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The regular monthly meeting of the Salina Public Library Board of Trustees was held at 7:00
a.m. on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 , in the Tech Center Conference Room.
The following Board members were present: Karma DeForest, Mary Shaffer, Sally Donatell,
Mary Bender, Christi Manley and Karen Bonar. Others present were Joe McKenzie, Sandy
Wilcox, Nick Berezovsky, Amy Adams and Mike Wilson with observer for the league of
women voters.
Karma DeForest called the meeting to order
MINUTES:
Karma DeForest asked for any changes or additions to the January Board meeting minutes.
13 -02 On a motion made by Mary Bender and seconded by Mary Shaffer it was RESOLVED
THAT: The Board of Trustees of the Salina Public Library approves the minutes of the
January Board meeting as written. Motion passed. P988. 02/19/2013
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
Friends had their book sale this last weekend. They sold about 500.00 to their internet seller,
and the about 2500.00 at the sale. Last month they sold about $600.00 of books off of their
bookshelves .
ORIENTATION: Nick Berezovsky -Head of Acquisitions & Cataloging
Nick spoke to the Board about his department and what they do. The department places
orders and processes materials to go out on the shelves. Mark orders and receives the
materials , Nick does the cataloging and Robin and Kay process the books. About 14,000
items are processed per year. They also process donated materials and incoming mail. His
department also helps other departments with projects such as the Youth Services picture
book project. The department can also pull stats for other departments as needed.
DISCUSSION /ACTION
Van Graphics- Amy Adams
Amy spoke to the Board about the van graphics. She showed the Board a mock up done by
Wild side graphics. The Board approved the design and to go ahead with the wrap.
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FINANCIAL REPORT:
We received an appropriation in January. Expenditures totaled about $150,000 in January.
The 2012 financial audit is finished. Joe handed those out to Board Members to look over
and be prepared for discussion at the next meeting.
STATISTICAL REPORT:
January is an average to slower month. We are trying to do more outreach so you may see
those numbers increase. Information Services fielded quite a few questions in January and
the number of adult borrowers seems to be up.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT:
Each department is trying to pitch in and do at least 10 minutes of cleaning each day to help
keep the library looking nice. We received $3,900 in memorial gifts for John Black. We are
looking at using the money for some more photograph art and possibly some mini libraries
and some outreach pop up libraries. Mini libraries consist of small containers usually
colorfully decorated where people in the neighborhoods can share or borrow books and we
would also stock them with some of our donated books. For the Pop Up Libraries we would
use our little van and show up at community events for outreach opportunities.
Joe spoke to the Board about Zinio. Zinio is a database of online magazines. We could
choose up to 150 magazines to be provided online to our patrons. If we decided to use Zinio
we would probably reduce some of our printed collection of magazines.
We are moving forward with our Boopsie app. It takes about six weeks to develop and set up
our app. We will not be including book check out with the app at this time. The cost would
be $3,400 per year.
We are continuing with the Salina Reads project. The committee meets again tonight to try
and narrow the list of which to select the book from.
BOARD COMMENTS:
Mary Shaffer mentioned the Discover Salina Naturally event to be held April 21st from 12 to
4 . She thought it would be great to have representation from the Library.
Mary also had questions about two week loans and renewals. Mary also announced that she
has retired and will be having a retirement reception.
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NEW BUSINESS:
13 -03 On a motion made by Sally Donatell and seconded by Karen Bonar it was
RESOLVED THAT: The Board of Trustees of the Salina Public Library adjourn at 8:10 a.m
Motion passed. P990. 02/19/13.
Sally Donatell
Secretary Treasurer Sandra Wilcox Recorder
Date 02/19/2013