08-25-2008 LIBMHutchinson Public Library Board Minutes
Monday, August 25, 2008 4:30 pm
Members Present: John Paulsen, Roger Vacek, Yvonne Johnson, Abby Dahlquist, Janet Vacek,
and Mary Henke, Ex- Officio.
Members Absent: Kay Peterson and Guy Stone.
John Paulsen called the meeting to order. Roger moved to approve the minutes and the
motion was seconded by Abby. Motion passed.
Old Business:
1. Apj2oLntMen : of RogVE Vacek: John Paulsen welcomed Roger Vacek as the newest
member of the Hutchinson Public Library Board. All members introduced themselves.
2. Library. Programming for Seniors: This is the first time we've aimed at providing
programming specifically for seniors. Mary's looking at scheduling this first event in late
September or early October. She is going to focus on gathering information at the first
meeting. She'll give a tour, talk about what's new at the library, issue library cards, and
over coffee and cookies, ask them to fill out an interest survey. She will try to make
arrangements with Trail Blazer to stop at the various senior living facilities to pick up/drop
off participants.
3. Fall Forum: The tentative date for the forum is October 21 or October 23, 2008. At the
previous meeting we discussed various topics. As discussed previously, board members
were most interested in the possibility of "150 Years of Minnesota Innovations" which was
done at the Minneapolis Public Library. Mary checked with MPL and this was a display,
not a forum. They did have some speakers: Scott Olson - who invented roller blades and
Susan Marks "Finding Betty Crocker" who talked about the history of General Mills and
the popularity of Betty Crocker. Andie Wilhide who works at the Minneapolis Public
Library coordinated the "Minnovation" project. She would be wiping to come and gives
a presentation focuses, generally, on inventing in Minnesota. Mary will check to see if
Andie Wilhide and Scott Olson could both present at the forum.
New Business:
1. Ngw t�de�t ��sistanf Hired: Luke Jensen is the new student assistant. He goes to the
New Century Charter School. For his Eagle Scout project, he organized the books at
New Century Charter School into a database which became their library.
2. Updated bagbmnrks f-91 200Z: Last year Mayor Steve Cook asked for 3-4 benchmarks to
use as ongoing measures. At that time we selected to compare: Total Circulation, Total
# of Paid Fl`E Employees, # of Visits, # of Users of Electronic Resources per Year (PC Use),
# of Internet Terminals Used by the General Public, and Resources Use per Terminal with
"like communities" to Hutchinson -- New Ulm, Cloquet, and Fergus Falls. Mary is working
on updating the data for 2008.
3. Qther. One donation was received in July.
The next meeting will be Monday, September 22, 2008.
The meeting was adjourned with a motion from Janet and seconded by Abby.
Respectfully submitted,
Yvonne Johnson, Co-Secretary
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