LAKE FOREST LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
MINUTES
Present: President Smock; Trustees Bacon, Duncan, Garrett, Palmer, Pierson, Plandowski, Thornburgh, and Young; Martha Turewicz, Youth Liaison; Administrative Librarian Grabbe; and Administrative Assistant Grasmick.
Absent: None.
President Smock called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
Trustee Duncan moved that the minutes of the December 13 meeting be approved as mailed, Trustee Plandowski seconded. Motion carried.
Librarian's Report:
Maintenance: The final test of the sprinkling system has been completed. Connection to the alarm panel can now be scheduled.
Furniture for the Garden Room renovation has been ordered.
Design estimates for the Staff Room are being prepared by DownEast Design Group.
Personnel: Judy Nickels, reference librarian, will change from part-time to fulltime. Cindy Infantino will remain as Special Projects and Public Relations librarian but will move from fulltime to part-time.
Services: Sirsi, our library automation vendor, has a voice activation module that some CCS libraries will implement soon. Our library will not be using the system to call patrons, but patrons can call 847-590-8706 to access their account. This system allows patrons to renew, list items checked out, list items overdue, list items on hold, and list fines owed.
Susan Garrett and Karen May will hold a Town Hall Meeting in the Children’s Activity Room on Saturday, January 28 th.
The CrossCurrents program schedule was distributed. Information about the CrossCurrents cultural programs will also appear in Dialogue, Forest View, and on the Library’s web site.
A new book titled, The "bird girl": the story of a sculpture by Sylvia Shaw Judson, includes librarians Judy Gummere and Cindy Infantino in the acknowledgements.
Miscellaneous: The NSLS Legislative Breakfast will be held on Monday, February 20, 2006 from 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM at the Arboretum Club in Buffalo Grove. Trustees interested in attending should notify Mrs. Grabbe.
The conclusion section of an OCLC report titled, Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources, was distributed. This led to a discussion on ways to market our electronic resources. Mrs. Grabbe gave a brief history of OCLC and WorldCat, the worldwide catalog.
Committee Reports:
Services: No report.
Long Range Plan: No report.
Finance: A meeting was set for 6:30 p.m. on February 14 th to discuss the FY07 budget.
NSLS: Trustee Plandowski recommended a trustee tutorial, TrusteE-Training, at http://www.nsls.info/about/board/training/default.htm. The NSLS web site has been redesigned and is worth a look.
Friends : A board meeting will be held on January 14 th. Volunteers are badly needed to help with sorting and pricing of donated materials.
Old Business : None.
New Business: The next meeting will be Tuesday, February 14, 2006.
Opportunity for the public to address the Board: No one addressed the Board.
Trustee Palmer moved that the meeting be adjourned; Trustee Garrett seconded. Motion carried.
There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:06 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Winifred Duncan
Secretary