LIBRARY BOARD Packet 12202022CITY OF MUSKEGO
LIBRARY BOARD AGENDA , l
12/20/2022
i PM Lbr
Library Conference Room, S73 W16663 Janesville MUSKEGO
Road PUBLIC LIBRARY
IDEAS. INFORMATION. COMMUNITY.
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CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT AGENDA
Approval of Minutes - November 15, 2022
November 15, 2022 Library Board Minutes
November 2022 Financials
November 2022 Financials
PRESIDENTS REPORT
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
December 2022 Director's Report
December 2022 Director's Report
UNFINISHED BUSINESS Discussion update and possible action may be taken on any or all of the
following:
NEW BUSINESS Discussion update and possible action may be taken on any or all of the following:
Discussion: Collection Development Policy Updates (1st read)
Collection Development Policy Updates (1st read)
COMMUNICATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW
ADJOURNMENT
NOTICE
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MEMBERS OF AND POSSIBLY A QUORUM OF MEMBERS OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODIES OF THE
MUNICIPALITY MAY BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE ABOVE -STATED MEETING TO GATHER INFORMATION; NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN
BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL BODY AT THE ABOVE -STATED MEETING OTHER THAN THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SPECIFICALLY
REFERRED TO ABOVE IN THIS NOTICE.
ALSO, UPON REASONABLE NOTICE, EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED INDIVIDUALS
THROUGH APPROPRIATE AIDS AND SERVICES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO REQUEST THIS SERVICE, CONTACT
MUSKEGO CITY HALL, (262) 679-4100.
CITY OF MUSKEGO
LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES
11 /15/2022
5:00 PM
Library Conference Room, S73 W16663
Janesville Road
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CALL TO ORDER
President Konkel called the meeting to order at 5:06PM.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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MUSKEGO
PUBLIC LIBRARY
IDEAS. INFORVATION. C:OMVTTNMY.
ROLL CALL
Present were President Konkel, Trustee Blair, Trustee Foundos, Trustee Heinowski, Trustee Kangas,
Trustee Woodward, Trustee Schroeder and Director Larson. Trustee Humphreys arrived at 5:09PM.
Alderperson Schroeder was excused.
STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT AGENDA
Trustee Kangas made a motion to approve the CONSENT AGENDA, Trustee Blair
seconded. Motion Passed 7 in favor.
Approval of Minutes - October 18, 2022
October 2022 Financials
PRESIDENTS REPORT
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
November 2022 Director's Report
UNFINISHED BUSINESS Discussion update and possible action maybe taken on any or all of the
following:
NEW BUSINESS Discussion update and possible action maybe taken on any or all of the following:
Discussion/Action: 2023 Annual Addendum to the Bridges Library System Member Library &
Cafe Agreements
Trustee Blair made a motion to approve the 2023 Annual Addendum, Trustee Schroeder
seconded. Motion Passed 7 in favor.
Discussion/Action: 2023 Action Plan
Trustee Humphreys made a motion to approve the 2023 Action Plan, Trustee Kangas
seconded. Motion Passed 7 in favor.
NOTICE OF CLOSED SESSION
Trustee Schroeder made a motion to enter closed session, Trustee Blair seconded.
Motion Passed 7 in favor.
Entered closed session at 5:54 PM.
The Library Board of the City of Muskego will meet at approximately 5:OOPM, or as soon thereafter as
time permits on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 in the Library Conference Room, Muskego Public
Library, S73 W16663 Janesville Road, Muskego, Wisconsin, following conclusion of consideration of
the above portion of its regularly scheduled agenda, to vote on a motion to convene in closed session
at said time and place for discussion/action relative to:
Discussion/Action relative to Feedback to Personnel Committee on 2022 Library Director Performance
Evaluation. The Library Board will hold the closed session in the Library Conference Room.
A closed session for the above purpose is authorized pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stats. Section
§19.85(1)(c) , which authorizes a governmental body, upon motion duly made and carried, to meet in
closed session to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of
any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility.
Upon conclusion of the closed session, the Library Board will convene in open session to consider its
public agenda, including motions to recommend approval or rejection of the above -listed deliberations
or any of the public agenda items that have not been acted upon.
Trustee Kangas made a motion to enter open session, Trustee Schroeder seconded.
Motion Passed.
Entered open session at 7:03PM.
COMMUNICATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW
ADJOURNMENT
Trustee Woodward made a motion to adjourn, Trustee Foundos seconded. Motion Passed
7 in favor.
Meeting adjourned at 7:03 PM.
NOTICE
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MEMBERS OF AND POSSIBLY A QUORUM OF MEMBERS OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODIES OF THE
MUNICIPALITY MAY BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE ABOVE -STATED MEETING TO GATHER INFORMATION; NO ACTION WILL BE
TAKEN BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL BODY AT THE ABOVE -STATED MEETING OTHER THAN THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY
SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO ABOVE IN THIS NOTICE.
ALSO, UPON REASONABLE NOTICE, EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED
INDIVIDUALS THROUGH APPROPRIATE AIDS AND SERVICES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO REQUEST THIS
SERVICE, CONTACT MUSKEGO CITY HALL, (262) 679-4100.
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CITY OF MUSKEGO Payment Approval Report -Library Board Report Alpha Page: 1
Report dates: 11 /1 /2022-11/30/2022 Dec 08, 2022 01:54PM
Report Criteria:
Detail report.
Invoices with totals above $0 included.
Paid and unpaid invoices included.
