Library Advisory Board Minutes - 03/15/2016LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES
March 15, 2016
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Carolyn Watt
Kimberley Latham
Amy Bobrowitz
Arthur Bea Williams
Donna Jane McGough
Roylene Quintero
Ex- Officio Members Present:
Lesley Daly, Library Administrator
Librarian's report:
MEMBERS ABSENT:
James Ball
Kay Story
Staff Update:
Susan Cooper and Celena Bradley are on board as the Youth Services Manager and the Youth Services Librarian
respectively and have made an impressive start.
February wrap -up
An internal staff goal was to reach a total of 500 donated items: happily we far exceeded our own expectations! We
received 836 items and waived $437.95 in fines, which shines a light on the real generosity of our community.
Inventory was finalized in late February, with just under 0.4% of our total collection unaccounted for. There are some
known causes that the percentage is even that high: for example, some reference materials targeted for weeding
remained on the shelf and in the system, but never got tagged. Also, during a recent weeding project, we now know
that at least one cart of books escaped the scanning process. All in all, this was an educational insight into our
collection.
The adult bookmark coloring contest did not draw as many entries as we had hoped. However, our first winner who
came in to collect her prize was absolutely thrilled to receive coloring supplies because, as she relayed to staff, she really
enjoys coloring in general but has never felt that she could afford to buy her own materials.
March
Our first (hopefully annual) seed swap is planned for March 22 and 23. We now have a small seed library located in the
copier room that we hope to expand in the coming months as a beneficial aid to the community garden project as well
as to the many individual gardeners around town. We are also hoping to host future programs related to gardening for
the community at large.
March is also Craft Month: with the success of our communal jigsaw puzzle that has attracted a strong following, we
have now added a community scarf project to our passive programming. Anyone can sit and knit a while should they so
desire — our goal is to fashion a scarf that Dr. Who would be proud of!
Upcoming events:
National Library Week runs April 10 -16 and there will be daily giveaways at the checkout stations to celebrate.
April 12 is also National Library Worker's Day — another excuse for us to provide cake!
On April 26, we will be hosting an Amo Leer event with Consuelo Samarripa, a bilingual storyteller and author from San
Antonio. Ms. Samarripa will actually give three presentations: during the day she will entertain school children bussed in
from various elementary campuses, and in the evening at 6:30pm she will perform for local families and the general
public.
Other business:
Jane McGough drew attention to the League of Women Voter's elearning project hosted at www.lwvedu.org that has
been approved by the Texas Education Agency for 4 Continuing Professional Education credits. The subject of the
current course is Human Trafficking.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:40 pm
Next meeting is April 19, 2016 at 5:00 pm
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Donna Jane McGough, Chair