Library Board Agenda 06-12-2018MONTICELLO LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2018
5:30 PM
AGENDA
1. Approval of the minutes of the March 13, 2018, Board Meeting
2. Library Report – Sarah Seeley, Library Services Coordinator
3. GRRL Update – Brandi Canter, Patron Services Supervisor
4. Old Business –
a. Riverfest Parade Participation
5. New Business –
a. Library collecting city fees for meeting space
b. Meeting space/workroom
6. Next Library Board Meeting – September 11, 2018, 5:30 pm
2018 Meetings
Tuesdays at 5:30 pm
Sep 11
Dec 11
GREAT RIVER REGIONAL LIBRARY - ONE LIBRARY 32 LOCATIONS
Quarter: APRIL-JUNE Year: 2018
Statistics
As of June 1, the Monticello Public Library circulation is at 72,466 - down 3.7% over the same 5-
month period in 2017. Check-out session totals dropped to 2,219 for the month of May.
Monticello borrower numbers are down by 41 since January 1, despite signing up nearly 250
kindergarten students in April. Declining borrower numbers and circulation continues across the
region and even the country. Great River is creating a Borrower Workgroup to investigate the
reasons for these declines.
To date the Monticello Public Library has presented 133 programs for children, teens, and adults
with a total attendance of 1,395. We conducted an exhibit at one outreach event with an
attendance of 76, and made five presentations at local schools about the summer reading
program to a total of 498 students and teachers. There have been 25 class visits at the library
with a total number of 672 students. And we provided tours to over 250 kindergarten students in
the span of about 3 hours.
Programs
The four-month-long writing workshops concluded in April with great success. One of the goals of
this training was to create a writers club here in Monticello, and that group will be meeting for the
first time in June. We have a huge selection of programs available for all ages this summer and
are very excited about the new offerings for the summer reading program. Both kid and teen
programs have been revamped to be a bit more challenging, but also offering better incentive
prizes. We are also trying something new by offering four concerts on the library lawn this
summer, most outside of regular library hours. These concerts are supported by Legacy funding.
Our “regular” programs like storytime, book clubs for teens and adults, LEGO Club, and R.E.A.D.
with Mauer continue to do well.
We are working with the city’s Arts Initiative and integrating some of our activities with Sue
Seeger. For the planned August street art event, we will be collaborating with the community
theater group and local writers to bring stories about Monticello to life.
Our Facebook page continues to do well, with 384 followers. Some posts have reached well over
2,000 people, and interaction is growing on individual posts. We are trying to build a community
online that provides greater visibility of the library and its services, makes people feel welcome at
the library, and eventually becomes a resource for information and contributions.
Building/Maintenance Issues
We did have some water leakage around one of the windows in the teen area and we reported it
to maintenance. There has been no sign of it again since.
We seem to be getting more requests for quiet, closed study spaces and access to
power outlets. We are also having more requests for meeting space.