01-23-2023 Library Board Regular Meeting PacketLibrary Board
Monday, January 23, 2023
Edith Abbott Memorial Library
AGENDA
1.Call to Order
This is a public meeting subject to the open meetings laws of the State of Nebraska. The
requirements for an open meeting are posted on the wall in this room and anyone that wants
to find out what those are is welcome to read through them. The Library Board may vote to
go into Closed Session on any Agenda Item as allowed by State Law.
2.Roll Call
Jaime Parr, President
Sara White, Vice President
Tanya Hansen, Secretary
Kari Hooker-Leep
Barbara Beck
Beth Stecker
Anna Stehlik
3.Public Participation
4.Approval of Minutes of December 19, 2022
5.Approval of Financial Reports
6.Approval of Bills Submitted - December 20, 2022 and January 10, 2023
7.Approval of Director's Report
8.Board Communications and Committee Reports
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9.Call To Action For This Month's Meeting
10.Police Substation
11.Fine Free Discussion
12.Circ Policies Discussion
13.Approval of Library Annual Report 2022-23
14.Next Meeting
15.Adjournment
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Library Board
Monday, January 23, 2023
Regular Meeting
Item A1
Public Participation
This is an opportunity for individuals wishing to provide input on any of tonight's agenda items to
reserve time to speak. Please come forward, state your name and address, and the Agenda topic on
which you will be speaking.
Individuals may also request items for future library board meetings. If the issue can be handled
administratively, notification will be provided. If the item is scheduled for a future meeting, notification
of the date will be given.
Staff Contact:
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Library Board
Monday, January 23, 2023
Regular Meeting
Item B1
Approval of Minutes of December 19, 2022
Staff Contact:
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CITY OF GRAND ISLAND
GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
MINUTES OF REGULAR LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
December 19, 2022
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a Regular Meeting of the Library Board of the Grand Island Public
Library was conducted on Monday, December 19, 2022. Notice appeared in the Grand Island Independent on
December 15, 2022. A quorum present, President Jaime Parr called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. The
following members were present: Anna Stehlik, Kari Hooker Leep, Barbara Beck and Beth Stecker. Celine Swan
and Erica Rogers were also present.
Open Meetings Law Notice: Provided by President Jaime Parr.
Public Participation: None
Approval of Minutes: Motion by Kari Hooker-Leep, seconded by Barbara Beck, carried unanimously to accept
for filing the Minutes of the November 14, 2022 library board meeting.
REPORTS:
Approval of Financial Report: Motion by Anna Stehlik, seconded by Kari Hooker-Leep, carried unanimously to
accept for filing the October 2022 Financials.
Approval of Bills Submitted: Motion by Anna Stehlik, seconded by Beth Stecker, carried unanimously to accept
for filing the November 22, 2022 and December 6, 2022 Bills Submitted.
.
Approval of Director’s Report: Motion by Beth Stecker, seconded by Kari Hooker-Leep, carried unanimously to
accept for filing the Director’s Report.
Board Communications and Committee Reports: Three of the strategic groups gave an overview. The other two
groups will give their overviews next month.
Call To Action For This Month’s Meeting: Celine introduced our new Librarian, Erica Rogers to the board. She
also passed out the Library Newsletter.
Strategic Plan Discussion: Jaime Parr shared the next group’s reports that met with her and Celine earlier this
month.
Discussion of Circulation Policy: Shaun made the changes that were approved last week regarding the cards.
Next Meeting: Monday January 23, 2023 at 5:15 pm
There being no other business the meeting was adjourned at 5:50 p.m.
Tanya Hansen, Secretary
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Library Board
Monday, January 23, 2023
Regular Meeting
Item B2
Approval of Financial Reports
The reports of revenues and expenditures since the last board meeting are submitted as generated,
subject to City Finance Department journal entry changes.