[Report]. Description = {<>] " 1099 adjustment"
Invoice Detail.Type = {>] "adjustments"
Invoice Detail.GL account =
"1000571000000'-"1000571999999","5020000000000'-"5029999999999","5030000000000'-"5039999999999","4100890716500'-"4100890716599"
Invoice Number
SegNo
Type
Description
Invoice Date
Payment Due Date
Total Cost
GL Period
GL Account Number
AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES
113Q-6X69-G4
1
Invoice
FOL - BOARD PROGRAM
11/16/2022
12/16/2022
81.09
1222
100.05.71.00.5752
11TH-LGRK-67
1
Invoice
PRINT
11/15/2022
12/15/2022
71.34
1222
100.05.71.01.5711
163H-7QJP-Q
1
Invoice
SWITCH GAME
10/29/2022
11/28/2022
49.99
1122
100.05.71.03.5711
167T-WRHY-1
1
Invoice
PRINT
10/26/2022
11/25/2022
82.98
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
1LDH-RM41-L
1
Invoice
PRINT
11/19/2022
12/19/2022
18.20
1222
100.05.71.01.5711
1RHG-VKK3-3
1
Invoice
XBOX/PLAYSTATIONGAMES
11/04/2022
12/04/2022
159.93
1122
100.05.71.03.5711
1W4K-CCLN-9
1
Invoice
AV
11/13/2022
12/13/2022
69.91
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
Total AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES: 533.44
BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY
0003272484
1 Invoice
SUSTAINABLE SHELVES -CREDIT J
10/27/2022
11/15/2022
58.81-
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
2037085770
1 Invoice
PRINT
10/18/2022
11/18/2022
234.45
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
2037089027
1 Invoice
PRINT
10/17/2022
11/17/2022
85.14
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
2037094714
1 Invoice
PRINT
10/19/2022
11/19/2022
356.76
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
2037096610
1 Invoice
PRINT
10/20/2022
11/20/2022
138.65
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
2037096610
2 Invoice
DONATION - MURRAY
10/20/2022
11/20/2022
16.81
1122
503.05.00.00.6007
2037106848
2 Invoice
PRINT
10/25/2022
11/25/2022
559.92
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
2037106848
1 Invoice
PRINT DONATION - MURRAY
10/25/2022
11/25/2022
18.56
1122
503.05.00.00.6007
2037123959
1 Invoice
PRINT
10/31/2022
11/30/2022
137.75
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
2037124896
1 Invoice
PRINT
11/01/2022
11/30/2022
597.69
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
2037125312
1 Invoice
PRINT
11/01/2022
12/01/2022
1,405.75
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
2037132312
2 Invoice
PRINT DONATION - MURRAY
11/03/2022
12/03/2022
16.23
1122
503.05.00.00.6007
2037132312
1 Invoice
PRINT
11/03/2022
12/03/2022
318.24
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
2037132501
1 Invoice
PRINT
11/03/2022
12/03/2022
1,053.43
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
2037134934
1 Invoice
PRINT
11/04/2022
12/04/2022
1,194.44
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
2037140375
1 Invoice
PRINT
11/07/2022
12/07/2022
304.58
1222
100.05.71.01.5711
2037148048
1 Invoice
PRINT
11/10/2022
12/10/2022
311.62
1222
100.05.71.01.5711
Total BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY: 6,691.21
BAKER & TAYLOR ENTERTAINMENT
H62704520
1
Invoice
AV
10/18/2022
11/18/2022
10.18
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
H62704521
1
Invoice
AV
10/18/2022
11/18/2022
133.87
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
H62778920
1
Invoice
AV
10/20/2022
11/20/2022
190.65
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
H62779450
1
Invoice
AV
10/20/2022
11/20/2022
135.36
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
H62813760
1
Invoice
AV
10/24/2022
11/24/2022
34.79
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
H62816650
1
Invoice
AV
10/25/2022
11/25/2022
18.71
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
H62816651
1
Invoice
AV
10/25/2022
11/25/2022
10.79
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
H62816652
1
Invoice
AV
10/25/2022
11/25/2022
97.87
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
H62816653
1
Invoice
AV
10/24/2022
11/24/2022
28.79
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
H62836570
1
Invoice
AV
11/02/2022
12/02/2022
11.88
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
H62836571
1
Invoice
AV
11/02/2022
12/02/2022
11.88
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
H62946160
1
Invoice
AV
11/07/2022
12/07/2022
317.99
1222
100.05.71.02.5711
H62956130
1
Invoice
AV
11/08/2022
12/07/2022
97.16
1222
100.05.71.02.5711
H62990540
1
Invoice
AV
11/09/2022
12/09/2022
16.55
1222
100.05.71.02.5711
H63055640
1
Invoice
AV
11/11/2022
12/11/2022
58.29
1222
100.05.71.02.5711
CITY OF MUSKEGO Payment Approval Report -Library Board Report Alpha Page: 2
Report dates: 11 /1 /2022-11/30/2022 Dec 08, 2022 01:54PM
Invoice Number SegNo Type Description Invoice Date Payment Due Date Total Cost GL Period GL Account Number
Total BAKER & TAYLOR ENTERTAINMENT:
1,174.76
BOB HAGEN
121022 1 Invoice
SANTA 10AM-2PM 12.10.22
11/16/2022
12/10/2022
200.00
1122
100.05.71.00.6062
Total BOB HAGEN:
200.00
BUILDING SERVICE INC.
163044 1 Invoice
REMAINING 50%- 3 6FT TABLE & 1
11/14/2022
11/24/2022
3,248.09
1122
410.08.90.71.6511
Total BUILDING SERVICE INC.:
3,248.09
CARDMEMBER SERVICE
3469blaOct22 2 Invoice
9.29.22-10.28.22 BUSINESS INTER
10/27/2022
11/27/2022
109.98
1122
100.05.71.00.5505
3469blaOct22 4 Invoice
MJS SUBSCRIPT 12.01.22-11.30.23
10/27/2022
11/27/2022
966.56
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
3469blaOct22 3 Invoice
KIDS PASSIVE PROGRAM PRIZES
10/27/2022
11/27/2022
45.11
1122
100.05.71.00.6062
3469blaOct22 1 Invoice
PICNIC TABLE - CAP FURNITURE
10/27/2022
11/27/2022
1,659.00
1122
410.08.90.71.6511
3871esOct22 1 Invoice
PRINT
10/27/2022
11/27/2022
74.67
1122
100.05.71.01.5711
3897sgOct22 1 Invoice
HOT SPOT SERVICE (5 DEVICES)
10/27/2022
11/27/2022
600.00
1122
100.05.71.00.5505
3905ahOct22 1 Invoice
POSTER BOARD
10/27/2022
11/27/2022
21.46
1122
100.05.71.00.5701
3913abOct22 2 Invoice
ATLAS
10/27/2022
11/27/2022
77.97
1122
100.05.71.00.6062
3913abOct22 3 Invoice
STEAM TEAM
10/27/2022
11/27/2022
23.55
1122
100.05.71.00.6062
3913abOct22 1 Invoice
SMARTBOARD SOFTWARE SUB 1
10/27/2022
11/27/2022
61.95
1122
100.05.71.00.5505
Total CARDMEMBER SERVICE:
3,640.25
COMPLETE OFFICE OF WIS
37717 1 Invoice
HAND SANITIZER DISPENSER
11/01/2022
12/01/2022
93.29
1122
100.05.71.00.5703
38892 1 Invoice
TABLOID PAPER & DISH SOAP
11/02/2022
12/02/2022
64.97
1122
100.05.71.00.5701
Total COMPLETE OFFICE OF WIS:
158.26
EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES
1684863 1 Invoice
PRINT - 2023 SUBSCRIPTION REN
11/23/2022
12/23/2022
4,154.50
123
100.05.71.01.5711
Total EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES:
4,154.50
HEARTLAND BUSINESS SYSTEMS
563403-h 1 Invoice
VMWARE- LICENSES -PUBLIC SID
11/21/2022
12/21/2022
176.75
1122
100.05.71.00.5505
Total HEARTLAND BUSINESS SYSTEMS:
176.75
JANWAY COMPANY USA, INC.
141619 1 Invoice
FOL BOOK BAGS
11/14/2022
12/14/2022
592.00
1222
100.05.71.00.5752
Total JANWAY COMPANY USA, INC.:
592.00
JM BRENNAN, INC.
SALES000147 1 Invoice
REPLACE VAV
10/31/2022
11/30/2022
1,647.30
1122
100.05.71.00.5415
SALES000147 1 Invoice
FALL 22 PREVENTATIVE HVAC MAI
10/31/2022
11/30/2022
1,750.00
1122
100.05.71.00.5415
Total JM BRENNAN, INC.:
3,397.30
KUJAWA ENTERPRISES INC.
146289 1 Invoice
11 22 PLANT MAINT
11/01/2022
11/30/2022
61.00
1122
100.05.71.00.5415
CITY OF MUSKEGO Payment Approval Report -Library Board Report Alpha Page: 3
Report dates: 11 /1 /2022-11/30/2022 Dec 08, 2022 01:54PM
Invoice Number SegNo Type Description Invoice Date Payment Due Date Total Cost GL Period GL Account Number
Total KUJAWA ENTERPRISES INC.:
MIDWEST TAPE
502833096 1
Invoice
AV
502833097 1
Invoice
AV
502833099 1
Invoice
AV
502853416 1
Invoice
AV
502853418 1
Invoice
AV
502883152 1
Invoice
AV
502883154 1
Invoice
AV
502902585 1
Invoice
HOOPLA USAGE 10/22
502947621 1
Invoice
AV
502947622 1
Invoice
AV
Total MIDWESTTAPE:
QUALITY AWARDS LLC
31820 1
Invoice
2 - MAGNETIC NAME TAGS
Total QUALITY AWARDS LLC:
SAFEWAY PEST MANAGEMENT
INC.
