Library Advisory Board Minutes - 01/22/2008LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES
January 22, 2008
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Alison Reynolds
Jim Semoe
Jeff Tillman
Dr. Richard Sutton
Teresa Wilcox
Joe Clement
EX- OFFICIO MEMBERS PRESENT:
Lesley Daly, Library Administrator
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Ellen Williams
Stephen Dodge
A quorum was present and the meeting was called to order at 4:15 pm.
Minutes from October 23, 2007 were approved.
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Librarian's report:
The library currently has two vacancies: the Youth Services Manager position is currently advertised on the city website
and on various list -servs within the library community, and Alicia Bevington, one of four part-time library pages, has
resigned.
The Winter Reading Program began January 2, 2008, and will run through March 1. Children are being asked to draw
their favorite book and their drawings are up on display in the Youth Department. For each picture turned in, the child
receives a small incentive (candy). Teens and adults are being asked to read 3 books, and on submission of brief
reviews, they receive either a soup -in -a -jar or a brownie -in -a -jar kit.
Ms. Daly also outlined the results of an emergency meeting of the Friends of the Wichita Falls Public Library held
January 15, 2008. A new slate of officers is now in place:
President Jim Kearby
Vice President Peggy Gordon
2 °d Vice President Mary Kearby
Secretary Melissa Edwards
Treasurer Jenny Bechtold
The Executive Board has since met and has made progress towards a revitalization of the Friends organization. A
newsletter will be distributed in the near future, and a program celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday is already being planned
by the group for Saturday, March 8.
Old Business :
Ms. Daly distributed preliminary results from the Community Survey that were also forwarded to Councilor Mike
Smith for discussion at the City Council Strategic Planning meeting to be held January 23. The results concerned just 3
out of 15 questions, and were the questions that alluded to branch services and security issues. (The full survey should
be available to the Advisory Board at next month's meeting.) As of January 16, 2008, when the results were first
captured, there were 225 responses. Ratio of those patrons responding online versus using forms in the library was
approximately 50:50.
After much discussion and debate as to what interpretations could be drawn from the preliminary findings, the Board
agreed to table any further action by the Safety & Security subcomnuttee.
Next meeting:
The date of the next Advisory Board meeting will be February 26, 2008 at 4:15 pm in the Library Conference Room.
There being no further items for discussion, the meeting adjourned at 5:00 pm.
Alison Reynolds, Chair