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OCTOBER 4, 1994
‘I LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE
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resent D. Carter, R. Christenson, N Berken, R. Jankowski, J. Roberson and H. Sanhuber.
Meeting was called to order at 6:58 P.M. by Chairman D Carter.
Budget request of $65,000 passed unanimously at the Capitol Budget Committee
Discussed the building program statement and architect selection Talked about a
building committee and citizen involvrrent in the committee.
MUSKEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
Present: D. Carter, C Stewart, R. Christensen, R. Jankowski, J. Roberson, R. Leichtfuss
Excused: P. Patterson
R. Rammer, N. Berken and H. Sanhuber
Meeting was called to order at 1:45 P.M. by president Christensen Agenda was approved
on motion R. Jankowski second J Roberson Minutes of September 6, 1994 were approved on
motion R. Jankowski, second N Berken Next meeting scheduled November 1, 1994
Treasurers Report: Motion N. Berken, zecond J. Roberson to approve September expenditures
of $21,425.32. Motion carried. Motion N. Berken, second J. Roberson to approve
September Federated System expenditures of $7,452 44. Motion carried,
Communications Trustee breakfast will be held 10/15 in Brookfield. Donations
@ received from Parklanc. Mall Association and Little Caesars The
Library Associatlon Cmvention will be held 10/25 thru 10/28 in
Oshkosh Received patron letter requestlng book renewal.
impaired equipment noir in the library.
Guest Comments: Penny gave a c.emonstration on the hearing and vlsually
Old Business
FOL: Discussed the organizational meeting that was held on September 20.
Trust Fund: Mid September balance of $32,211.40.
Librarians Report: Read and placed on file. Distributed WAUXIE-TALKIE
Interlibrary Cooperation: No progress on crossover borrowing. Looking for
a new van delivery service Online Computer Library Center had a video
conference at UWM library.
first. Barcoding will go on in the background.
the vldeo program.
Automation: Chlldrens audio i: complete. The card catalog will go online
Long-range Planning’ Recap of Long Range Planning Meeting plus update on
New Business:
Resolve pending fine disputes None
Borrowing privileges policy: Motion to approve second reading J. Roberson, second
Annual fee review Motion to approve first reading N Berken, second D. Carter
Report on budget meetings: Distributed revised budget pages.
R. Jankowski. Motion carried,
Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 8:58 P.M. on motion R. Leichtfuss second C Stewart
RUSS Jankowski
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
September, 1994
You know it's Septembex when the entire school district is
studying EVERYTHING simultaneously and when teachers send
students in to look up "famous" quotes which don't appear in
Bartlett's - or any other standard work. Ah, well ...
Several excellent workshops have been held this month,
including one on telephone skills, and another on intellectual
Charlene went to a library buildings workshop. Linda attended
freedom. Penny attended a seminar on multiculturalism, and
the annual AARCS users' group (library software) meeting in North
Carolina.
Storyhours have begun, and so have the junior and senior
reading groups. We are piloting a three-year-old storyhour
(parent/child) this fall.
available through a system grant. This machine allows print to
be shown on a monitor, and made larger, and will benefit
partially-sighted persons.
We are a site for one of the magnifying devices made
Muskego. Penny was asked to tell stories for the Parkland Mall
Association, and $25.00 was donated by them to the library. It
has been deposited to the WCFLS account, and earmarked for
children's materials.
The trust fund received over $200.00 from Little Caesars in
SOME COMPARATIVE STATISTICS:
JUNE 1993
Checkout 11,419
Shelving 13,117
Traffic* 4,706
per day average 188
Questions 3,237
1994
10,779
14,449
5,046
2 10
3,007
*24 days open