696670 1
Invoice
11 NOV 22 PEST CONTROL
Total SAFEWAY PEST MANAGEMENT INC.:
THE HAPPY MOWER
2540 3
Invoice
MEDIANS/BLVD
Total THE HAPPY MOWER:
TIAA BANK
10/18/2022
11 /18/2022
102.97
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
10/18/2022
11/18/2022
24.98
1122
100.05.71.03.5711
10/18/2022
11 / 18/2022
109.97
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
10/24/2022
11 /24/2022
152.97
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
10/21 /2022
11 /21 /2022
562.87
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
10/31/2022
11/30/2022
194.45
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
10/31/2022
11/30/2022
34.99
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
11 /01 /2022
12/01 /2022
544.57
1122
100.05.71.03.5711
11/11/2022
12/11/2022
74.98
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
11/11/2022
12/11/2022
37.99
1122
100.05.71.02.5711
1,840.74
11/04/2022
11/19/2022
27.00
1122
100.05.71.00.5701
11/07/2022 12/07/2022 35.00 1122 100.05.71.00.5415
35.00
11 /08/2022 12/08/2022 1,420.00 1122 100.05.71.00.5415
1,420.00
9239219 1 Invoice STAFF PRINTER LEASE 12/1/22-12 11/10/2022 11/30/2022 336.55 1122 100.05.71.00.5401
Total TIAA BANK: 336.55
WE ENERGIES
4346808391 1 Invoice LIBRARY (00118) 10/31/2022 11/22/2022 5,989.33 1122 100.05.71.00.5910
Total WE ENERGIES: 5,989.33
Grand Totals: 33,676.18
Report Criteria:
Detail report.
Invoices with totals above $0 included.
Paid and unpaid invoices included.
[Report]. Description = {<>} "1099 adjustment'
Invoice Detail.Type = {>} "adjustments"
Invoice Detail.GL account =
"1000571000000"-"1000571999999","5020000000000"-"5029999999999","5030000000000"-"5039999999999","4100890716500"-"4100890716599"
CITY OF MUSKEGO Payment Approval Report -Library Board Report Alpha Page: 4
Report dates: 11 /1 /2022-11/30/2022 Dec 08, 2022 01:54PM
Invoice Number SegNo Type Description Invoice Date Payment Due Date Total Cost GL Period GL Account Number
CITY OF MUSKEGO Budget Worksheet - Library Revenues Current Year w/ Monthly Total Page: 1
Period: 11/22 Dec 06, 2022 12:26PM
Account Number Account Title
104014:?,1N1i1.1I
CULTURE, REC AND EDUCATION
100.05.71.00.4140
LIBRARY GRANTS REVENUE
100.05.71.00.4150
LIBRARY -SYSTEM, ETC
100.05.71.00.4274
LIBRARY LOST AND DAMAGED
100.05.71.00.4313
LIBRARY FINES
100.05.71.00.4314
LIBRARY TAXABLE REVENUE
100.05.71.00.4542
LIBRARY PHONE USE
100.05.71.00.4544
ROOM RENTAL
100.05.71.00.4551
SALE OF F/A- COMPUTERS
100.05.71.00.4552
LIBRARY FRIENDS REVENUE
Total LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
2022-22
2022-22
2022-22
Adopted
Amended
YTD
Budget
Budget
Actual
2022-22
% Actual
Over /
Current month
To
(Under)
Actual
Budget
Budget
.00
.00
1,178.70
.00
.00
1,178.70
144,178.00
144,178.00
144,177.72
.00
100.00%
0.28-
1,300.00
1,300.00
2,485.92
46.85
191.22%
1,185.92
17,000.00
17,000.00
9,957.61
235.13
58.57%
7,042.39-
9,000.00
9,000.00
9,921.66
.00
110.24%
921.66
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,787.50
200.00
178.75%
787.50
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
6,916.16
.00
138.32%
1,916.16
177,478.00
177,478.00
176,425.27
481.98
99.41%
1,052.73-
CITY OF MUSKEGO Budget Worksheet - Library Expenditures Current Year w/ Monthly Total Page: 1
Period: 11/22 Dec 08, 2022 04:49PM
Account Number
Account Title
2022-22
Adopted
Budget
2022-22
Amended
Budget
2022-22
YTD
Actual
2022-22
Current Month
Actual
% Actual
To
Budget
Over/
(Under)
Budget
GENERALFUND
CULTURE, REC AND EDUCATION
100.05.71.00.5101
SALARY & WAGES
690,746.40
690,746.40
608,186.63
52,981.63
88.05%
82,559.77-
100.05.71.00.5102
OVERTIME
2,000.00
2,000.00
60.56
60.56
3.03%
1,939.44-
100.05.71.00.5201
FICA
54,831.10
54,831.10
46,333.21
3,998.10
84.50%
8,497.89-
100.05.71.00.5202
PENSION
38,732.26
38,732.26
33,311.85
2,908.20
86.01%
5,420.41-
100.05.71.00.5203
HEALTH
92,656.59
92,656.59
96,110.49
9,616.86
103.73%
3,453.90
100.05.71.00.5204
LIFE
1,404.29
1,404.29
1,125.87
108.15
80.17%
278.42-
100.05.71.00.5205
FSA FEE EXPENSE
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
100.05.71.00.5229
HEALTH INSURANCE ALLOWANCE
24,000.00
24,000.00
20,000.00
1,600.00
83.33%
4,000.00-
100.05.71.00.5302
MILEAGE
2,000.00
2,000.00
779.31
134.38
38.97%
1,220.69-
100.05.71.00.5303
CONFERENCES & TRAINING
3,500.00
3,500.00
746.92
.00
21.34%
2,753.08-
100.05.71.00.5305
DUES & MEMBERSHIP
1,300.00
1,300.00
1,204.47
.00
92.65%
95.53-
100.05.71.00.5401
LIBRARY EQUIPMENT
18,000.00
18,000.00
13,383.49
336.55
74.35%
4,616.51-
100.05.71.00.5415
MAINTENANCE OF BLDG & GROUNDS
45,200.00
45,200.00
48,914.44
4,913.30
108.22%
3,714.44
100.05.71.00.5505
COMPUTER CHARGES
42,086.00
42,086.00
33,237.05
771.93
78.97%
8,848.95-
100.05.71.00.5602
TELEPHONE
648.00
648.00
.00
.00
.00
648.00-
100.05.71.00.5701
OFFICE SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES
7,500.00
7,500.00
3,973.67
113.43
52.98%
3,526.33-
100.05.71.00.5702
PROCESSING SUPPLIES
16,500.00
16,500.00
6,599.37
280.68
40.00%
9,900.63-
100.05.71.00.5703
HOUSEKEEPING SUPPLIES
3,500.00
3,500.00
2,208.01
93.29
63.09%
1,291.99-
100.05.71.00.5740
LIBRARY GRANT EXPENSE
.00
.00
2,952.71
.00
.00
2,952.71
100.05.71.00.5752
LIBRARY FRIENDS EXPENSE
5,000.00
5,000.00
6,348.26
.00
126.97%
1,348.26
100.05.71.00.5774
LIBRARY REPLACEMENT
1,300.00
1,300.00
425.00
35.00
32.69%
875.00-
100.05.71.00.5835
HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES
45,300.00
45,300.00
39,325.00
.00
86.81%
5,975.00-
100.05.71.00.5910
GAS & ELECTRIC
73,000.00
73,000.00
63,792.84
5,989.33
87.39%
9,207.16-
100.05.71.00.5915
SEWER & WATER
2,500.00
2,500.00
1,057.64
.00
42.31%
1,442.36-
100.05.71.00.6062
PROGRAMMING
6,900.00
6,900.00
4,874.62
346.63
70.65%
2,025.38-
100.05.71.01.5711
PRINT MATERIALS
113,500.00
113,500.00
96,548.77
9,711.10
85.06%
16,951.23-
100.05.71.01.5713
PRINT MATERIALS -ADULT
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
100.05.71.02.5711
AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS
34,900.00
34,900.00
25,637.63
2,832.52
73.46%
9,262.37-
100.05.71.03.5711
ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
21,819.00
21,819.00
20,316.53
754.49
93.11%
1,502.47-
100.05.71.03.5714
AUDIO VISUAL MATERIAL -A.V.
