HomeMy WebLinkAboutLBMinutes_2013_10_15BROOKINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
October 15, 2013
MINUTES
The Board of Trustees of the Brookings Public Library met Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. in the
Historical Room of the Brookings Public Library
MEMBERS PRESENT: Bill Gengler, Mac Harris, Janell Hoffelt, Larry Rogers and Gloria Thvedt
OTHERS PRESENT: Elvita Landau, Alice Hayes and Cathy Enlow
President Mac Harris called for approval of the meeting agenda. Bill Gengler moved to approve the
agenda. Gloria Thvedt seconded. Motion carried.
Mac Harris called for approval of the minutes from the September 10, 2013 meeting. Bill Gengler moved
to approve the minutes. Larry Rogers seconded. Motion carried.
Bills and Salaries:
Larry Rogers moved to approve the list of bills. Janell Hoffelt seconded. Motion carried.
Financial Report:
Elvita Landau noted that the Library received $1,000.00 for the Civil War display coming to the Library in
February 2014. Science @ the Pub also donated $1,200.00 for children’s science programming. Both
donations were deposited in the Gifts Account.
Librarian’s Report:
Circulation is up slightly. Computer use is down. The Library’s book clubs are in full swing. We have
received 157 entries for the Scary Story Contest. The Scary Story Event is scheduled for Friday, October
25.
Nita Gill has been asked to present a class on ebooks at the Deubrook Library.
On October 25, public library directors will be meeting in Mitchell to discuss public library’s participation
in SDLN. There are concerns about the Board of Regents assuming responsibility for SDLN. There may be
a possible option to run both academic and public library software. Members of the Library Board are
invited to attend the meeting on the 25th.
Library Statistics: Starting this month, we have separated the physical and electronic materials statistics.
There has been a lot of weeding of the collection, along with the addition of many paperback donations.
Survey Results: Elvita presented information on the hours of operation of other South Dakota libraries.
The Board can bring this up in the future if they want to make changes, perhaps as a budgetary
consideration.
Changes have been made to the Library’s website. Now you can log on to your account from the first
page.
Strategic Planning:
The Strategic Planning Committee worked its way through visioning, with 18 roles the Library could play
in the community. The Committee narrowed the list down to 8 roles they felt were the most important.
The Library staff completed a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) on the top 8
roles during the past week. After its November 5 meeting, the Strategic Planning Committee will
present three or four final recommendations to the Library Board.
Elvita walked the Board through the staff’s SWOT results for the following potential roles:
1. Connect to the Online World, Public Internet Access
2. Create Young Readers – Early Literacy (birth to 5 years)
3. Know Your Community Resources and Services
4. Learn to Read and Write, Adult, Teen, and Family Literacy
5. Satisfy Curiosity – Lifelong Learning
6. Stimulate Imagination – Reading, Viewing, and Listening for Pleasure
7. Understand How to Find, Evaluate, and Use Information; Information Fluency
8. Visit a Comfortable Place – Physical and Virtual Spaces
The Board briefly discussed the concepts of reading for pleasure and reading for information. Providing
community information recedes as a possibility since it is very hard to keep up to date. Perhaps the
Library can link to other sites so our patrons have access to the information without the Library having
to pull together all of the details.
The next Library Board meeting will be on Tuesday, November 12, at 5:30 p.m.
Gloria Thvedt moved to adjourn the meeting. Bill Gengler seconded. Motion carried. The meeting
adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Elvita Landau, Library Director