Staff Contact:
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12/20/2022 13:29 |CITY OF GRAND ISLAND |P 1
aliciaj |LIBRARY REVENUES |glytdbud
FOR THE MONTH ENDED NOVEMBER 2022
FOR 2023 02
ACCOUNTS FOR:ORIGINAL REVISED AVAILABLE PCT
100 GENERAL FUND APPROP BUDGET YTD EXPENDED MTD EXPENDED ENCUMBRANCES BUDGET USED____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10044301 LIBRARY _________________________________________
74350 COUNTY SHARE OF LIBRARY -27,500 -27,500 .00 .00 .00 -27,500.00 .0%
74365 STATE GRANTS -7,107 -7,107 .00 .00 .00 -7,107.00 .0%
74576 COPY MACHINE USE FEES -11,000 -11,000 -2,131.67 -915.33 .00 -8,868.33 19.4%
74703 FINES AND PENALTIES -10,000 -10,000 -784.45 -284.85 .00 -9,215.55 7.8%
74725 NONRESIDENT CARD FEE -5,500 -5,500 -521.00 -201.00 .00 -4,979.00 9.5%
74795 OTHER REVENUE -2,500 -2,500 -1,164.90 -1,164.90 .00 -1,335.10 46.6%
TOTAL LIBRARY -63,607 -63,607 -4,602.02 -2,566.08 .00 -59,004.98 7.2%
TOTAL GENERAL FUND -63,607 -63,607 -4,602.02 -2,566.08 .00 -59,004.98 7.2%
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12/20/2022 13:30 |CITY OF GRAND ISLAND |P 1
aliciaj |LIBRARY EXPENSES |glytdbud
FOR THE MONTH ENDED NOVEMBER 2022
FOR 2023 02
ACCOUNTS FOR:ORIGINAL REVISED AVAILABLE PCT
100 GENERAL FUND APPROP BUDGET YTD EXPENDED MTD EXPENDED ENCUMBRANCES BUDGET USED____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10044301 LIBRARY _________________________________________
85105 SALARIES - REGULAR 1,207,132 1,207,132 165,469.35 86,976.01 .00 1,041,662.65 13.7%
85110 SALARIES - OVERTIME 0 0 54.38 24.49 .00 -54.38 100.0%
85115 F.I.C.A. PAYROLL TAXES 91,431 91,431 12,029.63 6,342.91 .00 79,401.37 13.2%
85120 HEALTH INSURANCE 252,950 252,950 30,546.72 15,273.36 .00 222,403.28 12.1%
85125 LIFE INSURANCE 2,550 2,550 344.20 173.20 .00 2,205.80 13.5%
85130 DISABLITY INSURANCE 3,145 3,145 440.90 225.65 .00 2,704.10 14.0%
85145 PENSION CONTRIBUTION 67,498 67,498 9,679.31 5,047.34 .00 57,818.69 14.3%
85150 WORKERS COMPENSATION 2,231 2,231 300.40 .00 .00 1,930.60 13.5%
85160 OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 0 0 58.56 29.28 .00 -58.56 100.0%
85161 HRA-VEBA 13,230 13,230 1,240.00 320.00 .00 11,990.00 9.4%
85213 CONTRACT SERVICES 20,000 20,000 .00 .00 9,707.00 10,293.00 48.5%
85241 COMPUTER SERVICES 40,000 40,000 2,228.89 2,180.24 .00 37,771.11 5.6%
85245 PRINTING & BINDING SERVICES 1,500 1,500 .00 .00 .00 1,500.00 .0%
85305 UTILITY SERVICES 59,400 59,400 7,162.17 3,034.65 .00 52,237.83 12.1%
85317 NATURAL GAS 11,000 11,000 176.29 103.01 .00 10,823.71 1.6%
85319 REPAIR & MAIN-LAND IMP/IRRIGA 1,000 1,000 .00 .00 .00 1,000.00 .0%
85324 REPAIR & MAINT - BUILDING 21,600 21,600 921.95 247.02 4,600.00 16,078.05 25.6%
85330 REPAIR & MAINT-OFF FURN & EQ 10,000 10,000 .00 .00 5,000.00 5,000.00 50.0%
85335 REPAIR & MAINT - VEHICLES 480 480 .00 .00 .00 480.00 .0%
85350 SANITATION SERVICE 810 810 126.80 63.40 .00 683.20 15.7%
85410 TELEPHONE EXPENSE 0 0 1,185.26 592.48 .00 -1,185.26 100.0%
85413 POSTAGE 6,480 6,480 301.21 301.21 .00 6,178.79 4.6%
85416 ADVERTISING 500 500 31.98 15.74 .00 468.02 6.4%
85422 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 27,040 27,040 4,858.34 2,420.17 .00 22,181.66 18.0%
85425 BOOKS 109,250 109,250 19,039.07 13,767.31 .00 90,210.93 17.4%
85426 AV/ELECTRONIC MEDIA 118,386 118,386 24,971.80 10,791.84 .00 93,414.20 21.1%
85427 PERIODICALS 11,550 11,550 327.00 327.00 .00 11,223.00 2.8%
85428 TRAVEL & TRAINING 5,000 5,000 35.00 .00 .00 4,965.00 .7%
85453 CASH OVER & SHORT 108 108 5.13 6.33 .00 102.87 4.8%
85490 OTHER EXPENDITURES 1,080 1,080 274.03 209.69 .00 805.97 25.4%
85505 OFFICE SUPPLIES 52,530 52,530 5,518.16 3,939.69 2,421.24 44,590.60 15.1%
85510 CLEANING SUPPLIES 4,000 4,000 400.88 400.88 .00 3,599.12 10.0%
85515 GASOLINE 750 750 31.83 .00 .00 718.17 4.2%
85540 SMALL TOOLS & PARTS 15,000 15,000 .00 .00 .00 15,000.00 .0%
TOTAL LIBRARY 2,157,631 2,157,631 287,759.24 152,812.90 21,728.24 1,848,143.52 14.3%
TOTAL GENERAL FUND 2,157,631 2,157,631 287,759.24 152,812.90 21,728.24 1,848,143.52 14.3%
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aliciaj |ALL REVENUES |glytdbud
FOR THE MONTH ENDED NOVEMBER 2022
FOR 2023 02 JOURNAL DETAIL 2023 2 TO 2023 2
ACCOUNTS FOR: 295 LOCAL ASSISTANCE
ORIGINAL APPROP REVISED BUDGET YTD EXPENDED MTD EXPENDED ENCUMBRANCES AVAILABLE BUDGET % USED____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
29555001 OTHER DEPARTMENT PROJECTS _________________________________________