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
100.05.71.11.5713
PRINT MATERIALS - JUVENILE
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
100.05.71.12.5714
AUDIO VISUAL MATERIAL - JUVENL
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
100.05.71.14.5713
PRINT MATERIALS - MISC
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
100.05.71.18.5713
PRINT MATERIALS - NEWSPAPER
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
100.05.71.19.5713
PRINT MATERIALS - PERIODICALS
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
100.05.71.23.5713
PRINT MATERIALS - REFERENCE
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
100.05.71.26.5713
PRINT MATERIALS - SERIALS
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
100.05.71.35.5714
AUDIO VISUAL MATRL - DATA BASE
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
100.05.71.36.5713
PRINT MATERIALS - YOUNG ADULT
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
Total LIBRARY DEPARTMENT: 1,348,823.64 1,348,823.64 1,177,454.34 97,586.13 87.29% 171,369.30-
CITY OF MUSKEGO
BALANCE SHEET
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
FEDERATED LIBRARY SYSTEM FUND
ASSETS
503.00.00.00.1001 EQUITY IN POOLED CASH
TOTALASSETS
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
FUND EQUITY
503.00.00.00.3510 FUND BALANCE -RESERVED
503.00.00.00.3520 FUND BAL-UNRESERVED UNDESIGNAT
REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES - YTD
TOTAL FUND EQUITY
40,410.73
14,784.97
25,347.36
278.40
40,410.73
40,410.73
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 40,410.73
CITY OF MUSKEGO
BALANCE SHEET
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
LIBRARY EXPANSION TRUST FUND
ASSETS
502.00.00.00.1001 EQUITY IN POOLED CASH
( 32,897.00)
502.00.00.00.1011 CASH IN BANK- LIBRARY-113
12,958.03
502.00.00.00.1105 LIBRARY INVESTMENTS
46,145.35
TOTALASSETS
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
FUND EQUITY
502.00.00.00.3501 FUND BALANCE -RESERVED 61,692.95
502.00.00.00.3520 FUND BAL-UNRESERVED UNDESIGNAT ( 35,814.89)
REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES - YTD 328.32
TOTAL FUND EQUITY
26,206.38
26,206.38
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 26,206.38
,iMUSKEG*
PUBLIC LIBRARI
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Director's Report
December 20th, 2022
1. Reference Update (from Elke Saylor - Head of Reference, Samantha Quail - Adult Services
Librarian, Jolyn Lobe and Laura Boeck, Reference Assistants):
We have had a fun and busy programming month with a great variety of offerings:
- Simplify Weekly Meal Planning, a Zoom program, drew 22 participants
- The Victorian Undertaker arrived with 4 coffins, a wet table and assorted paraphernalia. He told
fascinating stories and delighted an appreciative audience of 43
- "Inmoxicated" - a dry bar and bottle shop in Racine — proved to 20 people that a good and very
tasty time can be had drinking non-alcoholic White Russians, Grasshoppers and the like
- The return of Santa to the Library was a huge success (229 participants), as was the Board
Painting program Amanda and Samantha offered on the same day (33 participants)
- Our Winter Speaker Series featuring presenters form the Wisconsin Veterans Museum kicks off
this month with a presentation about Wisconsin's own Douglas MacArthur.
2. Children's Update (from Abby Bussen, Children's Librarian, Courtney Metko and Heather Ziolecki,
Children's Assistants):
The kids' department has had a long and very fruitful year (or maybe we should say it's been a
veggieful year, what with the success of our community garden?). We have yet to finalize our
program totals, but initial in -person programming attendance increased by around 2,000 from 2021
while the number of programs itself stayed the same. Looking ahead to 2023, we hope to maintain
our reputation for hosting some of the absolute best storytimes in the greater Milwaukee area. As
health and time allows, we also hope to be able to resume our outreach efforts so kids in our
community's childcare facilities can also have access to our superb storytimes again soon..
3. Young Adult Update (from Amanda Hyland, Young Adult and Marketing Librarian):
December's Board Buddies program was quite successful with 31 people in attendance including 8
teens. Attendees had a fun time creating a seasonal board that they had to sand, stain, and stencil.
In January, the library will provide snacks in the Teen Area for high school students during semester
exams week. The Young Adult Librarian is still working on updating the communication and
marketing plan with the director and is RFID tagging the graphic novel collections.
4. Circulation Update (from Jane Matusinec, Circulation Supervisor):
Jane met with a former circulation supervisor from the Waukesha library to get ideas about setting
up temporary circulation work stations to use when the carpet and desk installation happens.
Jane continues to train the newest members of the circulation team. The new shelvers are doing a
great job. The November circulation numbers were about 2% greater than last November so that
was encouraging. More progress has been made with training staff on specialty collection RFID
tagging. Plans are in place for specific staff to be responsible for specific collections.
5. Other Updates:
a. Dates of Note: The next full Library Board meeting is January 17th. January 61h the
Friends Vt Friday Coffee Group will meet. Community members and Friends' Board
members attend. Brittany usually gives a library update. All are welcome!
b. Friends' of the Library: The Friends' will start off January with a full slate of officers! In
addition, stop by the lobby and check out the monthly display a Friends' volunteer puts
up to advertise Friends' fundraisers and programs. Staff worked closely with the Friends
to organize the "Santa's Booked at the Library" event. The event offered photos with
Santa, Santa's sleigh dogs (balloon animals!), two children's craft, and the Friends' run a
bake sale, art sale, book/dvd sale, and mitten sale (mittens generously donated by the
Woman's Club!). Just over $500 were raised. February is Library Lovers month and the
library will run a train program and the Friends will sell hearts and bake sale items to
help show love for the Library.
c. Building Updates: There were some boiler repairs that needed to take place in mid -
December. The carpet order for the new circulation desk project has been delayed at
the carpet mill. This means we cannot install the new circulation desk. New production
dates for the carpet mill are the end of January which means the desk will now likely be
installed in February 2023.
d. Positive Impact Story: A patron was grateful to reserve one of our study rooms for a
virtual job interview. They came in the next day and said they got the job!
e. Other Projects: Brittany attended the Southeastern Wisconsin Library Director Retreat
and took a workshop on facilitating meetings. December is a busy month with year end
budget analysis and working with Jane and Elke to develop and deliver 21 staff
evaluations. The Marketing Cohort met and discussed topics of market competition,
product/service identification, and create measurable goals for marketing. In the new
year we will begin pulling all of these meetings and foundational work together to begin
report writing. Brittany has joined a Bridges Library System work group on Intellectual
Freedom, designed to develop resources for the system. Shortly Brittany is going to
investigate launching the process for bidding for contractor for the bathrooms and/or
study rooms. Availability of contractors and materials continues to be challenging and
this process needs to start early.
