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Home My WebLink About2013-06-04 Library Commission PacketKENAI LIBRARY COMMISSION KENAI COUNCIL CHAMBERS JUNE 4, 2013 7:00 P.M. AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL 2. AGENDA APPROVAL 3. APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY —April 2, 2013 4. PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. FY2014 Budget Update b. Meeting schedule 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Outside Agencies "Hosting" Programs at the Library 7. REPORTS a. Library Director b. Commission Chair C. City Council Liaison 8. NEXT MEETING ATTENDANCE NOTIFICATION — July 2, 2013 9. COMMISSION COMMENTS /QUESTIONS 10. PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 11. INFORMATION a. Library Director's May 2013 Report b. Memorandum Regarding Video Games C. Friends of the Library Memorandum 12. ADJOURNMENT PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING: COREY -- 283 -8231 OR, MARY JO -- 283 -4378 KENAI LIBRARY COMMISSION KENAI COUNCIL CHAMBERS APRIL 2, 2013 7:00 P.M. CHAIR KATHY EAST, PRESIDING MEETING SUMMARY 1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL Chair East called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Roll was confirmed as follows: Commissioners present: Chair K. East, H. Curtis, S. Mattero, S. Bodin, M. Niichel, K. Knackstedt Commissioners absent: E. Bryson Staff /Council Liaison present: Library Director M. Joiner, Council Member R. Molloy A quorum was present. 2. AGENDA APPROVAL MOTION: Commissioner Mattero MOVED to approve the agenda and Commissioner Curtis SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. 3. APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY a. January 3, 2013 MOTION: Commissioner Knackstedt MOVED to approve the meeting summary of January 3 and Commissioner Curtis SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. b. February 5, 2013 MOTION: Commissioner Mattero MOVED to approve the meeting summary of February 5 and Commissioner Knackstedt SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. 4. PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD — None. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Discussion — FY14 Proposed Budget Update Joiner reviewed the budget included in the packet and general discussion occurred. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion — OWL Project Update Joiner presented the OWL project website to the commission, and the commissioners viewed a video about the project. General discussion occurred. 7. REPORTS a. Library Director— Joiner reported on the new city website, and increased room usage. b. Commission Chair — East reported on information received by the Medical Librarians Association. C. City Council Liaison — Molloy reported on the last City Council meeting. 8. NEXT MEETING ATTENDANCE NOTIFICATION — May 7, 2013 No commissioners requested an excused absence from the May 7 meeting. 9. COMMISSION COMMENTS /QUESTIONS Niichel suggested xbox and wii games be added to the collection. 10. PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 11. INFORMATION — None. 12. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Commissioner Knackstedt MOVED to adjourn and Commissioner Mattero SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. There being no further business before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 7:56 p.m. Meeting summary prepared and submitted by: Corene Hall, CMC, Deputy City Clerk LIBRARY COMMISSION MEETING APRIL 2, 2013 PAGE 2 KENAI COMMUNITY LIBRARY �- MONTHLY REPORT the a/ MAY 2013 KEUL A KA April Circulation Figures Adult Fiction 1,751 Internet Access 1,394 Adult Non - Fiction 1,710 Downloadable Audio 379 Young Adult Fiction 352 Video 1 Periodicals 178 Room Booking 177 Juvenile Fiction 724 Music 205 Juvenile Non - Fiction 437 DVDs 3,205 Easy Fiction 1,776 Audio books 255 Easy Non - Fiction 386 Miscellaneous 265 Interlibrary Loan 39 Computer Programs 8 Total Print 7,353 Total Non -Print 5,510 Total Circulation 12,863 In -House circulation 589 Library Door Count....... 