LAKE FOREST LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MEETING
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Present: President Thornburgh; Trustees Barnett, Dettling, Gibson, Hull, Miserendino, Pierson, Westropp, and Young; Youth Liaison, Eileen Sanders; Administrative Librarian Grabbe; and Administrative Assistant Grasmick.
Absent: None.
President Thornburgh called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
A welcome was extended to new trustee, Janet Gibson, and youth liaison, Eileen Sanders. Board members introduced themselves to the newcomers.
There were no changes or corrections to the minutes of the June 9 meeting. The minutes were approved as mailed.
Administrative Librarian's Report :
Maintenance: The parking lot resurfacing will begin on August 3. The lot will be closed for up to two weeks. Patrons may park across the street while the lot is under construction. Notices have been up since July 1 and bookmarks are being distributed.
Equipment: We moved our internet connection from a T1 line to fiber on June 26.
Services: Summer reading attendance has been very high. The fire marshal has set the activity room capacity at 130. The program will be closed once capacity is reached. Next year we will review other options; perhaps popular programs can be held at Gorton Community Center.
To coincide with the Burnham Centennial, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's GO TO 2040 campaign is placing an i nteractive GO TO 2040 kiosk in our lobby from July 27 to July 31. Residents can now add their voice to decisions about how to best accommodate more than 2.8 million new neighbors who will join them over the next 30 years. A series of interactive activities will make it easy for residents in the seven-county region to contribute their ideas for the future of the economy, transportation, housing, land use, open space, the environment and other quality-of-life factors.
On July 25 the library will host an adult program on blogging in the Children’s Activity Room. Registration is required for this program.
Miscellaneous : A statistical analysis from Library Journal was distributed. Our library ranked highly.
Committee Reports :
Services: No report.
Long Range Planning: The committee met on June 9, 2009 to discuss the new Service Responses from the American Library Association. The committee has asked Mrs. Grabbe and staff members to summarize the findings. The committee will then meet to finalize a report to share with the board.
Finance: No report.
NSLS: No report.
Friends: The children’s book sale made approximately $9,400.00.
Three temporary storage pods are now in the parking lot. 500 more sorted boxes are ready this year than at the same time last year. Boxes will be loaded into the pods until the activity room is available for storage. The sale location change is being heavily promoted.
Old Business : None.
New Business : Chapter 8, Public Services: Reference and Reader’s Advisory Services from Serving Our Public: Standards for Illinois Public Libraries was discussed. We meet all items on the recommended checklist.
The next meeting will be Tuesday, August 11, 2009.
Opportunity for the public to address the Board : no one addressed the Board.
Trustee Young moved that the meeting be adjourned; Trustee Gibson seconded. Motion carried.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Pierson
Secretary