Library Advisory Board Meeting

Tulare Library Advisory Board Meeting Tulare Public Library | 475 North M Street | Tulare, CA September 20, 2017, at 4:00pm | TPL Charter Room Facilitator: Lisa Hollingshead | Minutes: Jane Zikratch Attendees: Lisa Hollingshead; Michelle Lippincott; Terry Sayre; Alejandra Alfaro; Alexandra Arroyo; Rob Hunt; Heidi Clark; Melissa Emerson; Sarah Fly; and, Jane Zikratch City of Tulare Mission Statement: To promote a quality of life making Tulare the most desirable community in which to live, learn, play, work, worship and prosper Minutes Topic Speaker Time I. CALL TO ORDER Lisa called the meeting to order at 4:05pm. Lisa Hollingshead 2 Heidi showed the “Connections” video. II. CITIZEN COMMENTS: This is the time for citizens to comment on items within the Lisa Hollingshead 2 jurisdiction of the Advisory Board. The Board cannot legally discuss or take official action on citizen comments that are introduced today. Each speaker will be allowed 3 minutes, with a maximum of 10 minutes per item, unless otherwise extended by the board. None III. COMMUNICATIONS: Communications are to be submitted 10 days prior to a Lisa Hollingshead 2 meeting to be considered for this section of the Agenda. No action will be taken on matters listed under Communications; however, the Board may direct staff to schedule issues raised during Communications for a future agenda. Citizen comments will be limited to 3 minutes per topic, unless otherwise extended by Board. None IV. ITEMS OF STUDENT INTEREST Alejandra Alfaro 5 Alexandra Arroyo  Meet our new Teens on Board Anthony Galindo-absent Alejandra and Alexandra are both from Tulare Union. They also both love books. Alexandra has already committed to being on the Library’s Teen Advisory Board. Each staff and board member introduced themselves to the teens. V. CONSENT CALENDAR: All Consent Calendar items are considered routine and will Lisa Hollingshead 2 be enacted in one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these matters unless a request is made, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar to be discussed and voted upon by a separate motion.  Approval of Minutes – August 16, 2017 Motion by Michelle and seconded by Terry. VI. SCHEDULED CITIZEN OR GROUP PRESENTATIONS Lisa Hollingshead 2 VII. GENERAL BUSINESS Lisa Hollingshead 3  Community Services updates Rob Hunt 10 Rob shared that the Library Foundation donated $30,000 to the building fund at the City Council Meeting. In all they Heidi Clark 10 have given $450,000 towards their pledge of one million.  Update on new Librarian Library Staff 10 Heidi said that the new Librarian has been selected, and we are waiting for HR to finish their process.  Snapshot of Stats & Library Updates, Articles August stats were up from July in all areas—Adult, Youth and Board Members General Services. Heidi announced that the newspaper dropped the Library column. Rob said that they did the same for the Senior Center. He feels like Parks and Rec may be next. He  thought it might be a good idea to let City Council know. We will explore an online or email newsletter.  Amended room rental policy Copies of the amended Library Meeting Rooms—Application for Use was distributed. There was a motion to approve, seconded and approved unanimously. Rob said that City Hall was considering having a separate policy for the City Council Chambers. Rob asked about movie attendance in the Council Chambers. Kids do it the first Saturday because the other rooms are busy. It is supervised. On Wednesdays, the group from across the street comes. It averages 30+ people, and is also supervised. The FOL just renewed the movie license.  Programs & Outreach (Night @ the Library; National Library Card Sign-up Mo., Class Tours, Homework Help, Spooktacular, Job Fair) Banned Book Week is coming. Will promote after N@L. September started class tours and homework help. Read to Ride at the Fair was less popular this year, perhaps because it only applied to Thursday. The VRC had a table at the Fair for Vets Appreciation Day. Jane is doing new outreach on the Leadership Tulare Steering Committee. She also gave a presentation about TPL to the Tulare Kings Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.  Suggestions from the Board VIII. ITEMS OF BOARD MEMBER INTEREST Lisa Hollingshead 2 IX. SET DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING Lisa Hollingshead 2  October 18, 2017, at 4pm Terry won’t be able to attend. X. ADJOURNMENT 4:40pm Lisa Hollingshead 1 53 Snapshot of Stats