LICOLN CARNEGIE LIBRARY BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
OCTOBER 11, 2016
MEMBERS
PRESENT: Karen Jeffers, Terry Broberg,
Patrisha Sreet, Sunny McBride, Sharon Luck, Lynne Metz
STAFF
PRESENT: Nancy Jensen, Mary Andersen
In the
absence of Kathy, Karen called the meeting to order. Trisha moved to accept the September 13
minutes. Terry added a second and the
motion carried.
Mary
reported on the children’s department that story time is averaging about 12
children per week. 25 different children
have attended. LEAP students are coming two Fridays per month. 30 students and 5 helpers came the first
week. On October 14, Nicole and Tevin
Hansen will present their new book “Rhomby the Skater Zombie” and activities
during LEAP. The holiday books for
Easter, Halloween and Thanksgiving have been cleaned and relabeled. There is a separate shelving location for
graphic novels to enable students to find them easier and for us to determine
how many are being checked out. Mary is working on shelving locations for the
non-fiction books as well. She attended
a meeting on improving story time. We
have checked out some of their musical items.
Nancy
reported that the new pencil sharpener is working well. She brought information on outdoor trash
containers. The FLCL have agreed to put
$600 toward this project. She brought chair leg pads to be used on the straight
chairs. CKLS is holding Trustee Dinner and Training sessions in November at
three different locations (Nov 15-Mankato, Nov 16-Downs, Nov
17-Ellsworth). Registration deadline is
November 7th. This year’s
topics include New Kansas Public Library Trustee Manual, CKLS System services
including next year’s grant requirements, and Trustee liabilities. There has
been water leaking into the basement and we are looking into extending the down
spout on the northwest corner. Nancy
will be giving a presentation on the Library at the United Methodist Women’s
October meeting. She has applied for a CKLS Materials Grant for Activity
Kits. These kits were popular during the
Summer Library Program including: Crocheting, Knitting, Kansas Travel, Yoga,
Cake Decorating, Classic Card Games, Zumba, Origami, Trivia and Brain Games. She
is weeding the fiction section and plans to move the Christian books next to
the A-B Fiction Section.
Terry
reported that the handrail project for the front of the library will be started
after the Christmas break.
Nancy
distributed copies of the recent CKLS Evaluation of our library. Each board member will read it before the
next meeting and present ideas about it.
After much
discussion about the size and cost of the outside trash containers, we decided
more information is needed. The basement
floors need to be stripped and waxed again.
Terry will look into finding a solution.
Lynne moved
to approve the bills with Sharon seconding the motion. Motion carried.
Discussion
followed about safety of staff at night.
Some ideas were to lock the basement door at dark, some kind of lifeline
that would go to sheriff’s department and Mace spray.
Respectfully
submitted,
Lynne Metz,
secretary