74602 PLANNING COMMISSION PLAQUE _________________________________________
29555001 74602 PLANNING COMMISSION PLAQUE
-120.00 -120.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -120.00 .0%
TOTAL PLANNING COMMISSION PLAQUE
-120.00 -120.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -120.00 .0%
74701 EDITH ABBOTT MEMORIAL LIBRARY _________________________________________
29555001 74701 EDITH ABBOTT MEMORIAL LIBRARY
-74,000.00 -74,000.00 366.52 366.52 0.00 -74,366.52 -.5%
2023/02/000137 11/22/2022 API 366.52 VND 999999 VCH 547255 REFUND CUSTOMER REFUND FALL 2022 PRIMETIME PRO 228744
29555001 74701 105 EDITH ABBOTT MEMORIAL LIBRARY
0.00 0.00 -20,000.00 -20,000.00 0.00 20,000.00 100.0%
2023/02/000218 11/16/2022 CRP -20,000.00 REF 289904 GI LIBRARY FOUNDATIO 11/16/22 RECEIPT
TOTAL EDITH ABBOTT MEMORIAL LIBRA
-74,000.00 -74,000.00 -19,633.48 -19,633.48 0.00 -54,366.52 26.5%
74735 CONTINGENCY PROJECTS _________________________________________
29555001 74735 CONTINGENCY PROJECTS
-250,000.00 -250,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -250,000.00 .0%
TOTAL CONTINGENCY PROJECTS
-250,000.00 -250,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -250,000.00 .0%
74805 TRANSFERS IN _________________________________________
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aliciaj |ALL EXPENSES |glytdbud
FOR THE MONTH ENDED NOVEMBER 2022
FOR 2023 02 JOURNAL DETAIL 2023 2 TO 2023 2
ACCOUNTS FOR:ORIGINAL REVISED AVAILABLE PCT
295 LOCAL ASSISTANCE APPROP BUDGET YTD EXPENDED MTD EXPENDED ENCUMBRANCES BUDGET USED____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
29555001 OTHER DEPARTMENT PROJECTS _________________________________________
91 OPERATING EXPENSES _________________________________________
29555001 85041 PLAQUE 130 130 133.90 133.90 .00 -3.90 103.0%
2023/02/000139 11/16/2022 API 133.90 VND 010168 VCH547395 BANK OF AMERICA LASER WORKS-BeautificationAwar 7972
29555001 85042 103 LIBRARY 0 0 1,452.56 859.15 .00 -1,452.56 100.0%
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 100.00 VND 010168 VCH546448 BANK OF AMERICA EILEEN'S COOKIES - Primetime 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 144.99 VND 010168 VCH546485 BANK OF AMERICA RAISING CANE'S - Primetime 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 42.22 VND 010168 VCH546493 BANK OF AMERICA SUPER SAVER - Primetime 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 84.50 VND 010168 VCH546504 BANK OF AMERICA TACO BELL - Primetime 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 28.50 VND 010168 VCH546585 BANK OF AMERICA CITY GI LIBRARY-Primetime Supp 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 59.82 VND 010168 VCH546731 BANK OF AMERICA SUPER SAVER - Primetime 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 12.90 VND 010168 VCH546733 BANK OF AMERICA SUPER SAVER - Primetime 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 30.00 VND 010168 VCH546747 BANK OF AMERICA WENDYS - Primetime 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 97.74 VND 010168 VCH546751 BANK OF AMERICA HYVEE- Fall 2022 Primetime 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 258.48 VND 010168 VCH546762 BANK OF AMERICA CULVERS - Primetime 7956
29555001 85042 105 LIBRARY 0 0 1,524.29 1,354.98 3,310.00 -4,834.29 100.0%
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 169.96 VND 010168 VCH546337 BANK OF AMERICA SUPER SAVER - Tea Party 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 105.90 VND 010168 VCH546353 BANK OF AMERICA USCUTTER-Makerspace Supplies 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 43.00 VND 010168 VCH546388 BANK OF AMERICA SAMS-Activities&ProgramSupplie 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 103.36 VND 010168 VCH546435 BANK OF AMERICA SAMS-Activities&ProgramSupplie 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 60.00 VND 010168 VCH546526 BANK OF AMERICA WALMART - Program Supplies 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 72.56 VND 010168 VCH546568 BANK OF AMERICA WALMART - MISC SUPPLIES / Game 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 24.22 VND 010168 VCH546570 BANK OF AMERICA SUPER SAVER - Primetime 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 97.50 VND 010168 VCH546637 BANK OF AMERICA EILEEN'S - Program Cookies 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 274.73 VND 010168 VCH546649 BANK OF AMERICA ORIENTAL TRADING-Train Program 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 9.93 VND 010168 VCH546704 BANK OF AMERICA HOBBY LOBBY - Train Program 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 16.92 VND 010168 VCH546729 BANK OF AMERICA HOBBY LOBBY- Activities Suppli 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 9.91 VND 010168 VCH546743 BANK OF AMERICA HOBBY LOBBY-Activities Supplie 7956
