The library board met last Thursday. I’ve highlighted some of the agenda items below.
Evaluations & Wages
Staff evaluations are complete. All staff received at least a “Successful” rating which makes them eligible for raises. The library board approved on the proposed wage increases.
Election of Vice-President, President, and Secretary
- Each June, the board elects officers for the fiscal year that begins in July. Kelly McAlister will move from Vide President to president. Robert Marvin will be vice president. Mike Israel will be secretary.
Special Census
- Johnston’s special census is complete.The city’s population has grown 18.4% since the 2010 census. Find more information here and here
Programs
- We had over 300 attend the summer kick off magic show.
- About 325 attended the Belin Quartet on June 5th. Upcoming programs include Composting Made Easy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens outside, and Indian Desserts.
Privacy
- I’ve been reviewing the information we keep (or that’s ben automatically collected for us) that contains information that could be used to identify and/or track the checkouts or computer use of patrons. We made the following changes to further protect patron privacy:
- Set our PC reservation system to discard all log files nightly rather than weekly.
- Turned off server logging of Polaris API transactions. (The library catalog makes use of thePolaris API to exchange information with Polaris.)
- Asked Polaris to write a script to remove SIP (Standard Interchange Protocol) logs nightly. (The self-check and Overdrive make use of SIP to verify patron information and checkout materials.)