HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998 10.06 Library MinutesCITY OF APACHE JUNCTION
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
1177 N. Idaho Road
Regular Meeting
October 6, 1998
A regular meeting of The Board of Trustees of Apache Junction Public Library was
held October 6, 1998 at 6:04 p.m. at the Apache Junction Library pursuant to notice as
prescribed by law.
Roll Call
Present
Gardner, Barbara L.
Nesser, Theresa
Nolan, Peter
Rineholt, Pamela J.
Schoeph, John
Staff. Pamela Loui, Library Director
1. Acceptance of Agenda:
2. Acceptance of minutes for September
1, 1998 Regular Meeting:
Absent
Little, Millie
Poteet, Joyce
The question of accepting the agenda
was placed before the Board and was
accepted by general consent.
The question of accepting the minutes
for the September 1, 1998 Regular
Meeting was placed before the Board
and was accepted by general consent.
3. Correspondence and Communications:Peter Nolan welcomed Theresa Nesser
as a new Board Member.
Peter Nolan received three (3) notices
from AARP in response to the Legacy
Award nomination letters sent to them.
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Library Board of Trustees
Regular Meeting
October 6, 1998
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4. Librarian's Report:
5. Old Business:
a.Update on the Friends of the Library
Endowment Fund:
Circulation of books is down and Pam
Loui stated that it could be a trend to
check out audio and video in place of
books.
Patron visits for September are higher
than last year.The library report showed
3 school visits for 136 students and a
group of 24 that toured the premises.
Adult events included 2 parenting
classes and 8 computer classes.The
children's events included a Teen Read
Week Bookmark Contest in which 40
participated.Literacy Student hours
were at 252.5.
The library is continuing to add books,
audio cassettes, AV kits, video cassettes
and government documents to its
collection.They are also continuing the
heavy weeding process which removes
items that are ten (10) years old or older
and continuing to collect fines and copy
monies.They also received $17.00 in
donations.The library is a net lender,
loaning more items than they borrow,
and fifty two (52) inter -library loans
were processed.
The computer classes are full through
December and the library has had
positive comments from US West
Foundation.
John Schoeph reported receiving $500
from the Foundation House.On behalf
of the FOL, he has made 82 contacts.
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Library Board of Trustees
Regular Meeting
October 6, 1998
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b.Continuing discussion on the
Computer Use Policy:
There are now 15 donors with an
average of $200 each.John stated that
this is about a 15% return.
Letters of acknowledgement have been
sent to each donor that they can use for
tax purposes.To date the Friends of The
Library have collected $3,200 or 64% of
the $5,000 goal.
The target now is to contact 17 of the
larger RV parks and four service clubs.
An ad is running in the paper today and
would like to have it in the Letter to the
Editor next.The One Foundation has
been contacted and the Friends are
waiting to hear back from them.
John stated that he hopes this last push
puts them over their goal and he can
report that they reached their goal at the
November meeting.
Pam Loui reported that everything that
the Board had finalized at the last
meeting was sent to the City Attorney.
As of this morning Pam had received a
memo from the City Attorney stating
that we could proceed to the Council as
written.The next step is to get it to the
City Council and Pam is trying for
November lst.
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Library Board of Trustees
Regular Meeting
October 6, 1998
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6. New Business:
a.Report on October's Joint Meeting of
Pinal County Library Boards and
Friends of the Library meeting:Pam Loui stated that there were 20
attendees from Casa Grande, Florence,
Oracle, Kearny, Eloy and Apache
Junction.
Peter Nolan reported on the ACTivate
conference and the State Library's Web
based catalog, which will, hopefully, be
available in January.
Another joint meeting is planned for
February 6, 1999 and to be held in Casa
Grande.
7. Call to the public:None present.
8. Requests for future agenda items:Old Business:
Friends of the Library Endowment Fund
Computer Use Policy
Community Relations Committee Report
New Business:
Teen Advisory Board Report
9. Adjournment:Meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
President
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Secretary