2023/02/000013 11/02/2022 API 91.77 VND 010168 VCH546752 BANK OF AMERICA USCUTTER - Foundation Supplies 7956
2023/02/000139 11/16/2022 API 101.18 VND 010168 VCH547401 BANK OF AMERICA SAMS-Activities&Program Suppli 7972
2023/02/000139 11/16/2022 API 22.98 VND 010168 VCH547656 BANK OF AMERICA AMAZON - Program Supplies 7972
2023/02/000139 11/16/2022 API 151.06 VND 010168 VCH547724 BANK OF AMERICA SAMS-Activities&Program Suppli 7972
29555001 85042 106 LIBRARY 0 0 17,374.00 .00 -17,374.00 .00 .0%
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12/20/2022 13:48 |CITY OF GRAND ISLAND |P 167
aliciaj |ALL EXPENSES |glytdbud
FOR THE MONTH ENDED NOVEMBER 2022
FOR 2023 02 JOURNAL DETAIL 2023 2 TO 2023 2
ACCOUNTS FOR:ORIGINAL REVISED AVAILABLE PCT
295 LOCAL ASSISTANCE APPROP BUDGET YTD EXPENDED MTD EXPENDED ENCUMBRANCES BUDGET USED____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
29555001 85042 109 LIBRARY 0 0 274.24 274.24 .00 -274.24 100.0%
2023/02/000139 11/16/2022 API 10.48 VND 010168 VCH547538 BANK OF AMERICA JOANN - ARPA Youth Grant 7972
2023/02/000139 11/16/2022 API 263.76 VND 010168 VCH547550 BANK OF AMERICA JOANN - ARPA Youth Grant 7972
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 130 130 20,758.99 2,622.27 -14,064.00 -6,564.99 5150.0%
96 CAPITAL OUTLAY _________________________________________
29555001 85010 CONTPROJ 270,000 270,000 .00 .00 .00 270,000.00 .0%
TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY 270,000 270,000 .00 .00 .00 270,000.00 .0%
TOTAL OTHER DEPARTMENT PROJECTS 270,130 270,130 20,758.99 2,622.27 -14,064.00 263,435.01 2.5%
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Library Board
Monday, January 23, 2023
Regular Meeting
Item B3
Approval of Bills Submitted - December 20, 2022 and January 10,
2023
The following bills were submitted by the Library Director in accordance with the Library Funds Policy
since the last library board meeting.
Staff Contact:
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Library Board
Monday, January 23, 2023
Regular Meeting
Item C1
Approval of Director's Report
The Director's Report typically consists of:
1) a monthly report of programs and activities, public use of meeting spaces, library media, and
Librarians' Reports
2) a quarterly Report of Household Library Cards Issued to Hall County Residents Outside of Grand
Island provided in January, April, July and October of each year
3) a quarterly statistical usage report provided in February, May, August and November of each year
4) upon execution of agreement, regularly scheduled report of use of Grand Island Public Library
Foundation library support funds
5) upon publication, a Library newsletter
6) and additional administrative items of note, either in the agenda packet or discussed at the meeting.
Staff Contact:
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December
• Media Report, Shaun, Laura, and Erica Report,
• Shaun/Celine/Laura worked on updating Library policies with Anna and Tanya
• Library is taking part in Grow with Words Initiative and Toys for Tots Book giveaway for Grow with Words, Laura, Celine, and Erica helped
• Art Exhibit was Holiday Read-Quarters
• Librarians applied for four Nebraska Library Commission grants-Internship, Youth Library Improvement Grant, 2023 CE Application Grant, and Library Improvement Grant
• People have been bringing in non-perishable food, personal supplies for the Abbott House
• Winter Programs-for Youth, Teen and adults were great. Breakfast with Santa, Fontenelle Raptor program, and Guided Painting esp.
• December 19 was the Library (City) Christmas Luncheon
• Friday morning staff meetings are back. We began Zone Meetings. Staff have time to work on projects too on Friday mornings.
• YWCA-Robin Scoggins, Heartland Health Navigator Kendra
• New Library Page-Elliott Balcom started
Upcoming-Library work
• Updates-Open House Police Substation, Sheldon Art Display, Library Policies
Committee met, Fax-Self Faxing available now and incoming faxes have stopped, Liaison with the City Council still waiting to have Mitch Nickerson approved it was tabled.
