Board of Library Trustees

Laconia Public Library Board of Trustees Minutes of Meeting March 26 2015 Volpe Room VOTED: Minutes of regular meeting January 22, 2015 approved. Motion: Anderson; Second: Perley. Unamimous VOTED: January, February expenditures approved. Motion: Anderson; Second: Moriarty. Unanimous [Finance] VOTED: To defray expenses up to $2500.00 for Director to attend 2015 American Library Association Annual Conference in San Francisco. Motion: Anderson; Second: Perley. Unanimous Laconia Public Library Board of Trustees held their regular monthly meeting in Volpe Room. Chairman Bob Selig called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. Present: James Anderson; Craig Clark; Kimberly Danosi; John Moriarty; John Perley; Liz Rosenfeld; Director Randy Brough Not Present: Glenn Smith; City Council Liaison Brenda Baer Finance Committee: January, February expenditures approved. Motion: Anderson; Second: Moriarty. Unanimous Bob and Randy met with City Manager recently to review 2015-2016 budget. Reductions totaling $5680.00 were made to electricity, fuel, book, non-print and Gale Park lines. Technology Updates:  Eight Snap Circuits, Jr. kits have been purchased and used in three programs. More programs are scheduled, and more advanced kits will be acquired.  Library has purchased a programmable rover. Robot can be sent on missions by entering lines of code and then running the program. Staff member Loraine Murray gave a brief demonstration. Children (and parents) will be able to borrow the robot and work through exercises found in the accompanying manual. Eventually the plan is to acquire more advanced robots.  On April 21, Teen Room computers will be on reserve for students wishing to begin learning code. Library staff will be on hand to provide supervision and guidance. Other Business:  Deb Burnham has retired. Part-time library assistant Loraine Murray has been promoted to full- time. Books will be purchased (one for each year of employment) to honor Deb.  Trustees will review Taylor Community’s proposed Investment Policy for comparison with current LPL policy.   Board voted unanimously to defray expenses up to $2500.00 for Director to attend 2015 American Library Association Annual Conference in San Francisco (June 25-29). Motion: Anderson; Second: Perley.  Library on March 12 hosted a READS/Scrooge Coop roundtable on the topic “The community driven library.”  Library to Library Walk planning is in progress. Date of the event is Saturday, May 16. Trolley service (always popular) has been secured. Next meeting is May 28 at 4:00pm. (Note different time). Elections will be held at this meeting. Meeting adjourned @ 6:20 pm. Motion: Anderson; Second: Danosi Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted,