HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-12-13 Library MinutesCITY OF APACHE JUNCTION
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
1177 N. Idaho Road
Regular Meeting
December 13, 2001
A regular meeting of The Board of Trustees of Apache Junction Public Library was
held December 13, 2001 at 6:05 p.m. at the Apache Junction Library pursuant to notice as
prescribed by law.
Roll Call
Present
Barbara Gardner
Stephen Flynn
Virginia Foat
Beverly Kimball -Wright
Theresa Nesser
Staff: Pamela Loui, Library Director and
1.Acceptance of Agenda:
2.Acceptance of minutes for
September 13, 2001 regular Meeting:
Absent
Barbara Mueting
Spencer Paden, Library Manager
3.Call to the Public:
4.Correspondence and Communications:
5.Librarian's Report:
Motion was made by Barbara Gardner and
seconded by Beverly Kimball -Wright.
Motion passed by general consent.
The question of accepting the minutes for
the November 8, 2001 regular Meeting was
placed before the Board and was accepted
by general consent.
No response.
None.
Pam reported another busy month for the
Library.Increases continue with books,
audiotapes, and videocassettes.In-house
computer use has increased.New patrons
continue to register.There were some
withdrawals of materials.Children's
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programs continue this month with four
story times and four baby times.Well-
known author Conrad Storad visited with
22 in attendance.There was one "Teen"
book discussion group with five attendees
and one TAB meeting for the young adults.
Adult events included eight computer
classes with a total of 95 in attendance.
There were four sessions of the Writer's
Club.Four "Mystery" book discussions
and one "Potpourri" discussion group were
held.A post Civil War program entitled
"Lieutenant Flipper" included 19 attendees.
Two Islamic programs were held.A
"Dolly & Beads" program was held with 70
in attendance.This was a program where
beads were pulled and shaped over a hot
flame. Pam spoke at one session of the
Citizens Leadership Institute with 22 in
attendance.
6.Old Business:
a.Review, discussion and possible
vote on recommended changes
to Library policies.Revisions noted in the October 11, 2001
meeting were incorporated into a current
version of the policy, and included
modifications made by City Attorney, Joel
Stern.Motion was made by Barbara
Gardner to accept the corrected version of
the policy and present it to the City Council
for final approval.Motion passed
unanimously.
b. Board Vacancy Update Pam stated that a candidate is scheduled to
be interviewed December 17th, 2001. Once
Council has decided upon a candidate, an
appointment will be made at the second
Council meeting in January.If the person
does not appear on December 17`h, it will be
time to look for more candidates.
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c.Parental responsibility
disclaimer.
7.New Business:
a.Discussion of the AZLA/MPLA
Conference.
This disclaimer has been modified basedon changes made in the November 8th
meeting.The current date listed in the
disclaimer will be changed to say
"Effective immediately."Motion was
made by Barbara Gardner to accept the
disclaimer with the modification and
post in the Library (on fluorescent paper)
as soon as the City Council approves the
policy changes.Beverly Kimball-
Wright seconded the motion. A roll call
vote showed all members present were
in favor.
Pam and Spencer attended the session,
"Designing Libraries."Included in the
session was information on planning to
construct and methods on identifying space
needs.The session also discussed how to
plan for the future growth of a community.
Pam and Spencer came back with some
great formulas that will provide them with
substantiated figures to take to the city when
it is time to consider a building project.
Fundraising was another session that Pam
attended. This focused on "in -kind"
fundraising, where people give gifts to the
library.Pam also attended a program called
"Libraries Build Sustainable Communities."
The idea is for libraries to serve as a way to
bring a sense of community through
environmental, economic or equity issues.
An exercise was presented where pictures
were put on a wall. It was called "postcards
from home."Attendees were asked to look
at each picture and go to the picture that
they were most drawn to.Almost every
person in the room was drawn to a particular
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b.Invitation to the volunteer
recognition event.
picture. Following, there would be a 3 or 4
question discussion that dealt with the
picture and what drew the person to it.Pam
said she would like to share this with the
adult services person in charge of
programming. This could be a good outlet to
get the community talking.It would be a
fun project to help people think about the
library.
Barbara Gardner attended the session,
"Designing a Teen Space; Hot Topics for
Young Adults."Barbara shared information
on graphic novels.A graphic novel is an
illustrated novel with drawings and bubbles
that tell a story. Graphic novels have a
higher reading level and contain a storyline,
plot, and characters similar to that of comic
books.
This event will take place on Friday, January
18 th, 2002.If you would like to attend
please let us know.The event will be held
in the Chamber of Commerce Conference
room.
8.Requests for future agenda items Old Business.
Board vacancy update.
New Business.
Discussion on Library Legislative Day,
January 31, 2002.
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9. Adjournment:_Meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
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