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Library Board of Trustees <br />Meeting Minutes—DRAFT <br />May 8, 2014 <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />phase could be to new apartment complexes and new home developments. Further <br />evaluation is needed to determine which channels are the best to reach these potential <br />users. As a first step, Paul will review the last City survey to see if he can use the data <br />to make recommendations. Paul will call Meredyth Muth to see if there is additional <br />data to filter with respect to the percentage that never use the Library. The Board <br />unanimously agreed to continue work on this. <br />C.Program Evaluations <br />Beth noted that one of the issues we seem to be hearing about more and more from <br />other municipal library directors is that circulation is either flat or down, but <br />programming is up. Annual surveys, such as the one conducted by the State Library, are <br />looking for more outcome measures, which is often difficult to obtain. One way to <br />accomplish this is a simple program evaluation. CU does this for their programs here at <br />the Library, and it seems to get good response from participants. There is a Library <br />Director’s retreat later this month, and obtaining program and service outcome <br />measures will be discussed. <br />IX.Director’s Report <br />A.Operations and Services <br />Beth reported the following: <br />1)Programming Statistics <br />The Number of programs hasn’t changed significantly but attendance is up <br />dramatically. In 2012, the Library began counting adults that accompany <br />children but that doesn’t account for the total increase. <br />Data collection for 2014 has changed so that one-on-one services are no longer <br />counted as programs <br />2)Summer Reading <br />This year the Library is launching a badge-based incentive program for all <br />participants. Feedback from parents who have seen the preliminary information <br />has been positive. <br />Leslie and Paul each made a suggestion for activities that could be included as <br />activities to help earn badges: <br />Donate / volunteer at Community Food Share <br />Locate a Little Library <br />3)Zome Tools <br />Beth passed around Zome Tools kit and noted that she and several staff <br />members met with the creator. The Library will offer programming around <br />Zome Tools in July program for adults and in the fall for kids. <br />4)New Library Resource: Learn4Life (L4L) <br />The Library will acquire L4L from Gale, a long-time vendor of subscription <br />databases and online learning tools. L4L courses are free, instructor-led classes <br />covering a wide range of topics including personal enrichment, professional <br />