6. Employee Anniversaries: Janet Defnet, Library Aide (2 years), Braden Sardina, Shelver (1 year)
7. Board Education: The Library offers two different resources that have ebooks and eaudiobooks.
Libby (a product from a company called Overdrive) is a statewide resource that Muskego and the
rest of the Bridges System pays into for access. We put extra funds (called the Advantage Buying
Pool) so that popular copies get prioritized to patrons in our system. Libby has a wide variety of
resources but can have long wait times given its popularity. Conversations are occurring amongst
the member library directors on how to continue to alleviate the hold lists. Hoopla is a pay per use
model but offers instant access to materials (no holds times). It does not have the same size
collection that Libby has. Because of the pay per use model patrons are limited to four checkouts a
month. We are seeing a rising popularity specifically in eaudiobooks and both resources are very
popular amongst our patrons!
Monthly Statistics for Muskego Public Library 2022
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC
I TOTAL
NOV YTD
Checkouts
2019
21,785
21,507
24,231
23,645
21,420
26,506
30,895
26,132
21,640
22,944
20,647
261,352
2021
17,136
16,739
18,981
17,152
15,839
24,118
23,556
21,439
16,422
17,686
17,576
M(2.8%)
206,644
2022
18,684
17,194
19,312
18,134
16,801
23,958
24,023
23,062
17,716
19,091
17,796
215,771
22 vs 21 % Change
9.0%
2.7%
1.7%
5.7%
6.1%
(0.7%)
2.0%
7.6%
7.9%
7.9%
1.3%
4.4%
Overdrive Checkouts (E-books, E-Audio, E-Video)
2019
2,247
2,119
2,302
2,198
2,232
2,262
2,455
2,351
2,312
2,358
2,220
2,202
27,258
25,056
2021
3,088
2,839
3,141
2,931
3,127
2,965,
3,114
3,004
2,863
3,007
3,012
2,857
35,948
33,091
2022
3,520
3,266
3,294
3,347
2,857
2,930
3,295
3,334
3,083
3,238
2,961
35,125
35,125
22 vs 21 % Change
14.0%
15.0%
4.9%
14.2%
(8.6%)
(1.2%)
5.8%
11.0%
7.7%
7.7%
(1.7%)
(2.3%)
6.1%
Kanopy/Hoopla Play Withdrawal
KANOPY 2019
21
29
53
41
75
54
44
62
56
59
58
53
605
552
KANOPY/HOOPLA 2021
207
258
217
197
228
221
237
263
218
213
219
219
2697
2478
KANOPY 2021
HOOPLA 2021
60
147
00266
74
184
62
155
i
59
162
79
15!
�8
155
53
6
61
158
752
1945
691
1,787
KANOPY/HOOPLA 2022
230
249
238
233
256
289
276
235
282
2828
2828
KANOPY 2022
73
42
-
54
50
67
46
49
62
633
633
')OPLA 2022
193,
188
176
1
179
206
222
230
_78
233
212
2195
2,195
22 vs 21 % Change TOTAL
28.5%
(10.9%)
14.7%
20.8%
2.2%
15.8%
21.9%
4.9%
7.8%
32.4%
25.1%
4.9%
14.1%
22 vs 21 %Change Kanopy ONLY
21.7%
(43.2%)
17.7%
3.4%
(25.0%)
(15.3%)
(15.2%)
(23.3%)
1.8%
(15.5%)
17.0%
(15.8%)
(8.4%)
Owning Holds Shipped
2019
3,296
2,872
2,914
2,669
2,670
2,975
3,148
2,811
3,107
2,980
2,902
2,495
34,839
32,344
2021
3,715
3,082
3,647
3,203
2,847
3,612
3,029
3,202
3,157
3,054
2,989
2,533
38,070
35,537
2022
3,666
3,167
3,266
3,118
2,722
3,077
2,927
3,247
2,922
3,052
2,740
33,904
33,904
22 vs 21 % Change
(1.3%)
2.8%
(10.4%)
(2.7%)
(4.4%)
(14.8%)
(3.4%)
1.4%
(7.4%)
(0.1%)
(8.3%)
(10.9%)
(4.6%)
Self -Service Transaction Percentage of Total Circ (Self -check, Online Renewals, and eBook Checkouts/Checkouts and eBook Checkouts)
2019
56.4%
60.6%
62.5%
63.0%
65.6%
63.3%
65.1%
65.2%
66.6%
62.9%
64.0%
65.3%
63.4%
63.3%
2021
53.6%
57.3%
63.1%
63.6%
64.7%
60.0%
63.0%
62.7%
63.2%
62.9%
64.5%
64.3%
61.9%
61.7%
2022
61.7%
63.1%
62.2%
62.2%
64.1%
58.8%
64.6%
64.6%
64.0%
62.4%
64.6%
62.9%
62.9%
Curbside Pickups
2021
63
39
26
18
11
7
6
8
6
8
4
7
203
196
2022
9
1
1
7
2
1
4
2
0
0
1
28
28
22 vs 21 % Change
(85.7%)
(97.4%)
(96.2%)
(61.1%)
(81.8%)
(85.7%)
(33.3%)
(75.0%)
(100.0%)
(100.0%)
(75.0%)
(86.2%)
(85.7%)
Library Visits
2019
10,151
11,418
12,525
13,775
10,701
14,463
14,851
13,447
10,803
12,373
11,118
10,601
146,224
135,623
2021
7,190
6,753
7,826
7,291
6,425
10,424
9,978
9,488
8,207
8,076
8,782
8,150
98,587
90,437
2022
8,834
8,792
10,571
9,333
8,806
13,031
10,781
10,960
8,620
9,284
8,902
107,913
107,913
22 vs 21 % Change
22.9%
30.2%
35.1%
28.0%
37.1%
25.0%
8.1%
15.5%
5.0%
15.0%
1.4%
9.5%
19.3%
Reference Transactions (DPI defined)
2019
1,182
1,123
1,067
995
1,002
1,211
1,331
1,215
1,171
1,118
987
878
13,280
12,402
2021
832
758
933
763
728
895
984
795
799
791
762
633
9,673
9,040
2022
982
759
929
742
646
1,077
1,111
1,031
830
904
789
9,800
9,800
22 vs 21 % Change
18.0%
0.1%
(0.4%)
(2.8%)
(11.3%)
20.3%
12.9%
29.7%
3.9%
14.3%
3.5%
1.3%
8.4%
Technical/Other Information Transactions
2019
0
576
528
427
492
3,152
4,030
1,362
481
536
450
346
12,380
12,034
2021
1,067
1,016
1,055
818
654
1,958
1,581
1,149
518
590
570
617
11,593
10,976
2022
580
671
820
583
699
1,992
1,966
1,327
486
579
590
10,293
10,293
22 vs 21 % Change
(45.6%)
(34.0%)
(22.3%)
(28.7%)
6.9%
1.7%
24.4%
15.5%
(6.2%)
(1.9%)
3.5%
(11.2%)
(6.2%)
Meeting Room Use
2019
78
89
107
97
91
87
Ip 7
68
78
96
106
78
1,062
984
2021
25
23
26
33
48
64
48
48
69
76
78
71
609
538
2022
59
83
99
94
67
71
51
66
63
67
95
815
815
22 vs 21 % Change
136.0%
260.9%
280.8%
184.8%
39.6%
10.9%
6.3%
37.5%
(8.7%)
(11.8%)
21.8%
33.8%
51.5%
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MUSKEGO
Muskego, WI 53150
PUBLIC LIBRARY 262.971.2100
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Background on Collection Development Policy Updates
The Muskego Public Library Collection Development Policy was last reviewed by the Library Board on
October 21, 2014. The purpose of this policy is to define for the public the guiding principles staff use
for collection development and management. This policy was reviewed first by a small staff work
group and later by the full team of librarians in charge of collection development.
