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Carnegie -Stout Public Library
Library Board of Trustees Update
From the Meeting June 24, 2021
Present: Christy Monk, President; Pam Mullin, Vice -President; Rosemary Kramer,
Secretary, and Trustees, Robert Armstrong, Greg Gorton, Victor Lieberman, and Patty
Poggemiller.
• The Board approved library expenditures.
• May marked 92% of the fiscal year lapsing. Expenditures were at 76% and
revenue was at 126% of projections.
• May saw an increase in visits and circulation. Curbside visits were down to 86
total.
• During May, the Overdrive digital reading app `Libby' was marketed to patrons.
We saw an 8% bump in eBook circulation over April.
• Partnership with the Dubuque Museum of Art regarding programming reflecting a
fall exhibit for Vietnam: The Real War is beginning to take shape. Several copies
of The Things They Carried will be ordered and plans for a movie screening of
The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien with a visit from the filmmaker Aaron
Mathews are being discussed.
• The library board voted to permit in -person programming, effective immediately,
at staff discretion. Scheduled virtual or outdoor programs will not be affected, but
as staff begin to plan programming for the fall, the options are more open.
• A vacant full-time Library Aide position in Youth Services, with a specific focus
on outreach, will be filled beginning July 6. Interviews are underway for a full-
time Teen Services Library Aide as well as several library clerks.
• Premier Bank Grant awarded Carnegie -Stout $1500 to support Art @ Your
Library. Several other grants were applied for more updates as we discover
outcomes. Awaiting the status of several other grant applications.
• To meet State Library of Iowa accreditation standards, Board Training initiatives
began in the form of reviewing Trustee by-laws and the Trustee policy.
Library Board of Trustees
Christy Monk, Board President
Pam Mullin, Vice -President
Rosemary Kramer, Board Secretary
Robert Armstrong
Greg Gorton
Victor Lieberman
Patty Poggemiller
Nick Rossman, Library Director