The Library Board met last Thursday. I’ve highlighted some of what was discussed below.
- Per the city ordinance, the library must submit an annual report to the city council after the end of each fiscal year. Kelly McAlister, the board president, presented this year’s report Monday. Links to the report and presentation are included below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6lTezDMYi83azJ5NjAySUtURUk/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6lTezDMYi83cWxTTVgwa0g2M00/view?usp=sharing
- Foundation Board member Linda Kading recently retired and is moving from Johnston. We’ve found two new residents willing to serve: Rebecca Janni and Heidi Kroner. Rebecca is a teacher and children’s author who has done a number of book readings for the library’s Youth Services department. Heidi is founder of Literacy Lifeline, “a non-profit organization dedicated to raising money for families and people in need of assistance in their pursuit of grade-level reading, writing and spelling.” Their first meeting will be November 2nd. The Foundation is excited to have them aboard.
- Members of the MagNet digital magazine consortium—which includes Ankeny, Urbandale, Norwalk, Altoona, Pleasant Hill, Bondurant, Indianola, Winterset, and Grimes—met recently to discuss our annual renewal. At this meeting, we look at the past years’ circulation numbers and decide which subscriptions to drop and which to add. The Altoona Public Library is a new member this year. With this additional funding, we’ll likely add several new subscriptions.