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Home My Public Portal AboutLBT Minutes 2002 10/28McCall Library Meeting Notes 10-28-02 1) Agenda for this afternoon a) Review KRAS's and CSI's b) Action plan development for perceptions, community and city council i) What we might do ii) What we want to do iii) What we can do c) Next KRA (if time) d) Wind down 2) What we might do to improve perceptions a) Articles for Star News/Advocate — regular "library news column" b) Invite news media to special events c) Newsletter d) Book reviews — announce new acquisitions i) McCall's "Top 10" &non/non-fiction ii) "What locals are reading" e) Increase number of members in book club f) Other possible groups for development i) Parenting ii) Elders, shut-ins iii) Joint hospital or arts and humanities programs (1) Publicity or temporary library card at hospital iv) Senior citizen work (1) Books (2) Reading out loud v) New borns vi) English as a second language work (1) Ed Hershberger's spouse (Barb) experienced, may be willing vii) Teen/middle school reading programs viii) Great Books programs — teens or adults g) Winter carnival sale (Friends) i) They do it now ii) Maybe locate closer to where the action is h) School field trips to the library i) Local level consortium j) Radio promotion i) Appeal to sense of civic duty "have you visited the library" ii) Interview the librarian k) Record collection resource development 1) Logo Contest and maybe a motto contest m): Library poster, etc, top 10 distribution i) Doctor's offices ii) Schools iii) Hospital iv) Health clubs n) School poster with MPL as alternative o) City Council i) Attend meetings ii) Liaison communication iii) Invite them iv) Include them and others in the "what are you reading now" list v) Maybe have kids do the interviewing p) Taking "super care" of patrons will lead to excellent word of mouth reputation enhancement q) Questionnaire/survey will raise profile as well as information for a needs assessment r) Suggestion box for "what to buy" and/or "what we should be doing better or more of s) Display cabinet in library t) Display at other location — community event calendar — maybe with Arts and Humanities Council u) Mission statement on web site v) Work with Chamber of Commerce for information for visitors, new arrivers, new business prospects w) Emphasize audio books i) Beef it up ii) Promote it x) Free computer classes in library y) Yellow pages/white pages 3) Which actions do we want to do/can do soon, realizing that we have scarcity of money, board, volunteer time and, most especially, Anne's time at least until the all- important tasksautomation and cataloging are complete, and even after. We need to try to spare Anne so she can concentrate on those things that only she can do. a) Articles for Star News/Advocate i) Sue and Anne have already written some, have ideas for many more ii) Anne will approach Tom Grote and Advocate about publication possibilities iii) Timeline — ?? b) Invite news media to special events i) Anne will do on an ongoing basis c) Newsletter i) Susie and Anne will work to see what is required, expense, etcetera (1) Check with Friei ds and McCall Arts and Humanities Council about postage possibilities for bulk, not for profit mailings (2) Maybe include "what they are reading" and "top ten" information ii) Timeline?? d) Radio promotion i) Ed Hershgold will visit with Dave the radio slave about possibilities ii) Wi11 give us report at November meeting e) Logo Contest i) Something Friends might be able to do, but not before "Festival of Trees" fund raiser is over. ii) Sue will "plant the seed" and we need to wait until early next year to see if this is even possible. f) Questionnaire/survey i) Some sort of activity this way gives good bang for the buck ii) Too expensive to hire a professional survey outfit iii) Hospital did, wrote their own iv) Forest service may be able lend us expertise v) Will talk with Robyn g) Suggestion box for "what to do better" and "what to buy" i) How get box built (1) Maybe Sue's husband (2) Maybe Billie Walker (Cut will contact) (3) Any other willing volunteer box builders? ii) Coding and acknowledging is key to success of suggestion box (1) Stephanie or Adam? iii) Anne and Susie will design form(s) iv) Maybe follow-up at other locations later h) Web -site improvement i) Anne and Simmonds will undertake redesign ii) Maintenance after redesign is complete? iii) Time Line? i) Mission statement display i) Anne will have a poster set up behind desk ii) Time -line j) Yellow page/white page3,1isting i) Anne will contact local Frontier office ii) Information by next meeting 4) Next meetings a) November 7th, (Thursday) Nokes center, 3:45-6:00. i) Visiting expert on districting and many other public library issues ii) Think ahead about what you want to know b) November 13, (Wednesday) place to be announced, 3:45-6:00 i) Review what we learned at November 7th meeting ii) Review the action steps listed above iii) Consider how to improve perceptions at City Council Level iv) Begin to consider the survey/needs assessment issue v) Choose future meeting dates 5) Hallowe'en humor 6) Adjourn