Board of Trustees

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE RESOURCES COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PARK RIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY HELD AUGUST 16, 2007 AT 7:31 P.M. IN THE THIRD FLOOR MEETING ROOM OF THE LIBRARY ROLL CALL: PRESENT: John Benka, Chair; Arthur Davis, Patricia Lofthouse (7:36 p.m.), John Schmidt (7:42 p.m.), Richard Van Metre, Library Board; Janet Van De Carr, Library Director; Linda Egebrecht, Tom Weiland, Library Staff. ABSENT:None. Approval of Committee Minutes Mr. Davis made a MOTION: To approve the minutes for the Resources Committee Meeting held May 10, 2007. Mr. Van Metre SECONDED the motion. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Collection Development & Weeding Mrs. Van De Carr reviewed collection development for the Committee and stated that the staff keeps careful records regarding the number of items that have not circulated. Currently 5% (12,092) of the 237,721 books have not circulated in 4½ years. Mrs. Van De Carr explained that the circulation report is produced by CCS (Cooperative Computer Services). She explained that staff review the circulation report, which lists the specific titles and then considers (title by title) whether or not to weed the book from the collection. Mrs. Van De Carr or Ms. Egebrecht may comment at the Board's regular meeting about that portion of the Library's collection that the public seems to gravitate to. Mrs. Van De Carr stated that about 80% of materials identified as “not circulated” are usually weeded. Public Art Commission Mrs. Lofthouse suggested that the Committee should consider approaching the Mayor about expanding the Public Art Commission to include a Library Board member. Mrs. Van De Carr mentioned that Mr. DuSold, as President of the Friends of the Library, is already a Public Art Commission member. Other Computer Usage Statistics Mrs. Van De Carr reported that staff can accumulate data on computer use and include that information as part of circulation data reporting. PROUD Mrs. Van De Carr mentioned that the City is establishing an organization called P.R.O.U.D. (Park Ridge Organization for Uptown Development) which is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based group to help promote the concept of “Main Street U.S.A.” (i.e., thoughtful progress in a community). Adjournment: 8:00 p.m.