The policy is four pages, and mentions four American Library Association (ALA) statements to help guide
the purpose of the policy. All are provided in the packet after the four -page policy. ALA is the oldest (1876)
and largest library association in the world. Its purpose is to provide guidance on matters such as
professional and leadership development and information policy.
Collection Development Policy
Objectives
The objectives of the Library are to collect, organize, and provide easy access to library materials.
Collection development is the ongoing process of assessing materials available for purchase or licensing
and making decisions on their inclusion and retention. The Board of Trustees of the Muskego Public
Library has adopted the following collection development policy to guide librarians and to inform the
public of the principles upon which collection development and management decisions are based.
The Vision and Mission Statements of the Muskego Public Library guide the allocation of resources and
selection of materials.
Vision: The Muskego Public Library is the focal point of the community for exchanging ideas,
accessing information, and developing community. Its collaborative team is committed to
superior materials, services, and staff expertise.
Mission: Providing an innovative community space for learning, entertainment, and for the
exchange of ideas and accurate information through a wide variety of materials and programs.
The following statements and policies have been adopted by the Library and are used as guidelines for
the development of the Library collections. The Library endorses the American Library Association's
"Library Bill of Rights," "Freedom to Read: "Freedom to View," and "Code of Ethics."
Responsibility For Selection
Responsibility for the selection of materials lies with library staff designated by the Library Director,
operating within the policies of the Library Board. Physical materials held by the library are selected
and maintained by professional librarians who use experience, judgment, subject -area expertise, data,
and reviews.
Other staff members and the patrons with an up-to-date library card valid at the Muskego Public
Library may suggest materials for consideration. See the reference desk for details.
Patrons have access to the collections of the library system's member libraries, as well as a nationwide
interlibrary loan system. Patrons are not restricted in their requests based on content or age, and all
items from within the system will be available for pickup on the open holds shelf.
Digital materials are provided through state or system wide collections, or bundled products, to which
the Muskego Public Library contributes funds. The Muskego Public Library has no direct control over
this selection, other than to recommend titles.
Guidelines For Selection
• Selection decisions are guided by the merits of the work as a whole, collection needs, and
interests of a diverse community.
• Selection decisions are not influenced by the possibility that material may be accessible to
children. The Muskego Public Library supports the right of each individual to decide what is
appropriate for themselves and/or their children, therefore the Library makes any and all
resources available to all library users regardless of age.
• The Library acknowledges an interest in local, county, and state history and government. The
Library will add to its collection works with local connections that meet the policy objectives.
• The Library selects materials of varying complexity and format because it serves a public made
up of a wide range of ages, educational backgrounds, sensory preferences, and reading skills.
• The Library recognizes that materials may be controversial. A balanced collection attempts to
represent a variety of perspectives, to entertain, educate, and expand the whole person and the
whole community. A balanced collection is not defined as an equality of numbers but of
representation. The selection of material does not constitute an endorsement by the Library.
• The selectors must consider each type of material in terms of its own merits. No single standard
can apply to acquisition decisions and the criteria below are guidelines and do not replace the
judgement of library professionals. Some materials may be selected primarily for artistic merit,
scholarship or value to humanity, while others may be chosen to satisfy the recreational and
entertainment needs for the community.
• To build a collection of merit and significance, selectors acquire materials according to objective
guidelines. They evaluate acquisitions, whether purchased or donated to the library, primarily
by examining reviews in one or more of the professional library review media and checking
against the criteria listed below.
Selection Criteria
o Appropriateness and effectiveness of the medium to the content
o Attention of critics, reviewers, and the public
o Comprehensiveness and depth of treatment
o Consideration of the work as a whole
o Cost and availability
o Expertise/authority, significance, or demand of the author, illustrator, or work
o Importance as a document of the times
o Present and potential relevance to community needs
o Relation to the existing collection and to other material on the subject
o Representation of diverse points of view
o Representation of important movements, genres, or trends
o Suitability of physical form for intended audience
o Suitability of style for intended audience
Donations and Gifts
Donations of materials in good physical condition are gratefully accepted with the understanding that
the Library may add them if they meet the established selection guidelines. Gifts added to the collection
must be available for public use. All donated items become property of the Library, and will not be
returned to the donor. There is no obligation for the Library to retain ownership of the item.
Materials not added to the collection will be given to the Friends of the Library Book Sale or disposed of
by other means. The Library cannot place a monetary value on gifts for tax purposes, but receipts are
provided upon request.
Monetary gifts are always welcome and may be designated as memorials. When monetary gifts are
intended for the purchase of materials, library staff will make the determination of what titles to buy,
using the same criteria as for all other purchases.
Ordinarily gifts of non -library items such as paintings, portraits or art objects will not be accepted. If
accepted, the items become the property of the Library, and will not be returned to the donor. There is
no obligation for the Library to retain ownership of the item.
Evaluation and Withdrawal of Materials
An attractive and up-to-date collection is maintained through continual discarding and replacing.
Materials may be withdrawn from the library collection after careful consideration of these factors:
• Currency of information or content
• Lack of use
• Obsolete format
• Physical condition
• Space needs
• Superseded by a new edition or better work on the same subject
Although every effort will be made to replace needed materials which are withdrawn, the Library takes
the position that it is better to have no information on a subject than to have materials which are
inaccurate or in poor physical condition.
Materials withdrawn from the collection may be given to the Friends of the Library Book Sale or
disposed of by other means. Items that are being withdrawn will not be saved for specific individuals.
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Request for Reconsideration
The Library does not promote beliefs or views. It does provide information from a variety of points of
view so that an individual can examine issues freely and make their own decisions. The selection of
library materials is predicated on the individual's right to read and their freedom from censorship by
others. The Library holds that censorship is purely an individual matter and declares that, while anyone
is free to reject materials of which they do not approve, they cannot restrict the freedom of others to
have access to them. The Library welcomes comments and criticisms of its collection. The Library will
reconsider a material in its collection upon written request of a patron with an up-to-date library card
valid at the Muskego Public Library who fulfills the following steps:
1. The patron will pick up a copy of the Muskego Public Library Collection Development Policy,
along with the Request for Reconsideration of Library Material form at the Reference Desk.
2. If the patron wants to pursue the reconsideration, the completed reconsideration form must
be submitted to the Library Director. Use one form per item. The Library Director will notify the
patron in writing, confirming the request has been received within one week of their receipt.
3. The Library Director will appoint a staff committee to review the item. The committee will make
a recommendation to the Library Director within four weeks of receiving the initial request.
4. Within one week of receiving the staff recommendation, the Library Director will decide
whether or not the item should be retained and will notify the patron in writing.
