Library Board of Trustees

Library Board of Trustees Minutes of Meeting January 28, 2013 Sterling Heights Public Library 40255 Dodge Park, Sterling Heights, MI 48313 586-446-2665 I. Call to Order Meeting was called to order by Don Schinzing at 5:35 p.m. II. Roll Call Members Present: Josephine Berthet, Dave Brown, Don Schinzing Members Absent: Susan Biolchini Staff Present: Tammy Turgeon, Library Director Resignation was received from Mary Lou Metzger. III. Approval of Agenda Brown made a motion to approve the Agenda, seconded by Berthet. Motion carried. IV. Approval of Minutes Brown made a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting on November 19, 2012, seconded by Schinzing. Motion carried. V. Communication from Citizens None VI. Monthly Reports, Statistics, and Correspondence A. Building-Wide Stats – FY2012 / FY2013 and Annual Comparison Board reviewed statistics. Database/Website/Catalog Searches continue to increase over the previous year. Board commented that Annual Comparison is helpful to view overall usage of the library’s services and collections. B. Monthly Issues – November and December 2012 Board reviewed the monthly issues reports. Staff is working on reorganizing juvenile and YA series and fiction sections to assist patrons in finding items easily. C. Compliment/Complaint Forms Board reviewed compliments and complaints. A lot of positive feedback was received related to children’s programming (Toddler Time, Christmas Craft, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Zombie program, Drummunity, and Holiday Craft). We do not have the staff time to continue the monthly book lists. A Wowbrary flyer was created to let patrons know about the service that  gives them a weekly email indicating the new books. VII. Suburban Library Cooperative No report. VIII. Friends of the Library A. Bookstore Sales Bookstore sales were down $3,000 from last year, but were still very good. This year is starting out lower as well. IX. Unfinished Business None X. New Business A. 2014 Library Draft Budget The proposed budget called for a 5% reduction in Supplies and Other Charges. This will mean less books and audiovisual items purchased as well as one less staff workstation. B. Collection Development Policy Revision A change was recommended to begin the purchase of Blu-ray movies and discontinue the purchase of Wii games. Both of these collections are paid for by the Friends of the Library. Motion to approve the revised Collection Development Policy was made by Brown, supported by Berthet. Motion carried. C. Circulation Policy Revision A change was recommended to have New DVDs and Blu-rays circulate for 7 days and then change to 14 days when they have been in the collection for six months. Motion to approve the revised Circulation Policy was made by Berthet, supported by Brown. Motion carried. D. 2012 Volunteer of the Year Motion to select Mary Lou Metzger as the 2012 Volunteer of the Year was made by Berthet, supported by Brown. Motion carried. E. 2012 Staff Recognition Motion to select Loa Stanislawski for recognition by the Board was made by Brown, supported by Berthet. Motion carried. XI. Adjourn Motion was made by Brown to adjourn, seconded by Berthet. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m. Next meeting is March 18, 2013 at 5:30 p.m.