9,427 Downloadable Audio 379 Freegal Music 135 Downloadable EBooks 410 Circulation figures increased 8% over April of last year. In April we had 2 volunteers who worked putting in a total of almost 50 hours. There were 9 Children's programs with 371 total attendance, 3 teen programs with 104 total attendance and 13 adult programs with 79 participants. Kyrstin went to Head Start and read to 71 children. Two school groups came in with a total of 59 students. Inter Library Loan logged 50 orders with 48 items received, 56 returned and 38 items lent by our library to other institutions. APRIL Income Fines $1,201.95 Xerox 117.50 Lost/Damaged 90.86 Test Proctoring Fee 20.00 Printing 311.00 Other 35.00 Total income $1,776.31 Library Cards Issued April ILL 2 Internet Only 1 Kasilof 1 Kenai 56 Nikiski 6 Ninilchik 1 Non Resident 5 Soldotna 23 Sterling 5 Other Peninsula 27 Oreanization & Other 4 Total 131 I' b "Villa ye with a Past, Gi wit �y 9 �' ,= 210 Fidalgo Avenue, Kenai, Alaska 99611 -7794 Telephone: 907 - 283 -7535 / FAX: 907 - 283 -3014 111p 1992 thee u�lof KENALALA SKA MEMO* TO: Library Commission FROM: Mary Jo Joiner DATE: 28 May 2013 SUBJECT: Video Games The subject of adding a video game collection came up during Commissioner Comments at our last meeting. I consulted with the City's IT Manager about this, which I do regarding all technology acquisitions. He talked to me about the issues with such a collection. There were obvious ones pertaining to budget and the various game platforms. I was not aware of the recent trend for video game producers to cut off the resale market for video games. I did some research based on my conversation with him and concluded that we not only do not have a budget for this collection, nor a designated space, but that the trend toward "locking" video games so that they cannot be traded or resold would ultimately put us out of this "business" anyway. See below for excerpts from various articles on the subject. Whether your library has video games to check out may come down to its budget. It seems, then, that while most librarians and academics don't have a problem with libraries lending video games as a general rule, the budgets for public libraries are still shrinking. Adding a comprehensive gaming collection to an already overstressed library budget could be a hard sell. "With public library budgets being unstable in recent years," said Reeve, "it's irresponsible to start developing a collection without secured and continued funding." Collections must include current games, and they need to work on systems that patrons have in their homes; collections must have working copies, with the inevitable replacement costs well in hand Read more at http://venturebeat.com / 2013 /01/18 /video- games- and - libraries- are -a -good- mix -say- librarians /#c2A9H BpTgl IG I Hzv.99 Console game giants Microsoft and Sony may be ushering in a new era of media control with their Xbox 720 and P1ayStation Orbis systems as both have been tipped this month to be placing unheard -of controls on so- called "used" games. These tips would have the next - generation console gaming systems both cutting down on game rental and sales services like GameStop and would essentially put online re -sales of games at a standstill. How this will affect sales of the consoles themselves is yet to be seen. Both Microsoft and Sony appear to be considering having control over used game hardware for the future in several ways. If you've got a PlayStation Orbis, for example, and you pick up any old PlayStation game that'd been sold to someone other than yourself and played on a console that wasn't the one you're using now, restrictions will come into play. In this case you'll have a "restricted" amount of gameplay available to you with the "full" experience available for an additional price through the PlayStation Network. For the Xbox 720, tips from several sources have been noting the complete cut -off of used gameplay altogether. Each game will be tied to the first console it is played on, then that's it! Downloadable games and one - user -disks will be the only legal means for gamers to play games on their Xbox 720 consoles if rumors prove to be true. It's looking increasingly likely that both Sony and Microsoft will be introducing measures to kick the used games market to the kerb in its next - generation consoles. Last month "a reliable" Kotaku source told the site the PlayStation 4 will feature inbuilt anti -used games measures. Although games will still be available both on Blu -ray disc and digitally, they're likely to be locked to a Sony Entertainment Network (read: PSN) account and the console will require users to be connected to the internet to start up games. According to the tipster consumers purchasing games second -hand will have to pay an unlock fee to access the full game content, similar to the current online pass model. In January whispers suggested Microsoft were planning to adopt a similar approach by linking purchased games to Xbox Live accounts. Then, earlier this week reports claimed Microsoft has been providing third -party developers with information on its next - generation Xbox, and has indicated it will crack down on piracy with an always -on internet connection requirement. eliminating the used games market is a developer opinion. less of how platform