• Northwest Research Project, Tours with Elba Schools, Doniphan tour, Walnut Night, Air Show
• Strategic Planning Celine will have staff work towards goals and communicate ideas/feedback with Board Members. We can meet with Board groups. 1st Project is the Welcome Wall in entry in different languages in progress
• Library Columns are weekly beginning in January with Erica and Leigh writing one
• Finishing Grand Island 150 events with the Fourth of July Fireworks Promotion with Fonner Park
• Working on promotions with the Literacy Council
• Attended Hall County Community Collaboration H3C and Grand Island Children’s Museum Board Meetings monthly, meets with City Administrator monthly, Director
meetings weekly on Wednesday mornings, and Central Plains Library System weekly meetings, TLC monthly ILS meeting, Librarian and MST meetings as needed, Grow with Words meetings
• Librarians, Nancy and I have worked on the 2022 Nebraska Public Library Survey, 2021-2022 Annual Report, Spring Break, and Summer Reading Program Planning
• Shaun will attend the LibLearnX Conference in New Orleans, LA 1/27-1/30
• Celine was appointed to the Nebraska State Advisory Council on Libraries
• Erica has been training, taking on more technical duties, planning for Makerspace, teen
programming, including spring and summer reading, collection development, and Librarian duties.
Library Director
Name: Date:
Since Last Report
Celine Swan January 2023
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Grand Island Public Library
Youth & Family Services Librarian Monthly Report
Laura Fentress January 2023
Since Last Report
Winter Break Kids’ Programs
Program Date Program Name Program Target
Age Range
Total Program
Attendance
December 17 Breakfast with Santa Ages 0-5 500
December 19 Family Gingerbread House Building All Ages 80
December 19 Family Movie All Ages 9
December 20 Construction Challenge Ages 6-11 24
December 21 Cocoa & Classics Storytime
with special guest readers Chuck & Kathy
Ages 0-5 26
December 27 Family Movie All Ages 11
December 28 Raptor Program
with guest educators Patty & Dianne from
Fontenelle Forest
All Ages 100
December 29 Winter Break Craft – Recycled Snow
Scene using VHS cases
Ages 6-11 42
December 30 “Noon Year’s Eve” Eve Party Ages 6-11 50
January Reading Challenge “All the Feels” on Beanstack
Over 100 people signed up so far with 70 active readers. Challenge ends January 31.
Received ARPA Youth Grant 2023 funding
• This will fund:
o A telescope for circulation
o Sky and stargazing activities for next summer, including a visit from the Edgerton
Portable Planetarium
Applied for IEEE Science Kits for Public Libraries Grant
• Would fund 9 science/STEM kits for ages 7 and up to be available for checkout (bringing the
total to 10 including the telescope, above)
• Proposed kits include Forces & Motion, Geology, Magnets, Snap Circuits, Arduino, and more
Changes to Children’s Area
• Toddler Scavenger Hunt available for families to borrow in the library
• Early Literacy Calendar posted with early literacy activities for every day of the month
• Benches with activities and small puppet theater placed near the south windows
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Outreach events
• Elba Public Schools Makerspace field trip January 11
o 8 elementary students and 8 high school students
o Elementary students programmed games with Bloxels
o High school students made sublimated t-shirts
• Walnut Middle Family Library Night January 17
o 2 families attended
Upcoming
Prime Time Spring 2023
Elementary - Mondays at 6pm
February 27
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27
April 3
Preschool - Saturdays at 11am
February 25
March 4
March 11
March 18
March 25
April 1
Spring and Summer 2023 program planning underway!
Several “Mega Mondays” programs are already booked, including a West African kora (harp) player
and a science party.
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TECHNOLOGY & TEEN SERVICESLIBRARIAN MONTHLY REPORT
Erica Ro g ers
J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 3 G R A N D I S L A N D P U B L I C L I B R A R Y
Paper Bag Snowflake Craft & Movie
December 21, Attendance: 4
Video Game Party
December 22, Attendance: 7
Laser Cut Calendar Puzzles
December 27, Attendance 13
Painting with Jill from Arts & Drafts
December 28, Attendance 18
Movie & Hot Chocolate Bar
December 29, Attendance 4
SINCE LAST REPORT
DIY HOT CHOCOLATE
BOMBS--FEBRUARY 17
TEEN DVD PROJECT
MAKERSPACE
MAINTENANCE
U P C O M I N G
Teen Programs
Elba Public Schools HAL visit to the
Makerspace
6 elementary kids and 6 Teens
Visit to Northwest
Shaun and Erica visited Northwest High
School Sophomore English Classes to
demonstrate research resources available
Outreach
December Users: 78
Makerspace
TLC & MANGA CLUB
Going through the collection
and looking at usage stats to
determine if it needs to stay in
Teen or move to Teen or
Childrens and come up with
some guidelines.
