Library Board

The regular meeting of the Library Board will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, April 17th, 2017 in the library board room on the second floor of Keene Memorial Library in the City of Fremont, Nebraska. Keene Memorial Library Board Meeting April 17, 2017 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Notice of Meeting and Agenda 4. Reading of the Minutes of the meeting held March 20, 2017 5. Unfinished Business 6. New Business a. Continued discussion about the Expansion project b. Overview of the Friends Book Sale 7. Reports a. Director’s Report b. Friends of the Library Report Next Meeting: May 15, 2017 3:30 p.m. Keene Memorial Library Agenda posted at the Municipal Building, Keene Memorial Library and online at www.fremontne.gov/library and emailed to Library Board members on April 13, 2017. The official current copy is available at Keene Memorial Library, 1030 North Broad Street. The Library Board reserves the right to go into Executive Session at any time. A Copy of the Open Meeting Law is posted in the Board Room.  Library Directors Report 17 April 2017 News  Presented the annual report to City Council last week. The focus was “and so much more” indicating more than just books. Copy is available upon request – hard copy here. We will be posting this to our website next week.  I met with George Lawson and based on his professional input, I have asked Jeff Hoffman to serve as the Expansion Project Manager. We will be planning for an executive committee with multiple sub-committees under that. The EC will simply be there to make sure things are moving forward and for input and advice. The work will be done by the committees, Jeff, and myself. We are looking for volunteers for the EC and the committees.  The appreciation dinner for the Friends of the Library will be May 5th, Friday, from 6-8. You are all invited. We will give a few awards out and have a nice dinner catered by HyVee. This will be at the Senior Center at Christensen Field.  The reception went well at Gallery 92 East to host “The Bridges” photo exhibit for the sesquicentennial. The mayor attended and said it was a success.  The library will start Strategic Planning later this year as well.  We will be moving forward with the Fine Amnesty project. This will take a LOT of time. We will be moving the Bridge Donation to later in April and not tied to fines.  Summer Reading Program is starting soon.  We are moving forward on the bathroom remodel project scheduled for late July – August. Personnel  Mary Rhodman retired Friday the 14th. She has been with KML almost 2 decades.  We have another Library Aide position open – 20 hours. Respectfully submitted, Tina Walker, Library Director  … and so much more. Keene Memorial Library 2015-2016 Annual Report  The Year of Never-ending Change I barely had started at Keene Memorial Library (KML) when the 2015-16 year ended. Even as a newcomer and someone with little time at KML, I was fully aware that the previous fiscal year had been a year full of challenges and changes for the library staff. Staff seemed lost with no direction. I can’t really blame them for feeling like they were out to sea on a rickety, inflatable raft. The staff saw three director changes in 2015-16. This is not something that is done without repercussions. Each time a new director comes in, things get changed. Directors often have a different idea on how to manage as well as a vast difference in their ideas on how a library should function. Sometimes, they even have extremely different backgrounds that affect how they perceive library responsibilities to the community and to the library itself. New directors can be so far off course with the ideas supplanting the library mission that staff can’t even figure out what is going on. First KML lost a 5-year director then a short-term director; I was the third director in a short time span. And things of course have changed (for the better I believe). I have promised the staff I am not going anywhere anytime soon, so they can relax a little and just do their jobs without worrying about how the library is being managed into the future. Most importantly, the staff are included in the decision making process for most of the changes, which gives them a voice and helps alleviate fears and frustrations. We have also moved to a user-centered decision making process that allows us to ask, “What is the best for our patrons/community?” when making decisions. As we move forward into the future, we will continue to evaluate our current programs, policies, procedures, collection, processes, and everyday activities to make improvements to help staff and KML run more efficiently and effectively to provide better service to our patrons and the community. The KML staff is dedicated and driven to provide the best services for our community. They are working very hard and using every minute to provide the best programs and services we can offer with our staffing numbers. As we continue to reallocate and redesign services, there may be challenges along the way, but we will keep moving forward to a better library user-centered service model. Respectively submitted, Tina J. Walker, Director KML Keene Memorial Library Governance 2015 -2016 Board Larry Jirsak, Library Board President Lori Dahl Jan Therian Connie Schmeichel Valeria Marquez City Council Larry Johnson, President Kevin Eairleywine Michael Kuhns Steven Landholm Scott Schaller Mark Legband John Anderson Jennifer Bixby Mayor The Honorable Scott Getzschman  Keene Memorial Library At a Glance Library Community Anchors Collection The Library added 5,070 new items to the collection. The library provided meeting rooms for 367 meetings with a combined attendance of 3,572 On average, 68 people a day used our computers. The Library provides Children 1296 free Wi-Fi to the public. New Adult Programs Members The Library provides Programs 598 basic technology support and services. 