Library Advisory Board meeting

Tulare Library Advisory Board Meeting Tulare Public Library | 475 North M Street | Tulare, CA April 17, 2019, at 4:00pm | TPL Charter Room Facilitator: Lisa Hollingshead | Minutes: Mollie Roache Attendees: Lisa Hollingshead; Ellen Baker; Michelle Lippincott; Donna Schauland; 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 – February 20, 2019 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 (Passport service impact; Reading Library Staff Challenge; Staffing update; etc.) 10 Board Members  Suggestions from the Board VIII. ITEMS OF BOARD MEMBER INTEREST Lisa Hollingshead 2 IX. SET DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING Lisa Hollingshead 2  May 15, 2019, at 4pm X. ADJOURNMENT Lisa Hollingshead 1 53  Snapshot of Stats Library Statistics 2019 19-Jan 19-Feb 19-Mar General Public Services Library visits / Door count (801) 11,818 10,985 12,615 New cards 248 208 254 Reference question (802) 1,141 1,057 1,827 Passports (Applications Accepted) 258 299 469 Children's Programs (824) TOTAL 21 16 24 Children's Program Attendance (825) TOTAL 293 210 608 Adult Programs(820) 17 15 17 Adult Program Attendance (821) 152 181 276 Public Internet Computer Uses (# of Sessions)(859) 1,795 1,606 1,826 Virtual Visits to the library website(860) 7,909 7,202 7,532 Wireless sessions(861) 3,784 3,480 3,542 Total Circulation (810) 15,346 12,826 13,776