Minutes Library 10 26 06
Carnegie-Stout Public Library
Librmy Board of Trustees Update
From the Meeting of'
October 26, 2006
o Budget expenditures are at 27 percent with 25 percent of the fiscal year lapsed.
Revenues are at about 19 percent and are expected to be low until funding from
the State is received.
o Circulation for library materials is up 3 percent over last year at this time. The
total for September (as well as the first quarter) is higher than at any other point in
13 years. Following a trend which appeared last year, Dubuque residents' use of
the Library has increased, 6 percent over the same time last year, while
circulations to other populations has decreased by 7percent. Highest growth in
circulations is in the DVD collection.
o Visits to the library are up 8 percent over this time last year.
o Growth of online databases and electronic resources continues. Computer classes
offered to the public which feature a particular database have experienced the
greatest growth such as Heritage Quest (up nearly 100 percent) and Newsbank (up
66 percent.
o The Library van has arrived and a reserved parking place has been arranged in the
public lot on Bluff Street. Material return boxes have been released for shipment
and will be installed at Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School. [update: pick up will
begin on Monday, November 13,2006.]
o The Art@yourlibrary(R) reception was considered successful by the 200+ who
attended.
o The City of Dubuque has been named a finalist as an Iowa Great Place. Judges
visited the City and ended at the Library where a presentation was provided by
several ofthe entrants. A decision will be made by October 27.
o The Board reviewed the next step in the fundraising campaign with Kurt Saterbak
of Saterbak and Associates. The Board contracted with Saterbak for Phase II of
the capital campaign.
o Bruce Hamous of OPN Architects gave a presentation on Green Design and
options available for achieving LEED certification with the renovation. Cost is
expected to be around $150,000 extra.
o Hamous also provided an estimate of a roof garden for the Library at about $25
per square foot (approximately $150,000 extra.) That cost is variable depending
upon the type of plants selected. Low-maintenance plants are higher in cost;
high-maintenance plants lower in cost.
o The Library received a grant from the Library Foundation to advertise databases
and the Adopt-an-Author program in the Telegraph Herald over the next year.
Databases and participants in the Adopt-an-Author program are easily measurable
to determine the effectiveness ofthe advertising. The goal is to raise awareness
of Library services and have the community begin to use the electronic library
resources.
Librarv Board oj'1i'uslees
Alan Avery, Board President
Susan Henricks, Director
Sue Lindsay, Vice President
Kristen Smith, Board Secretary
Diann Guns
Becky Hauder
Beverly Kolz
Michael Shubatt