S. The patron may appeal the Library Director's decision by submitting a written request to the
Library Board President for a hearing before the Library Board at its next regularly scheduled
meeting. This request must be submitted within 60 days of receipt of the Director's decision. If a
hearing is granted, the individual will be notified when they may address the Board. To allow
staff sufficient time to respond to this appeal and prepare the agenda, appeals received less than
seven days before that month's meeting may be postponed to the next month's meeting. The
Library Board reserves the right to limit the length of the presentation and number of speakers
at the hearing per the Public Comments at Library Board Meetings Policy.
6. The Board will determine whether the request for reconsideration has been handled in
accordance with stated policies and procedures of the Muskego Public Library. On the basis of
this determination, the Board may vote to uphold or override the decision of the Director. As a
non -partisan, quasi -governmental body, the Board cannot base its determination on personal
views or because the materials or their author/creator may be viewed as controversial or
objectionable. Items are selected based on the whole of their work and will be judged on the
whole of their work, not on an isolated passage or section.
7. The Library Board's decision is final. Repeated or redundant requests by an individual or a
group to reconsider materials with differing titles but similar content will be referred to the
Library Director and restricted as follows: If the Library Director concludes a request may be
redundant, he/she will notify the complainant(s) that the item(s) in question, having already
undergone a thorough review and reconsideration process in the last five years and will not be
reevaluated.
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Library Bill of Rights
The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the
following basic policies should guide their services.
I. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of
all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin,
background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
II. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical
issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
III. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and
enlightenment.
IV. Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free
expression and free access to ideas.
V. A person's right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or
views.
VI. Libraries which make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve should make
such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups
requesting their use.
VI I. All people, regardless of origin, age, background, or views, possess a right to privacy and confidentiality
in their library use. Libraries should advocate for, educate about, and protect people's privacy, safeguarding
all library use data, including personally identifiable information.
Adopted June 19, 1939, by the ALA Council; amended October 14, 1944; June 18, 1948; February 2, 1961;
June 27, 1967; January 23, 1980; January 29, 2019.
Inclusion of "age" reaffirmed January 23, 1996.
Although the Articles of the Library Bill of Rights are unambiguous statements of basic principles that should
govern the service of all libraries, questions do arise concerning application of these principles to specific
library practices. See the documents designated by the Intellectual Freedom Committee as Interpretations
of the Library Bill of Rights (http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations).
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The Freedom to Read Statement
The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It is continuously under attack. Private groups and public
authorities in various parts of the country are working to remove or limit access to reading materials, to
censor content in schools, to label "controversial" views, to distribute lists of 'objectionable" books or
authors, and to purge libraries. These actions apparently rise from a view that our national tradition of free
expression is no longer valid; that censorship and suppression are needed to counter threats to safety or
national security, as well as to avoid the subversion of politics and the corruption of morals. We, as
individuals devoted to reading and as librarians and publishers responsible for disseminating ideas, wish to
assert the public interest in the preservation of the freedom to read.
Most attempts at suppression rest on a denial of the fundamental premise of democracy: that the ordinary
individual, by exercising critical judgment, will select the good and reject the bad. We trust Americans to
recognize propaganda and misinformation, and to make their own decisions about what they read and
believe. We do not believe they are prepared to sacrifice their heritage of a free press in order to be
"protected" against what others think may be bad for them. We believe they still favor free enterprise in
ideas and expression.
These efforts at suppression are related to a larger pattern of pressures being brought against education,
the press, art and images, films, broadcast media, and the Internet. The problem is not only one of actual
censorship. The shadow of fear cast by these pressures leads, we suspect, to an even larger voluntary
curtailment of expression by those who seek to avoid controversy or unwelcome scrutiny by government
officials.
Such pressure toward conformity is perhaps natural to a time of accelerated change. And yet suppression is
never more dangerous than in such a time of social tension. Freedom has given the United States the
elasticity to endure strain. Freedom keeps open the path of novel and creative solutions, and enables
change to come by choice. Every silencing of a heresy, every enforcement of an orthodoxy, diminishes the
toughness and resilience of our society and leaves it the less able to deal with controversy and difference.
Now as always in our history, reading is among our greatest freedoms. The freedom to read and write is
almost the only means for making generally available ideas or manners of expression that can initially
command only a small audience. The written word is the natural medium for the new idea and the untried
voice from which come the original contributions to social growth. It is essential to the extended discussion
that serious thought requires, and to the accumulation of knowledge and ideas into organized collections.
We believe that free communication is essential to the preservation of a free society and a creative culture.
We believe that these pressures toward conformity present the danger of limiting the range and variety of
inquiry and expression on which our democracy and our culture depend. We believe that every American
community must jealously guard the freedom to publish and to circulate, in order to preserve its own
freedom to read. We believe that publishers and librarians have a profound responsibility to give validity to
that freedom to read by making it possible for the readers to choose freely from a variety of offerings.
The freedom to read is guaranteed by the Constitution. Those with faith in free people will stand firm on
these constitutional guarantees of essential rights and will exercise the responsibilities that accompany
these rights.
We therefore affirm these propositions:
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1. It is in the public interest for publishers and librarians to make available the widest diversity of views
and expressions, including those that are unorthodox, unpopular, or considered dangerous by the
majority.
Creative thought is by definition new, and what is new is different. The bearer of every new thought
is a rebel until that idea is refined and tested. Totalitarian systems attempt to maintain themselves in
power by the ruthless suppression of any concept that challenges the established orthodoxy. The
power of a democratic system to adapt to change is vastly strengthened by the freedom of its
citizens to choose widely from among conflicting opinions offered freely to them. To stifle every
nonconformist idea at birth would mark the end of the democratic process. Furthermore, only
through the constant activity of weighing and selecting can the democratic mind attain the strength
demanded by times like these. We need to know not only what we believe but why we believe it.
2. Publishers, librarians, and booksellers do not need to endorse every idea or presentation they make
available. It would conflict with the public interest for them to establish their own political, moral, or
aesthetic views as a standard for determining what should be published or circulated.
Publishers and librarians serve the educational process by helping to make available knowledge and
ideas required for the growth of the mind and the increase of learning. They do not foster education
by imposing as mentors the patterns of their own thought. The people should have the freedom to
read and consider a broader range of ideas than those that may be held by any single librarian or
publisher or government or church. It is wrong that what one can read should be confined to what
another thinks proper.
3. It is contrary to the public interest for publishers or librarians to bar access to writings on the basis of
the personal history or political affiliations of the author.
No art or literature can flourish if it is to be measured by the political views or private lives of its
creators. No society of free people can flourish that draws up lists of writers to whom it will not listen,
whatever they may have to say.
4. There is no place in our society for efforts to coerce the taste of others, to confine adults to the
reading matter deemed suitable for adolescents, or to inhibit the efforts of writers to achieve artistic
expression.
To some, much of modern expression is shocking. But is not much of life itself shocking? We cut off
literature at the source if we prevent writers from dealing with the stuff of life. Parents and teachers
have a responsibility to prepare the young to meet the diversity of experiences in life to which they
will be exposed, as they have a responsibility to help them learn to think critically for themselves.
These are affirmative responsibilities, not to be discharged simply by preventing them from reading
works for which they are not yet prepared. In these matters values differ, and values cannot be
legislated; nor can machinery be devised that will suit the demands of one group without limiting the
freedom of others.
5. It is not in the public interest to force a reader to accept the prejudgment of a label characterizing
any expression or its author as subversive or dangerous.
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The ideal of labeling presupposes the existence of individuals or groups with wisdom to determine
by authority what is good or bad for others. It presupposes that individuals must be directed in
making up their minds about the ideas they examine. But Americans do not need others to do their
thinking for them.