Working with all the machines
to tune up, and get working to
their best potential
Specifically: Laser Cutter,
Sublimation Printer, Bernina
Embroidery Machine
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Library Media Report January 23, 2023
Club Calendar December 2022 Grand Island Public Library Adult Book Club 12/4/2022 GI Independent
Grand Island 150 Special Edition 12/4/2022 GI Independent
KRGI interview-Celine Swan 12/6/2022 KRGI
GIPL: Beyond the Stacks Celine Swan: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!12/11/2022 GI Independent
What's Going On: Grand Island area events-Like the Down of a Thistle Poetry 12/12/2022 GI Independent
Grand Island Public Library announces winter break programming for kids and teens 12/14/2022 GI Independent
What's Going On: Events in the Grand Island area-Breakfast with Santa 12/14/2022 GI Independent
Breakfast with Santa attracts families to Grand Island Library 12/18/2022 GI Independent
Creativity on display: Families build gingerbread houses at Grand Island Library 12/19/2022 GI Independent
KRGI interview-Laura Fentress 12/20/2022 KRGI
Find shelter between the covers of a book 12/22/2022 NTV News
GIPL:Beyond the Stacks:Erica Rogers-Getting to Know the New Librarian 12/25/2022 GI Independent
101 Christmases: Grand Island woman remembers stories of Christmas past (library
homebound)12/25/2022 GI Independent
Fontenelle Forest presents Raptor Program for all ages 12/28/2022 NTV News
Area youth learn about raptors at Grand Island Public Library 12/28/2023 GI Independent
GIPL: Beyong the Stacks: Laura Fentress: Start the New Year off right with the library 1/1/2023 GI Independent
Teen Anime Manga Club 1/1/2023 News Channel NE
Leigh Lillibridge: Getting to know the library foundation 1/8/2023 GI Independent
New police substation at Grand Island Public Library 1/8/2023 NTV News
What's Going On: Events in and around Grand Island 1/10/2023 GI Independent
Arts & Entertainment: Grand Island Public Library hosts ‘Sheldon Statewide’ exhibit 1/11/2023 GI Independent
Book club to focus on ‘Nebraska Sweet Beets’1/11/2023 GI Independent
Organizers excited to bring back Grand Island Fourth of July fireworks 1/13/2023 GI Independent
Police substation going into Grand Island Library 1/13/2023 New Channel NE
GIPL: Beyond the Stacks: Shaun Klee-Try Something New in 2023 1/15/2023 GI Independent
Art exhibit at the Grand Island City Library 1/16/2023 Telemundo NE
New Police Substation on Grand Island 1/16/2023 Telemundo NE
Interview with Celine Swan-KRGI Community Connects 1/17/2023 KRGI NEWS
GIPL: Beyond the Stacks:Celine Swan-History is Alive in Hall County 1/22/2023 GI Independent
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Library Media Report January 23, 2023
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Library Board
Monday, January 23, 2023
Regular Meeting
Item D1
Board Communications and Committee Reports
This item allows for the introduction and discussion of board communications and committee reports.
Included are items of discussion and communication with the City Council liaison to the Library Board.
Items requiring approval must also be indicated in Consideration of Unfinished Business or
Consideration of New Business.
Staff Contact:
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Library Board
Monday, January 23, 2023
Regular Meeting
Item E1
Call To Action For This Month's Meeting
Staff Contact:
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Library Board
Monday, January 23, 2023
Regular Meeting
Item E2
Police Substation
Staff Contact:
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Library Board
Monday, January 23, 2023
Regular Meeting
Item E3
Fine Free Discussion
Staff Contact:
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Library Board
Monday, January 23, 2023
Regular Meeting
Item E4
Circ Policies Discussion
Staff Contact:
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Library Board
Monday, January 23, 2023
Regular Meeting
Item F1
Approval of Library Annual Report 2022-23
Staff Contact:
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Annual Report
October 1, 2021–September 30, 2022
Grand Island Public Library
To inspire and strengthen our community by
connecting people with information, ideas,
and experiences
Library Mission Statement
Grand Island Regular Meeting - 1/23/2023 Page 35 / 42
Table of Contents
AdministrationCeline Swan, DirectorNancy Broich, Secretary
Custodial & MaintenanceBrian Hainke †Ray HaymanRobert Meyer
LibrariansLaura Fentress, Youth & Family ServicesShaun Klee, Adult & Technical Services
Library Assistant IIsSusie CartwrightLori MedlinJeanne SimonsElle Supencheck
Library AssistantsChris DierksBrenda HalmAnn GosdaIrasema InterianoNicole RoundyJackie TranAlessandra ValenciaLindsay Wassinger
Library PagesMichelle AbramsonPat BellKaitlyn BerggrenAndrew FullerJohn GalbraithElla McDowallDarlene Polk
Library Staff
Library Board Library Foundation
Jaime Parr, President (from July 2022)Sara White, Vice PresidentTanya Hansen, Secretary; President (to July 2022)Barbara BeckKari Hooker-LeepBeth SteckerAnna Stehlik
Retired Board Members:Kelli ArensBenjamin BoeselagerMaria Marquez de LopezEd Meedel
Vaughn Minton, City Council Liaison
Leigh Lillibridge, Executive DirectorKim Mettenbrink, Volunteer Coordinator
Alan Lepler, PresidentJoe Cook, Vice PresidentPam Andersen, Secretary/TreasurerAbby Kile, Secretary/TreasurerDuane Burns, Past PresidentPat Bell, Board MemberInes Gonzalez, Board Member
Ed Meedel, Library Board RepresentativeTanya Hansen, Library Board Representative
Library Foundation News
In the last year the Library Foundation has re-searched and launched a fundraising program aimed at not only supporting the educational op-portunities at the library, but featuring them too!
