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Port Townsend Library Board of Trustees - Minutes of Meeting,
October 19, 1992
Meeting was ca1led to order at 7:20 by Chair Gwen Howard.
Attending: Howard, Sidle, Steurer, Watson; Gtaff: Silverblatt,
Blanchard
The minutes were approved as corrected and the bills were signed;
The librarian's report, budget update and circulation statistics
are attached. There was discuss1on of the CLAN relationships with
the school libraries and how this may change in the future.
Cheryl reminded the Board that she will be away from Nov 4
through Nov 11, and that the library will be closed on Nov. 11.
Sue reported a phone communication from a patron concerned about
the survey results, the need for earlier opening hours, and the
useof lights in the library.
Dahti Blanchard gave the staff report and discussed her job-
sharing arrangement with Lynn Ring. She works 16 hrs per week and
receives no benefits, but gets pro -rated vacation and sick
i leave. Dahti takes care of the periodicals, withdraws information
on adult books, works with the volunteers, has desk duty and
presents the concert series and other programs, as well as
! teaching a course for Adventures in Learning.
Cheryl led a review of
of goz-Als set last year.
November, and there w
will be a topic at the
hours and space issues.
reviewed and discussed.
the planning priorities and the timeline
The staff evaulations will begin in
as discussion about staffing needs. This
retreat in January, as wll as service
The one and two year priority items were
Lars suggested the use of the Carnegie Room for story hours if
the children's room is too crowded. There was discussion of the
elevator and the need to prevent abuse; it will need to be locked
in some way so that it does not require so much servicing.
The need for a projector no longer exists. There was discussion
about the need for computers, and the fact that there is a need
for only one public computer. The need for a public phone
continuee, perhaps at the Fire Department? The collections
development continues, and fJ.ve more books on tape have been
added to the thirty donated by the Friends'
These priorities will be updated at the retreat. Cheryl was asked
about her vision for the library; she sees us as a vital part of
the community, focuS51ng on the collection. programming, staffing,
with cooperative collection development, automation, more special
collections and full utilization of all library space.
Gwen presented a report on the WILL conference and the need for
trustees to be representative of the whole community. Cheryl
reported on Internet, a way to connect all computer networks, and
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the fact that the state library will be trying a pilot program.
Gwen, Sue and Cheryl attended and will share the information with
the rest of the Board.
The discussion of outdoor lights was concerned with the need to
prevent vandalism. We will look into adding hours without being
too extravagant with the budget.
The Budget committee reported on a preliminary meeting with John
Clise and David Grove. The annual FInance Committee hearing will
be held on Thursday, October 22, at City Hall, at 9:00 am.
Cheryl, Gwen and Sue will attend.
Cheryl reported that the work on the heating ducts had not
improved the noise problem; she will talk to Sue about working on
the problem with Les Tonkin.
Community Relations will meet next week; Sue will replace Anne
for the next few months on that committee. Personnel will meet in
December for a review of policies.
The County Library has approved $75,000 for the Automation
project based on approval of the grant for CLAN, good for one
Meetings: Pink House Committee - October 21
Special Board Meetings - October 28, November 16
Regular Board Meeting - November 23
The meeting was adjourned at 9:35 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Sue Sidle, acting secretary