Library Advisory Board meeting

Tulare Library Advisory Board Meeting Tulare Public Library | 475 North M Street | Tulare, CA July 17, 2019, at 4:00pm | TPL Charter Room Facilitator: Lisa Hollingshead | Minutes: Melissa Emerson Attendees: Lisa Hollingshead; Ellen Baker; Michelle Lippincott; Donna Schauland; Peggy DeMuth; Brian Beck; Heidi Clark; Melissa Emerson; Mollie Roache; Chloe Miller 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 Agenda Topic Speaker Time I. CALL TO ORDER Lisa Hollingshead 2 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. 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. IV. ITEMS OF STUDENT INTEREST Chloe Miller 5 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 – June 19, 2019  Free replacement cards in September (National Library Card Sign-up Month) VI. SCHEDULED CITIZEN OR GROUP PRESENTATIONS Lisa Hollingshead 2 VII. GENERAL BUSINESS Lisa Hollingshead 3 Brian Beck 10  Community Services updates  Snapshot of Stats & Library Updates Heidi Clark 10  Programs & Outreach (Summer Reading Program; Adult Library Staff reading challenge; new café tenant; etc.) 10  Suggestions from the Board Board Members VIII. ITEMS OF BOARD MEMBER INTEREST Lisa Hollingshead 2 IX. SET DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING Lisa Hollingshead 2  August 21, 2019, at 4pm X. ADJOURNMENT Lisa Hollingshead 1 53  Snapshot of Stats 19- 19- Fiscal 18- Library Statistics 2018 Mar 19-Apr May 19-Jun 19TOTALS General Public Services Library visits / Door count (801) 12,615 10,850 11,611 12,526 137210 New cards 254 174 212 352 3189 Reference question (802) 1,827 1,966 1,686 1,344 16798 Passports (Applications Accepted) 469 367 291 118 2674 Genealogy Customers 76 90 88 76 950 Children's Programs (824) TOTAL 25 18 15 19 221 Children's Program Attendance (825) TOTAL 638 225 255 1339 4173 Adult Programs(820) 18 17 14 10 145 Adult Program Attendance (821) 258 232 147 126 2005 Public Internet Computer Uses (# of Sessions)(859) 1,826 1,654 1,862 1,930 20805 Virtual Visits to the library website(860) 7,532 6,745 7,386 7,948 85432 Wireless sessions(861) 3,542 3,255 3,519 3,045 44744 TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS 835 782 871 426 7929 Total Circulation (810) 13,776 12,292 13,120 15,188 84532