53 Library Programs The library had 651 programs during the 2015-16 with a combined attendance of 9,255. Highlights of 2015-16 2015-16 was another year of great change and challenges for Keene Memorial Library. Director Janet Davenport retired in December 2015. Her replacement, Noelle Neff, was here for a month before resigning for personal reasons in February 2016. Longtime staff member Katie Roberts also resigned in March 2016. Youth Service Librarian Laura England-Biggs once again stepped in as Interim Director until Tina Walker was hired in July 2016. The library continued to focus on youth service programming, starting with Halloween Hysteria at the Fremont Area Art Association/Gallery 92 West in October 2015 and carrying through to Summer Reading Program in June and July 2016. Our regular storytimes and Baby & Toddler Time continued to be popular throughout the year. Additional special events included:  a new storytime series (Ready for Kindergarten, which focus on early literacy concepts)  a successful Star Wars Reads Day with a visit from the 501st Legion  the first Green Halloween Costume Swap in cooperation with Keep Fremont Beautiful  visit from YA author Colleen Oakes  Grinch Me Up Party  Noon Year’s Eve Party  Preschool and 3rd Grade Tours  Life-sized Candyland  Quarterly crafts with holiday themes  Day in the Past with May Museum  Eco-Fair with Keep Fremont Beautiful  Fantastic Future Me display from the Omaha Children’s Museum  Movie Nights at the Library  Summer Lunch Program storytime Highlights of 2015-16 Adult programming continued to expand during the 2015-16 year. Along with our outreach visits to area nursing homes with a rotating collection of large type books and homebound deliveries, we also hosted other invents at the library. Some of the highlights are:  Novel Ideas monthly book club  Jeff Barnes and Buffalo Bill’s Nebraska  Browyn Zitka’s “My Life as a Sex Slave”  Computer classes for beginners  Beverly Deepe Keever: An Unconventional Woman for an Unconventional War  Mark Langan and Busting Bad Guys  Poetry Readings by Tom Adamson  The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley  Lego for Everyone one Sunday a month  Adult Game Night one Monday a month  Arts &Crafts Swap & Learn  Jeff Barnes and A Bad Man in a Good Place – Jesse James in Nebraska  Suzi Parron and Following the Barn Quilt Trail  Movie – The War Room in cooperation with local church The Library in the community  1. Provide outreach  Schools  Assisted Living Facilities  Nursing Homes  Daycare Centers  NonProfit groups  and Other libraries  2. Provide free online resources for learning and education  3. Provide technology assistance  4. Provide Educational Classes  5. Provide Hobby Classes  6. Provide after-school programs  Children’s Programs \ 464 Total Attendance 7,709 Early Literacy Programs 41 Total Attendance 738 Young Adult Programs 93 Total Attendance 509 Adult Programs 53 Total Attendance 299 Service Statistics 2015-2016 2014-2015 New Borrowers 1,293 1,236 Computer Use 24,199 24,533 Number of Borrowers 13,440 12,147 Library Meetings 367 501 Library Programs 610 492 Program Attendance 8,307 7,287 Community Meetings / Events 367 335 Web Branch Visits 13,982 17,168 Wifi Usage 3,495 N/A  Total Circulation 133657 Adult Young Adult Juvenile Checkouts 100000 90500 90000 80000 70000 55500 60000 50000 40000 25000 30000 20000 12400 10000 0 Computer Usage Adult Materials Children's Electronic # uses  Collection 11000 3600 5800 73000 85000 ebooks print books CDs Audio Downloads DVDs Collection Statistics 2015-2016 Number of books added 4,056 Number of DVDs added 406 Number of CDs added 608 Total added to collection 5,070 Library Budget Expenditures 2015-2016 2014-2015 Salaries & Wages $615,403 $600,398 (Including Benefits) Books & Materials $135,295 $170,084 Contractual Services $119,937 $137,441 Commodities $21,054 $28,346 Capital $24,166 $4,535 IT Purchases for Library $11,226 $40,853 Total $927,081 $981,657 Revenue General Fund Property $959,007 $1,093,141 Tax Support Fines / Fees $21,420 $23,014 State Aid / Lender Comp $7,264 $5,571 Donations $24,485 $15,800 (Local & Non-Profit) Total $1,012,176 $1,137,526 Library Budget Receipts 2015-2016 2014-2015 Fines $6,876.36 $7,908.88 Copies $5,508.51 $5,563.15 Replacement Cards $249.00 $307.50 Non-Residents $6,207.00 $6,278.00 ILL/Genealogy Research $403.46 $401.82 Replacement of Materials $1,726.50 $2,023.03 Damage to Materials $43.99 $52.90 Debt Collect $396.31 $575.15 Total $21,411.13 $23,110.43 Identified Areas of Focus for 2016-17  Youth Summer Programs & Youth Services  Technology – STEM Programming  Technology classes for all ages  Genealogy focus Have you ever thought about what a library is worth to its community? This table overviews the value of Keene Memorial Library. This is the value to the community for using our resources. KMl Library Service Value KML Value Usage of of Service Service 79,965 Adult Books Borrowed $17.00 $135,9405.00 Amazon average cost 6,810 Young Adult Books $12.00 $81,720.00 Amazon average cost Borrowed 46,872 Children Books Borrowed $17.00 $796,824.00 Amazon average cost 2,364 Audiobooks borrowed $9.95 $23,521.80 Audible.com download average cost 875 Interlibrary Loan Requests $25.00 $21,875.00 Amazon average cost plus shipping 12,400 eBooks Downloaded $15.00 $186,000.00 Estimated B&N / Amazon cost 14,439 Movies Borrowed $4.00 $57,576.00 Estimated Netflix cost 3,987 CDs Borrowed $9.95 $39,670.00 iTunes download album average cost 1,337 Music Downloaded $1.00 $1337.00 ITunes average cost per song 367 Meeting room Usage $25.00 $9,175.00 Estimated value 299 Adult Programs Attended $15.00 $4,485.00 Entertainment/programs admission fee – estimated average per adult 509 Young Adult Programs $12.00 $6,108.00 Entertainment/programs admission fee – estimated average per youth 808 Children’s Program $7.00 $5,656.00 Entertainment/programs admission fee – estimated average per child 24,199 Computer Use (per hour) $12.00 $290,388.00 FedEx/Kinko’s price 149,860 Database Searches $19.95 $2,989,707.00 KML’s Total Value of Service $5,873,447.80