lbm19940802AUGUST 2, 1994 Ii LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE
. MUSKEGO CITY HALL
Carter, R. Christenson, R. Jankowski and H. Sanhuber.
Excused: N. Berken
Meeting was called to order at 7:02 P.M. by Chairman D Carter.
Don reported that there was no informition on the video. He will request a place on the
agenda for the next cable club meetinq A volunteer is compiling a history of the
library via news articles There was :some discussion on interviewing past library board
presidents. Haass library building fees were discussed in detail.
MUSKEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
Present: D Carter, C. Stewart, R. Christensen, R. Jankowski, P Patterson, J. Roberson,
R. Leichtfuss and H. Sanhuber
I Excused: R. Rammer and N. Berken
Meeting was called to order at 8:OO P.M. by president Christensen. Agenda was approved
motion J. Roberson, second R. Jankowski Next meeting scheduled September 6, 1994.
on motion J. Roberson, second R, Jankowski. Minutes of July 5, 1994 were approved on
Treasurers Report: Motion R. Christensen, second J. Roberson to approve July
expenditures of $22,438.60. Motion carried. Motion R. Christensen, second J.
Roberson to approve July Federated System expenditures of $1,883.38. Motion
carried.
emmunications: None
Guest Comments: None
Old Business:
FOL: Planning on a fall evening meeting.
Trust Fund: Mid July balance of $32,046.89.
Librarians Report: Read and placed on file Distributed WAUKIE TALKIE.
Interlibrary Cooperation: Rev?.ewed WCFLS program highlights. Included were using
automatic transmission of interlibrary loan information and computer
new technologies to improve services, using FAX to link member libraries,
training for staff Distributed Legislative Network Information and
WCFLS Legislative Network Form.
Automation: None.
Long-range Planning: None.
New Business:
Resolve pending fine disputes: None
Library programming policy: Motion to approve second reading J. Roberson, second
Budget discussion: Requested Holly to increase estimates for overtime and
R. Jankowski. Motion c:arried.
Audio-Visual.
Meeting adjourned at 9:08 P.M. on moti.on D. Carter, second J. Roberson.
RUSS Jankowski
Secretary
LIBRARIAN’S REPORT
,July, 1994
I Vacations are still playing havoc with the work flow, and our customers are taking no vacation, so that slows work on on-going
projects .
Attendance at summer programs has been excellent. Over two
hundred saw magician “Scott the Great,” and we are expecting a
visit from Ms. Frizzle and t.he Magic Schoolbus Thursday to round
out the program. The “Wild Ones“ reading group has requested
once-a-month meetings durinq the school year, and Penny is
currently working out the logistics.
The Interlibrary Loan committee met this month and discussed
strong and weak points of the service, and did some long-range
planning. We are awaiting the installation of new ILL equipment,
a gift of WCFLS, and then Linda and Joe are going to do an
the old machinery.
equipment re-shuffle to take advantage of the wear remaining in
APL met at Delaf ield.
Automation: Linda is in the 920s in adult non-fiction. Half the
juvenile videos are entered. Holly is preparing specifications
for volunteers to help with barcoding.
SOME COMPARATIVE STATISTICS:
JUNE 1993
Checkout 12,924
Shelving 15,787
Traffic* .4,071
per day average 162
Questions 3,062
1994
11,761
14,237
4,432
185
2,642
+24 days open