Report_Library Board of Trustees Update 7 26 12Carnegie -Stout Public Library
Library Board of Trustees Update
From the Meeting of
July 26, 2012
Present: Paula Connors, President; Mike Willis, Vice President; Frederick
Miller, Secretary; Trustees, John Anderson - Bricker, Diann Guns, and David
Hammer.
Excused: Jenny Weiss
The Board met Thursday, July 26th. Below is a summary of their meeting:
• Election of officers was held. Paula Connors will serve another term as
president and Mike Willis as vice president. Fred Miller remains as
secretary. Committee appointments are:
- Relations - Jenny Weiss and Fred Miller
- Operations -- Diann Guns and John Anderson - Bricker
- Planning -- Mike Willis and David Hammer
- 28E Agency rep - Paula Connors
- Art Sub - Committee - John Anderson - Bricker
- Library Foundation - Diann Guns
• June 30th closed the fiscal year. The library came in 1.7% under budget. We
ended with a strong increase in business, even though this leveled off and
decreased during the last 3 months of the fiscal year. We will most likely see
a stabilizing of the business and maintain with a + or - 1 % change.
• The growth area of check outs was realized in the adult collection, with an
overall increase of 7 %. This was not in print, which was actually down 5 %, but
in audio, music, DVDs, lap tops, and e- Books. Growth in downloadable
audio was 15 %, but growth in a -Books was 382 %. The Youth Services
department is stable and appears to have leveled off with an overall increase
of 1 % for FY 2012. Teen use of computers did increase 18 %.
• Over 3,900 cards were issued in FY 12, continuing with a trend over many
years of issuing about 12 cards per day.
• Work on the mezzanine is progressing smoothly and on schedule. It should
be concluded by September 15.
• Contact was made to the County Library to ask that a Library Board sub-
committee and the Director be added to their next agenda. This was
confirmed and is scheduled for August 21 at 6:00 p.m. at NICC - Peosta. We
will address the board to raise their awareness regarding the number of Open
Access transactions taking place to county residents. C -SPL has
been circulating 50% or more of the total county resident check -outs, which
this year is over 100,000 items -- more than we've ever circulated.
• The latest draft of the community survey was reviewed and approved. It will
be administered in August by mail. We will also have an online questionnaire
and have hard copies available in the library for those interested in
participating that do not receive a survey in the mail. The survey will provide
in -sight into users' satisfaction with the library as well as the issue of west
side service. This is addressed by a ranking of the importance of services to
the respondent with the intention that the demand for particular services will
drive the delivery of the service.
Library Board of Trustees
Paula Connors, Board President
Mike Willis, Vice President
Frederick Miller, Board Secretary
John Anderson - Bricker
Diann Guns
David Hammer
Jenny Weiss
Susan Henricks, Director