6. It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians, as guardians of the people's freedom to read, to
contest encroachments upon that freedom by individuals or groups seeking to impose their own
standards or tastes upon the community at large; and by the government whenever it seeks to
reduce or deny public access to public information.
It is inevitable in the give and take of the democratic process that the political, the moral, or the
aesthetic concepts of an individual or group will occasionally collide with those of another individual
or group. In a free society individuals are free to determine for themselves what they wish to read,
and each group is free to determine what it will recommend to its freely associated members. But no
group has the right to take the law into its own hands, and to impose its own concept of politics or
morality upon other members of a democratic society. Freedom is no freedom if it is accorded only
to the accepted and the inoffensive. Further, democratic societies are more safe, free, and creative
when the free flow of public information is not restricted by governmental prerogative or self -
censorship.
7. It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians to give full meaning to the freedom to read by
providing books that enrich the quality and diversity of thought and expression. By the exercise of
this affirmative responsibility, they can demonstrate that the answer to a "bad" book is a good one,
the answer to a "bad" idea is a good one.
The freedom to read is of little consequence when the reader cannot obtain matter fit for that
reader's purpose. What is needed is not only the absence of restraint, but the positive provision of
opportunity for the people to read the best that has been thought and said. Books are the major
channel by which the intellectual inheritance is handed down, and the principal means of its testing
and growth. The defense of the freedom to read requires of all publishers and librarians the utmost
of their faculties, and deserves of all Americans the fullest of their support.
We state these propositions neither lightly nor as easy generalizations. We here stake out a lofty claim for
the value of the written word. We do so because we believe that it is possessed of enormous variety and
usefulness, worthy of cherishing and keeping free. We realize that the application of these propositions may
mean the dissemination of ideas and manners of expression that are repugnant to many persons. We do
not state these propositions in the comfortable belief that what people read is unimportant. We believe
rather that what people read is deeply important; that ideas can be dangerous; but that the suppression of
ideas is fatal to a democratic society. Freedom itself is a dangerous way of life, but it is ours.
This statement was originally issued in May of 1953 by the Westchester Conference of the American Library
Association and the American Book Publishers Council, which in 1970 consolidated with the American
Educational Publishers Institute to become the Association of American Publishers.
Adopted June 25, 1953, by the ALA Council and the AAP Freedom to Read Committee; amended January
28, 1972; January 16, 1991; July 12, 2000; June 30, 2004.
A Joint Statement by:
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American Library Association (/)
Association of American Publishers (http://www.publishers.org/)
Subsequently endorsed by:
American Booksellers for Free Expression (http://www.bookweb.org/abfe)
The Association of American University Presses (http://www.aaupnet.org/)
The Children's Book Council (http://www.cbcbooks.org/)
Freedom to Read Foundation (http://www.ftrf.org)
National Association of College Stores (http://www.nacs.org/)
National Coalition Against Censorship (http://www.ncac.org/)
National Council of Teachers of English (http://www.ncte.org/)
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
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Freedom to View Statement I Advocacy, Legislation & Issues
Freedom to View Statement
The FREEDOM TO VIEW, along with the freedom to speak, to hear, and to read, is protected by the First
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. In a free society, there is no place for censorship of any
medium of expression. Therefore these principles are affirmed:
1. To provide the broadest access to film, video, and other audiovisual materials because they are a
means for the communication of ideas. Liberty of circulation is essential to insure the constitutional
guarantee of freedom of expression.
2. To protect the confidentiality of all individuals and institutions using film, video, and other audiovisual
materials.
3. To provide film, video, and other audiovisual materials which represent a diversity of views and
expression. Selection of a work does not constitute or imply agreement with or approval of the
content.
4. To provide a diversity of viewpoints without the constraint of labeling or prejudging film, video, or
other audiovisual materials on the basis of the moral, religious, or political beliefs of the producer or
filmmaker or on the basis of controversial content.
5. To contest vigorously, by all lawful means, every encroachment upon the public's freedom to view.
This statement was originally drafted by the Freedom to View Committee of the American Film and Video
Association (formerly the Educational Film Library Association) and was adopted by the AFVA Board of
Directors in February 1979. This statement was updated and approved by the AFVA Board of Directors in
1989.
Endorsed January 10, 1990, by the ALA Council
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Professional Ethics
ALA's Code of Ethics is the responsibility of the Committee on Professional Ethics
(/groups/committees/ala/ala-profethic) (COPE). The Code of Ethics is the document that translates the
values of intellectual freedom that define the profession of librarianship into broad principles that may be
used by individual members of that profession as well as by others employed in a library as a framework for
dealing with situations involving ethical conflicts.
• Copyright: An Interpretation of the Code of Ethics (http://www.ala.org/tools/ethics/copyright)
(amended January 29, 2019)
• Conflicts of Interest Q&A (http://www.ala.org/tools/ethics/conflictsofinterestqa) (amended April 30,
2019)
• Enforcement of the Code of Ethics Q&A (http://www.ala.org/tools/ethics/enforcementqa) (amended
January 28, 2019)
• Ethics and Social Media Q&A (http://www.ala.org/tools/ethics/socialmediaqa) (amended January 28,
2019)
• Speech in the Workplace Q&A (http://www.ala.org/tools/ethics/workplacespeechqa) (amended April
30, 2019)
Code of Ethics
As members of the American Library Association, we recognize the importance of codifying and making
known to the profession and to the general public the ethical principles that guide the work of librarians,
other professionals providing information services, library trustees and library staffs.
Ethical dilemmas occur when values are in conflict. The American Library Association Code of Ethics states
the values to which we are committed, and embodies the ethical responsibilities of the profession in this
changing information environment.
We significantly influence or control the selection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of
information. In a political system grounded in an informed citizenry, we are members of a profession
explicitly committed to intellectual freedom and the freedom of access to information. We have a special
obligation to ensure the free flow of information and ideas to present and future generations.
The principles of this Code are expressed in broad statements to guide ethical decision making. These
statements provide a framework; they cannot and do not dictate conduct to cover particular situations.
1. We provide the highest level of service to all library users through appropriate and usefully
organized resources; equitable service policies; equitable access; and accurate, unbiased, and
courteous responses to all requests.
2. We uphold the principles of intellectual freedom and resist all efforts to censor library resources.
3. We protect each library user's right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought
or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired or transmitted.
4. We respect intellectual property rights and advocate balance between the interests of information
users and rights holders.
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5. We treat co-workers and other colleagues with respect, fairness, and good faith, and advocate
conditions of employment that safeguard the rights and welfare of all employees of our institutions.
6. We do not advance private interests at the expense of library users, colleagues, or our employing
institutions.
7. We distinguish between our personal convictions and professional duties and do not allow our
personal beliefs to interfere with fair representation of the aims of our institutions or the provision of
access to their information resources.
8. We strive for excellence in the profession by maintaining and enhancing our own knowledge and
skills, by encouraging the professional development of co-workers, and by fostering the aspirations
of potential members of the profession.
9. We affirm the inherent dignity and rights of every person. We work to recognize and dismantle
systemic and individual biases; to confront inequity and oppression; to enhance diversity and
inclusion; and to advance racial and social justice in our libraries, communities, profession, and
associations through awareness, advocacy, education, collaboration, services, and allocation of
resources and spaces.
Adopted at the 1939 Midwinter Meeting by the ALA Council; amended June 30, 1981; June 28,
1995; January 22, 2008; and June 29, 2021.
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