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ELk:: tI VER L I BRAR'f BOARL'! DF TRUSTEES <br />t•1 T Id U ~t E <br />OCTOBER 1~, 1991 <br />TRUSTEES <br />Vicki Sall ivan Ct-~air Absent <br />Ua.ryl Bronniche `r'ice Chair Absent <br />t~::en Ringstad Treasurer Present <br />Marsha O`Brien Secretary Present <br />Lreb Anderson' Present <br />I td AT~T Etdt!ANCE <br />Zach .Johnson, EOS Architecture <br />Verne Olek:snwic~, GRRL E;;tensinr~ Services <br />Gene 5chuldt, Elk: River City Cour-~cil <br />Mick: Stotfers, Librarian <br />In the absence of both b'ict::i ar-~d L!ar'yl , lreasurer K:en Fingstad <br />cal 'I ed the meeting to or der at b :J'~~ p .m . <br />ck: .Johnson discussed with the Board his t~~ork: so far for the <br />~~eport to City Council. Ne teas deter~mined that the library is <br />presently serving a popul ation of 17,Girt:r, with 11 ,5irir in El t:: <br />River proper. Ne presented the CircLrlatian Statistics from <br />1971 to present. Though there has been an increase during these <br />years, most noticeably in 1~?=~ ashen the new building opened, there <br />is no dear trend upward. For er.ample, in 1985, 198b, and 1987 <br />there were decreases in the circL~latinn. 'Jenne speculated that <br />the numbers may not show a ±rue picture. Fnr e::ample, at that time <br />the 1 oan tune increased from '~ week:s to 3 weeks, and renewal <br />ove the phone becamer'~rnssibie. There has been a clear increase <br />every year~ in the juvenile circui:,tion. Mick: and Verne both <br />agreed that as the collection grows, the circulation increases. <br />Zact:: ventured that an e;:pansion wnLrld necessitate anott-per full time <br />employee and wanted to t::now what space needs that would create. Mick; <br />emphasised that more employee(s) would not need more desk: space, but <br />more work: space. She noted the need for more shelves where wort:: in <br />progress coLrld be stored. <br />Zack: asted us to think: about ^th~~er future needs for an e;;panded <br />library. Fnr e,:amp~le, how many more study carrels do we need; <br />do we need more or less display cases; should sae increase or <br />decrease the amount of art nn display; what impact will the AUA <br />'Disability Regulatinnsl have on aisle width and shelf height; and <br />nw much Space should be reser~ved in the addition for future <br />acquisitions (standard is 3ii;;) , Verne and Mick: also mentioned <br />that in ~ to ;~ years the check:-nut may be automated and we need <br />to include that in our plans. We all agreed that no mnre meeting <br />space will be needed, since the new City Nall is planning for <br />that in its future. Lack: al s~o as4::ed us to note any great or <br />innovative e;;amples of library planning and to bring those to <br />