LINCOLN CARNEGIE LIBRARY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES
APRILL 11, 2017
MEMBERS
PRESENT: Karen Jeffers, Sharon Luck, Sunnie McBride, Lynne Metz, Kathy Moss,
Patrisha Street, Patty Winters
LIBRARIANS
PRESENT: Nancy Jensen, Mary Andersen
Kathy opened
the meeting and welcomed new board member, Patty Winters. Patrisha moved to approve the March 14
minutes with Sunnie providing the second.
Motion carried.
Mary
reported on plans for the Summer Library Program. These include programs for older kids 9+: how
to build a bird house with Vicki from Lincoln Building Supply, how to knit and
crochet, tinkering (taking apart things to see what’s inside and how they
work). Sara Cagle, a teen on the TAB,
has volunteered to teach knitting. The knit/crochet sessions will be June 5-7
10:30-12:30. Mary needs other volunteers to teach knitting/crocheting, knitting
needles, crochet hooks, yarn and 2 liter Coke bottles for the programs. The final program will be a Touch-A-Truck at
the city park. There will be crafts at the Library on Saturday morning, June 3,
during the Alumni week-end. The TAB students are going to sell popsicles for a
fund raiser during Bike Across Kansas on June 13. She is looking into using
Google Docs and Google Forms for
registration for the Summer Library Program and for some surveys.
Nancy
reported attending the CKLS Library Bus Tour to the libraries in Topeka,
Manhattan and Junction City. The AT&T internet contract needs to be renewed
from July, 2017 to June, 2018. The
E-rate will reduce the monthly payment of $60 by nearly half. She contacted Royce Hillegeist in regard to
installing the automatic door for the south entrance. Paul Reinking made a donation to Lana Healy’s
memorial, asking that the money be used for new chairs for the public access
computers. Three chairs were purchased
for $326.22. There is still $1389 in the
memorial. In honor of National Library
week, she put informative table tents in the medical businesses in Lincoln. Marci Metz has agreed to make a metal sign
displaying summer hours on one side and winter hours on the other. This year we are required to have a Kansas
Library Association membership for the Director and Board Members. The total dues come to $140 ($35 for the
Director and $15 for each board member).
The Teen and Christian books have been moved and the fiction books will
be moved by the end of April.
Under
unfinished business we continued to study the library evaluation
suggestions. The batteries have been
replaced in the emergency lights. The
automatic door closure is in progress.
The old inside stairway has been closed off. We learned that the south door is handicap
accessible and will not have to be replaced.
We discussed adding a safety gate or half door at the top of the new
addition stairway. The elevator door is
too close to the open stairway for wheel chair safety. The laptops have been moved to a more
appropriate place. It was decided not to
purchase an external hard drive for backups but continue to use flash drives
instead. The arrangement of the children’s area is working out well for moms
and kids. It was suggested to add signage to indicate the south entrance as
handicapped accessible. The new books
and rotating books have been moved toward the back of the library to encourage
patrons to explore the library. Two items in the Library Policy Handbook will
be corrected by Nancy: change city
council to mayor that appoints new board members and clarify “debarred” in
punishment section. Taking under consideration are: audiobooks both child and adult. These can also be downloaded from the State
Library. It was suggested that we
provide our local teachers information on e-book and audio books through an inservice
at the school.
Patty
Winters and Charlene Batchman are the new board members replacing Terry Broberg
and Lynne Metz.
Lynne moved
to pay the current bills with Sharon seconding the motion. Motion carried. Sharon moved to continue the AT&T
internet contract with Lynne seconding the motion. Motion carried.
Sunnie moved
to adjourn the meeting with Sharon seconding the motion.
The next
meeting will be May 9, 2017 at 5:15 pm.
Respectfully
submitted, Lynne Metz
