Library Board of Trustees

Library Board of Trustees Minutes of Meeting January 27, 2014 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 5:30 p.m. II. Roll Call Members Present: Josephine Berthet, Dave Brown, June Hughes, Don Schinzing Members Absent: Susan Biolchini Staff Present: Tammy Turgeon, Library Director III. Approval of Agenda Hughes made a motion to approve the Agenda, seconded by Brown. Motion carried. IV. Approval of Minutes Brown made a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting on November 18, 2013, seconded by Berthet. Motion carried. V. Communication from Citizens None VI. Monthly Reports, Statistics, and Correspondence A. Building-Wide Stats – FY2013 / FY2014 Board reviewed statistics. Circulation is still trending down compared with 2013. However, the circulation of emedia (ebooks, eaudio books, digital magazines) continues to increase significantly. The use of the library’s online reference sources, website, and catalog continues to increase as well. In the first six months of this fiscal year, there have been 747,165 searches/contacts by residents. The library’s investment in a new website and promotion of online and digital resources is producing results. B. Monthly Issues – November and December 2013 Board reviewed the monthly issues reports. Items discussed: Zinio, the digital magazine service started in December, is doing well. Hundreds of magazines have been downloaded by Sterling Heights residents in the first month. Board asked about the spreadsheet for materials budgets. This was created  for librarians to use for collection development purposes that has daily updates. C. Compliment/Complaint Forms Board reviewed compliments. Received compliments for Zinio, support of Desert Angel Organization, Gratitude Steel Band, Afternoon/Evening Movies, Crafts, ABCs of Computers, Lego Program and Kathryn Ribant Payne. Board reviewed complaints. The Economist magazine has not been removed from the collection; The cold air blowing in Quiet Study Area has been fixed; There is not enough money in the library’s budget to purchase Mango Languages. VII. Suburban Library Cooperative The Cooperative will be discussing purchasing a wireless management system for all of the shared system libraries at its next board meeting. Zinio is going well. VIII. Friends of the Library A. Bookstore Sales Bookstore sales ended up at $51,776 for the year. The cold weather has limited sales so far this year. B. Quarterly Budget Report The Board reviewed the Friends’ Quarterly Budget Report. In order to increase income levels, the Friends have registered as a Kroger Community Rewards organization. Kathryn made bookmarks to be distributed. The Friends are also doing a Max & Erma’s day in April where 20% of the sales will go to the Friends if patrons bring in the flyer. Flyers will be distributed in March. IX. Unfinished Business None X. New Business A. 2015 Draft Library Budget Board reviewed the library budget that was submitted to the Finance Director. A two percent increase was requested. Two service improvement forms were also completed for additional funding for the library’s collections and a 20 hour PT Technology Librarian. B. 2013 Library Volunteer of the Year A motion to select Sharon Cicilian as the 2013 Library Volunteer of the Year was made by Berthet, supported by Brown. Motion carried. C. 2013 Staff Recognition  A motion to select Kathryn Ribant Payne for Recognition by the Library Board for her work in 2013 was made by Berthet, seconded by Hughes. Motion carried. XI. Adjourn Motion was made by Brown to adjourn, seconded by Berthet. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:26 p.m.