02-11-2013 (Library) Minutes Library Advisory Board CITY OF WYLIE Library Board--Minutes Monday, February 11, 2013- 7:00 pm Conference Room Smith Public Library 300 Country Club Rd., Bldg. 300 Wylie, Texas 75098 CALL TO ORDER Announce the presence of a Quorum. Members present: Mindy Ayers, Shirley Burnett, Gerri Washington, William Whitney, Rachel Orozco (Board Liaison) Members absent: Candy Arrington, Timothy McCray & Margaret (Elaine) Sichter CITIZENS COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS Residents may address Board regarding an item that is not listed on the Agenda. Residents must provide their name and address. Board requests that comments be limited to three (3) minutes. In addition, the Board is not allowed to converse, deliberate or take action on any matter presented during citizen participation. There were no citizens present at the meeting. PRESENTATION No presentation was made at the meeting. ACTION ITEMS The Library Board Minutes of Monday, January 14, 2013 were approved as presented. There were no additional Action items on the Agenda. DISCUSSION ITEMS A discussion was held regarding the Unattended Child Policy being currently set at the age of 11. When the Library and Recreation Center first opened both entities agreed that the policy would be set at age 11. However, due to complaints the Recreation Center received they revised their policy and set the age at 7. Staff in the Children's Department currently spends a large amount of time explaining our age =autoft limit and the reasoning behind it. As a result, Staff has asked the Board to review the age limit and consider changing it to age 9. After a lengthy discussion, it was agreed that the issue be tabled for further discussion and voting on at the March meeting. February 11, 2013 Library Advisory Board Regular Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 2 STAFF REPORTS Staff Social: • Rachel has not had the opportunity to check with the City Manager about closing the library early on Monday, May 13 for the Board to host a staff social. She will try to accomplish this prior to the March Board Meeting. E-Books: • We hope to have this fully operational by the first part of March. Only two of the big publishers are selling to libraries. Library Calendar/Upcoming Events: • Abby's Birthday Celebration: February 12 from 3:30-4:15pm • Small Business Sessions: Small Business Tax Workshop on February 25 at 9 a.m.; Market Research Plain and Simple on March 18 at 11 a.m.; Small Business Start Smart Workshop Part I on March 18 at 5:45 p.m.; Small Business Start Smart Workshop, Part II on March 21 at 5:45 p.m. and Market Research with Reference USA on March 21 at 11 a.m. • Chocolate Tasting for Teens: February 14 from 5:00-6:00pm • March Manga Madness: Begins March 1 • Lauren Oliver, young adult author of the Delirium series: March 11 at 3:30pm. This is a question and answer session and a photo opportunity. • Mad Hatter Tea Party: March 14 from 3:00-5:00pm The Library in Excellence Award for the Texas Municipal Library Director's Association: • Rachel and Melissa put together and submitted the information for consideration and we won the award. Tex-Treasurer's Grant: • As a result of this grant we will be able to search The Wylie News by subject beginning in September. The grant covered the first 30 years of digitizing and the University of North Texas is covering the rest. The University picked up the newspapers and took them to Oklahoma to be digitized. Additional Grants: • We are applying for a Texas Reads Grant to have a poetry festival next year. We are also applying for an Impact Grant to purchase Nooks, Kindles and I-Pads so staff can learn how to use them and be able to assist patrons. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8:03 pm. v . 5. /3 /3 II\ dY Ayers,ers Chair Date