Riverside Public Library
Board of Library Trustees
Minutes of: Board of Library Trustees
Date of Meeting: January 10, 2022
Time of Meeting: 5:00 p.m.
Meeting Location: Art Pick Council Chambers, In-person and Virtual
Present: Donna Goldware– President
Teresa Seipel - Vice President
Dwight Tate
Harminder Gill
Aaron Peters
Jenna Pontious
Bianca Corales
Staff: Erin Christmas, Library Director
George Guzman, Administrative Services Manager
Angela Henson, Sr. Management Analyst
Hayden Birkett, Librarian
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 5:01 p.m. by President Goldware and proceeded with the pledge of allegiance.
Item 1 Public Comment
There were no e-comments or public comments.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Item 2 Approve December 13, 2021, Board of Library Trustees meeting minutes Item 3 Approval of Trust Fund Expenditures
Item 4 Formal Acceptance of Gift Fund Donations
Item 5 Incident Report
Item 6 Deaccession of Portrait of Jesus Carlos from the Riverside Public Library Consent items 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 were approved as presented.
Motion: Peters
Second: Tate
Ayes: Unanimous
DISCUSSION AND ACTION CALENDAR
Item 7 Designate a Nominating Committee and authorize the Nominating Committee to bring to the full board a proposed slate of officers for President, Vice President and Secretary and to conduct the election of officers Trustees Tate and Peters volunteered to be the Nominating Committee and authorized to bring to the full board a proposed slate of officers for President, Vice President and Secretary.
Motion: Seipel
Second: Gill
Ayes: Unanimous
Item 8 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Erin Christmas, Library Director, provided a presentation on 1,000 Books before kindergarten.
On October 5, 2021, the Riverside Public Library launched the initiative of 1,000 Books before Kindergarten. The goal is to read 1,000 books with children before they reach kindergarten (ages 0-5). The 1,000 Books before Kindergarten program is a free and self-placed early literacy program. $37,000 in funding for this initiative is through the Riverside Public Library Foundation.
No action taken.
Item 9 Online Public Access Catalog Overview
Hayden Birkett, Librarian, provided a presentation on the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC). OPAC allows customers to locate items owned by Riverside Public Library by title, author, language, subject, format and more. Specific information including publication date, publisher, description, series, author, reviews, biographies is also available for library materials. Riverside Public Library’s Hoopla and CloudLibrary items are also searchable in the OPAC.
Customers that use OPAC can create new library card accounts and log into their accounts to place hold requests to transfer items to their home library, update personal information, check due dates, pay fines, and renew items.
All eight Library locations have computers available for customers to access the OPAC. Additionally, customers can access the OPAC anytime remotely using personal tablets, phones, or computer.
No action taken.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
Item 10 Brief reports on conferences, seminars and meetings attended by Board Members There were no items reported.
Item 11 Brief reports on conferences, seminars and meetings attended by Library Director There were no items reported.
Item 12 Items for future Board of Library Trustees consideration as requested by Board Members There were no items reported.
Adjournment
Meeting Adjourned at 5:25 p.m.
Submitted by: Angela Henson
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Board of Library Trustee
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