Library Board of Trustees Agenda and Packet 2025 03 13

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Enforcement of Library Policies: Policy Review and Approval • Director Sharon Nemecheck sees the need to add a policy about enforcement of policies allowing for the banning patrons • Recent situation of a patron who has repeatedly become violent after a medical procedure • Discussion of policy that outlines a procedure to allow police involvement in cases of violence. • Suggestion by Cheryl to make the tiered process for appeal of reinstatement after a suspension to be clearer. • Sharon to adjust wording and run this by the police and city legal department. This board to re -look at the policy again at the January meeting. Library Director Report (copy and paste from report) Director's Report November 14, 2024 Herbarium Library and Open Space staff are collaborating to share information about native plants with Library patrons. The departments got together to purchase a display case that will live in the Library's entryway and be home to pressed plants harvested from Louisville's very own open space lands. These displays will rotate with the seasons. In addition to the pressed samples of native plants, the City's Natural Resource Supervisor will provide seeds collected from local native species at a seed swap event in the spring. We are excited to be part of an effort to bring more true native plants into local home gardens! Retention Interviews In the month of October I met with every Library, Museum, and Arts & Events employee, asking the questions, "What keeps you here?" and "If you had a magic wand and could change anything, what would it be?" The overwhelming response to the first question was that people like, trust and respect their supervisors and feel liked, trusted and respected in return. They also love their colleagues. To the second question I got lots of interesting ideas! The top four: 1. Create a video social story to introduce patrons to the library and museum prior to their visit. 2. Do more active outreach to our Spanish-speaking community. 3. Hire a part-time page in the busy summer months to stay on top of shelving. 4. Resume composting solid food waste. (This one is done thanks to a passionate and committed employee.) Library Facility Update The RFP for this project has been issued and we're already seeing interest. We anticipate an extended closure, with only holds pick-up and limited browsing. Our plan is to have this project completed by the end of March.