In early 2021 the Foundation board was tasked with trying to figure out new fundraising activities during a global pandemic. As experienced as many involved were, none of us had fundraised through a global health crisis. We were left wondering how on earth we were going to fundraise during a pan-demic when we couldn’t gather people or entice them with fun events.
After significant research and several planning ses-sions, it was decided to offer an Annual Sponsor-ship Program where area businesses could sponsor an entire year’s worth of activities and events at the library. The mechanics of the program make it similar to sponsoring a golf tournament, but the benefit of the Library Annual Sponsorship is that sponsors get to support and be mentioned at every library program throughout the calendar year. The different levels of sponsorship allow all sizes of businesses, organizations, and individuals to take part.
The program’s soft launch was in the spring of 2022. The launch helped the Foundation meet the annual funding goal to gift the Library in Novem-ber. Foundation Board members and staff met face-to-face with area business owners and community leaders to promote the program.
Our Annual Sponsor businesses are recognized on both the Library and Foundation websites, library kiosks, and the Library’s quarterly newsletter, and are mentioned by name at Library events. Top-level sponsors are invited to participate in larger events like Summer Reading and the Bear Fair.
We are currently taking sponsorships for 2023.
More information can be found on our website: https://giplf.org/become-a-sponsor/
Special thanks to the following business sponsors for 2022:
Leigh Lillibridge
Library Foundation Executive DirectorFrom the Director’s Desk................................... 1
By the Numbers.................................................. 2
2021-2022: A Year of Growth............................. 3
GIPL 2022-2027.................................................. 4
Library Foundation News................................... 5
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From the Director’s DeskGIPL 2022-2027
The Grand Island Public Library is more than just checking out books! One great example from this year was the implementation of the Community Seed Library. Staff partnered with our good friend Pam to grow starter plants, get donations of plants from nurseries, and set up a file cabinet to organize the seeds. A big plant exchange event saw a huge turnout from the community. Nebraska Public Me-dia offered programs on pollination, donated start-er seeds, and provided educational handouts to our Library.
The Seed Library was welcomed and appreciated by our patrons! We had a lot of great feedback. We were able to put out materials on growing vegeta-bles and flowers, pollination, recipes, canning, and more. Patrons loved being able to pick out their packets of seeds to take home. At a time when it is increasingly popular to grow your own food, for health reasons, and to save money, this program helped us all to grow!
This is just one program where our Library em-powers and engages people with not materials and programs. We were even able to go to St. Mary’s Cathedral to offer information in English and Span-ish to hundreds that were attending two Spanish masses; of course, they loved the free seeds.
The Library also experienced growth in numbers for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. We had an increase in registered patrons. We did card promotions across the community. Staff created a sign-up station by the circulation desk where patrons could quickly apply for a library card. We promoted free library cards in Hall County outside Grand Island city lim-its. We also saw growth in patron visits; circulation increased all media formats by an amazing 25.4%.
The Library was still getting back to normal after COVID and did have some growing pains. The Li-brary staff and patrons struggled with occasional
A comprehensive five-year strategic plan was com-pleted in April 2022. This included significant in-put from staff, patrons, and partners as GIPL nav-igates how to meet the needs of the community. The Library Board and Staff developed action steps with timelines and milestones and formed teams of staff and board members to address each of six Strategic Directions. During the last fiscal year, as part of the Strategic Plan, the Board voted to elimi-nate late fees in the upcoming fiscal year, partnered with Hall County schools to ensure each child has a library card, voted to expand the Library hours to accommodate various lifestyles, created a plan for the Library’s hardware and software, expanded our outreach efforts, built and maintained partner-ships with local non-profits, engaged with private employers like JBS to hold Library card drives, eval-uated and updated signage to be inclusive, staffed the Welcome Desk, and expanded our Makerspace and digital equipment offerings.
