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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-01-04 Library Commission Summary KENAI LIBRARY COMMISSION KENAI COMMUNITY LIBRARY ACTMTY ROOM JANUARY 4, 2000 ~ 7:30 P.M. AGENDA ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER/k ROLL CALL ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL ITEM 3' APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- December 7, 1999 ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 5: REPORTS ao Director Friends of the Library ITEM 6' OLD BUSINESS ao Discussion -- School Library Survey ITEM 7: NEW BUSINESS a. Election of Chair and Vice Chair ITEM 8: COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS/QUESTIONS ITEM 9' INFORMATION ao Kenai City Council Action Agendas of December 1 and 15, 1999. ITEM 10: ADJOURNMENT KENAI LIBRARY COMMISSION KENAI COMMUNITY LIBRARY ACTIVITY ROOM JANUARY 4, 2000 ~ 7:30 P.M. Chair Bob Peters, Presiding ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER/h ROLL CALL Chairperson Peters called the meeting to order at approximately 7:36 p.m. taken as follows: Roll was Commissioners present: Commissioners absent: Others present: Brown, Peters, Rodes and Forbes. Brenckle, Heus and O'Reilly. City Clerk Freas, Councilman Moore, Acting Director McNair, Student Representative Ha_ring ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL MOTION: Commissioner Forbes MOVED to approve the agenda as presented and Commissioner Brown SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- December 7, 1999 MOTION: Commissioner Brown MOVED to approve the minutes as presented and Commissioner Forbes SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD -- None. ITEM 5: REPORTS 5-a. Director -- McNair reported the Library got through the Christmas and New Year holiday without any problems with the computers or other operations. 5-b. Friends of the Library -- Brown reported there had been no meeting since the last "Friends" report made at the Commission's December meeting. She noted, the Library Open House was well-attended and successful. · ITEM 6: OLD BUSINESS 6-a. Discussion -- School Library Survey-- Student Representative Haring reported the high school surveys would be distributed within the next two weeks. Forbes reported she received additional surveys from the middle school and they had not been included in the information she would present at this meeting. Alternative High School -- Forbes reported 49 out of 60 students at the Alternative High School returned the surveys and of those, 24 completed the survey because they use the library-services. She added, most of their responses were very good and there were many of those students who use the library often. Forbes noted, they were mostly interested in fiction, non-fiction and the Internet services available. She added, 75% of the Alternative School felt the library should be enlarged and most were satisfied with the hours, etc. of the library. Kenai Middle School-- Forbes reported 297 out of 413 students returned the surveys and from those, 73% (217) use the library. Of those 28% use the library twice a month and 17% use it five or more times a month. Student comments stated they .liked to use the library for studying. She added, the students like the.library services offered, but their biggest concern was the need for more Internet services and that more holiday parties should be given for the younger children and some for the older children as well. It was decided that when all the school survey information is collected, it should be separated by school. 'ITEM 7: NEW BUSINESS Election of Chair and Vice Chair MOTION: Commissioner Forbes MOVED to nominate Bob Peters for chair and Commissioner Brown SECONDED the motion. Commissioner Rodes MOVED to close the nominations. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Commissioner Peters was elected Chair. MOTION: Commissioner Brown MOVED to nominate Lorene Forbes for vice chair and Commissioner Rodes SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Commissioner Forbes was elected Vice Chair. ITEM 8: COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS/QUESTIONS Haring-- No report. Forbes -- RePorted she was on the Board of the Performing Arts and noted an instrumental trio would be performing at the college on Sunday evening. She encouraged all to attend. LIBRARY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 4, 2000 PAGE 2 Rodes -- Stated she was happy there were no problems for the Library coming into the new year. Brown '-- Reported there was information from Tom Ackerly in the recent ARTA newsletter regarding an organization fighting hunger. She noted, each visit to the website initiates a donation to the hunger program from corporate sponsors. She urged the commission members to look at the website. Moore -- Reported the council reviewed attendance records of commissions, committees and boards at their last council meeting. He noted Commissioner O'Reilly was out of compliance with the code, however no action was taken. Moore added, some comments from council were to adhere to the code and some were to hold off on actions. He noted, the council briefly discussed amending the code to allow teleconferencing to enable people not able to attend meetings to stay involved. Moore added, he believed there would be more discussion about teleconferencing in their future meetings. McNair -- Reported she spoke with Representative Smalley and asked him to remember the library while in Juneau for the next legislative session. She noted, at this time the library is included in an on-line database {EBSCO Statewide Database) for libraries through the State Library System. Funding for the database ends in May. She noted, the library's involvement saves the city money. She suggested the legislative representatives be reminded the State Library needs the funding to continue the service to the communities of Alaska. McNair added, the database includes full- text electronic search engines for viewing newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, and other references. It was noted, the system is readily available for everyone. Peters -- Peters thanked the Commission for their confidence in him and added, he would do his best to lead the Commission in the next year. ITEM 9: INFORMATION -ao Kenai City Council Action Agendas of December 1 and 15, 1999. ITEM 10: ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Commissioner Forbes MOVED to adjourn and Commissioner Brown SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:58 p.m. Minutes transcribed and prepared by: Carol L. Freas, City Clerk LIBRARY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 4, 2000 PAGE 3