
9
Library of Graham
8,479
165
1701
10
Crowley Public Library
12,368
184
1690
9
Hurst Public Library
38,550
215
1374
6
Decatur Public Library
20,077
119
1184
10
Cleburne Public Library
29,889
115
649
6
Haltom City Public Library
40,181
73
410
6
Aubrey Area Library
6,119
45
228
5
Lake Worth Public Library
4,810
36
203
6
White Settlement Public Library
16,301
2
2
1
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* *WFPL has 35 patrons who have checked out over 100 titles, of those 11 have checked out over
200 titles and 3 have checked out over 300 titles.
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Checkouts
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ALL from
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May 2008
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Sep 2011
Sep -11
898
7138
Aug -11
767
6735
Jul -11
860
6294
Jun -11
679
5528
May -11
738
4643
Apr -11
604
4033
Mar -11
731
4077
Feb -11
565
3293
Jan -11
665
3509
Dec -10
608
2836
Nov -10
541
2409
Oct -10
560
2296
Sep -10
464
2160
Aug -10
541
2282
Jul -10
518
2322
Jun -10
486
2075
May -10
517
2130
Apr -10
396
1755
Mar -10
374
1637
Feb -10
338
1537
Jan -10
340
1621
Dec -09
282
1373
Nov -09
243
1300
Oct -09
322
1356
Sep -09
306
1363
Aug -09
251
1319
Jul -09
243
1247
Jun -09
210
968
May -09
189
821
Apr -09
162
736
Mar -09
129
744
Feb -09
107
597
Jan -09
91
527
Dec -08
78
372
Nov -08
80
325
Oct -08
68
313
Sep -08
59
261
Aug -08
61
239
Jul -08
57
245
Jun -08
60
223
May -08
30
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