holders do it, risky move that's already splitting consumer and Publishers make no money when stores sell a pre -owned game, and would like this to change. Many games withhold content without a DLC token - like EA's 'online pass' - and it's possible next -gen consoles could block entire games without one -off codes, like in the PC market. "The system is there," says Durall. "All they'd do is use DLC and codes to tie a game to your account." So you couldn't lend games to a friend? Not necessarily. "They could implement something similar to Amazon's Kindle Books lending policy. ", adds Durall. But physical games have, much to the chagrin of some publishers and developers, continued to remain free of such restrictions. Online passes restricting access to certain features in used games without an additional purchase have made some used games less desirable, but generally speaking the core experience a game provides can still be passed on from person to another without any fuss. Garners were understandably taken aback when it was reported that the Xbox 360's still - unannounced successor would feature copy protection disallowing the use of secondhand games in some capacity. There are those in the games industry who have long despised the sale of used games -- through GameStop in particular, a retailer accused of pushing used games that the publishers don't get a cut of ahead of new games -- but aside from the specific restrictions placed upon them through online passes, gamers have been free to trade and sell their physical games as they see fit. There was some skepticism Microsoft would implement such a restriction because of the idea gamers would respond by flocking to Sony's new, used - game - playing system. But if a new Kotaku report is accurate, the PlayStation 4 -- code name Orbis -- won't be a bastion for used game players, either. But the most eye- catching detail is that Sony, too, will allegedly become more averse to letting gamers play used games. The system will reportedly offer games in two ways, similar to the setup on Vita: They can be purchased on Blu -ray or as downloads through the PlayStation Network. Downloads would be locked to your PSN account, as would any disc - based games you purchase. Doing so in the latter case would enable you to save the game to the system's hard drive or download it from PSN later, which does admittedly sound convenient. While all of this sounds great for gamers, there are a few issues. First, Microsoft has stated that though users will be able to sell their used games, the game is tied to one XBox Live account. This means if a customer wants to sell their game to GameStop (NYSE: GME), there is a fee to "unlock" the game. This news could be potentially devastating for GameStop, as 47.8% of the company's gross profit comes from used games. C, There is a board meeting scheduled for next week but we do not have a quorum so I am canceling the meeting. In the meantime I would like to share my opinion on the future of the board and where we go from here. The Friends board worked very hard raising funds for the library expansion over the last five or so years. Besides the obvious burnout, I believe no one is interested in joining the board because of the fear of being asked to raise money. We do have great volunteers for the book sale and selling tickets for the dinner but no one wants to take the reins on these projects which is completely understandable. I think we should put the Friends on hiatus until January 2014. That doesn't mean we cease operations, we just modify our actions. Book Sale — continue collecting and sorting books but no sale this year Fall Dinner — no dinner in 2013 Membership — no membership drive for 2013. We are receiving membership payments (they are using old forms) and donations in the mail. I can contact the folks that are renewing their membership and offer to return the money or accept it as a donation. Board Members — Barb, MJ and Brendyn have let me know that they do not want to continue on the board. This leaves, Nedra, Paul, Lauren and me. As long as we have occasional meetings, especially an annual meeting, keep minutes and file our tax return and biannual report we will remain a viable corporation and maintain our 501c3 designation. Moving forward the following needs to be addressed: Books — Barb are you willing to continue sorting? Paul are you willing to continue hauling books to storage? Website — Lauren are you willing to continue work on the website? I will continue "taking care of business" including the accounting. Checks require two signatures so there will always be a second involved in any financial transactions. Please let me know what you think. Thanks - Carrie