• • • • •
The 2027 Grand Island Public Library Strategic Plan includes six strategic directions, or goals, for the Library to work towards:
1. A Library for Everyone2. A Culture of Excellence3. Create Mutually Beneficial Partnerships and Collaboration4. Increase Awareness of All We Do and Offer5. Ensure the Library’s Materials, Programs, Tech-nology, and Services Meet the Needs of the Community6. Ensure the Library’s Physical Space Needs the Needs of the Community
To view the full 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, view our progress, and see previous plans, visit us at:
https://gilibrary.org/about-us/gilibrary-2020
COVID flare-ups. Other challenges were patron dissatisfaction with Library hours. The Library worked with what we had in our budget to pro-vide the best possible hours for the public, though hours and staff had not been increased since the 2020 cutbacks. Times were tough for patrons look-ing for resources on jobs, food security, housing, childcare, technology, and medical information. The Library was here as a resource. For many un-der-served it was a place to visit; for some, a refuge.
The Library applied for many grants. We received funding to replace our outdated self-checkout sta-tions, RFID gates and equipment, and teen com-puters. We also replaced our HVAC system that was overdue for replacement. We finished that project under projected costs in December of 2021.
The Library Board updated the Library’s Strate-gic Plan in the spring of 2022 and is working hard with the Library Foundation, staff, and community to continue making this a “Library for Everyone!” and will continue to push toward achieving goals outlined in this 5-year plan. The Grand Island Pub-lic Library is accredited at the Gold Level by the Nebraska Library Commission. The Library’s new mission statement is “To inspire and strengthen our community by connecting people with infor-mation, ideas and experiences.” We are excited to share this year’s incredible growth!
Celine Swan
Library Director
Tanya Hansen
Library Board President
“I value most the fact that the li-brary offers an environment where people can enjoy reading. I fell in love with reading as a kid due to pro-grams at the library and visits to the li-brary.” -- Library Patron, GIPL Strategic Plan Survey
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By the Numbers 2021-2022: A Year of Growth
33,201
Registered Patrons (Cardholders)
5.3% increase over 2021
97,945
print books held 44,107
electronic books held
40,396
electronic audio units held
1,949
electronic video units held
$1,782,490
Annual Library Budget
$1,762,881.21, or 98.9% of budget spent
5,482
audio units held
10,995
video units held
95,863
Patron Visits
8,532
items added
(New to the Library)
$4,296,263saved by patrons borrowing itemsfrom GIPL rather than purchasing
source: https://ilovelibraries.org/what-libraries-do
/calculator
7,704
items withdrawn
(Worn, replaced, not circulating)
285,587
Total Annual Circulationof all materials in all formats
An amazing 25.4% increase!
It has been a year of incredible growth for children’s and teen services. The Library has always cham-pioned early literacy, and this year we revamped the baby area of the Children’s Area to highlight the Five Practices encouraged by the Every Child Ready to Read initiative: Talking, Singing, Reading, Writing, and Playing.
This year saw the return of fully in-person chil-dren’s and teen programming. Favorite programs like Breakfast With Santa, the Bear Fair, Summer Reading Kickoff, and the Edith Abbott Victorian Tea Party were held in person for the first time since before the pandemic, drawing large crowds of up to 300 people.
This year’s Summer Reading Program, themed “Oceans of Possibilities,” brought in droves of par-ticipants, especially for our “Mega Mondays” pro-grams that featured special guest performers. 534 kids and 87 teens ages 0 to 18 collectively logged over 480,000 reading minutes over the 10 weeks of summer and collected more than 1,800 prizes.
Fall programming included the return of Bookbop, the much-loved weekly movement-based story-time, and brand-new art programs for school-aged kids and special teen programs on Fridays GIPS schools were out of session.
We also expanded our partnerships with schools, preschools, and daycares around the region to do some outreach programs and bring kids in for guided tours on field trips.
With funding from the 2021 ARPA Youth Grant, teens got a brand new “Gateway Makerspace” an area just outside our existing Makerspace stocked with tools and supplies they can use independently to experiment, craft, and design whatever they’d like.
The ARPA Youth Grant also funded the purchase of six One by Wacom tablet input devices, two sewing machines, and an iFixit Pro Tech electronics repair
toolkit available for checkout and in-library use.
Adult library engagement continued to grow in 2021-2022 as well. In addition to the annual Summer Reading Program, the new Bygone Book Club, dedicated to both local and Nebraska histo-ry launched its inaugural season. Still growing in popularity, the second season of Bygone Book Club began in Fall 2022.
2022 was also a special year for Grand Island, which celebrated its sesquicentennial–150th–an-niversary. The Library partnered with community organizations to hold programs celebrating Grand Island’s incredible history including History Ne-braska Speakers Bureau lectures and historic bus tours of the community.
With increased hours and staff (including a new teen librarian!) in the coming year, we are excited to reach out to more families and organizations to better serve all the young people and their fami-lies in our community. Here’s to another year of growth!
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By the Numbers 2021-2022: A Year of Growth
33,201
Registered Patrons (Cardholders)
5.3% increase over 2021
97,945
print books held 44,107
electronic books held
40,396
electronic audio units held
1,949
electronic video units held
$1,782,490
Annual Library Budget
$1,762,881.21, or 98.9% of budget spent
5,482
audio units held
10,995
video units held
95,863
Patron Visits
8,532
items added
(New to the Library)
$4,296,263saved by patrons borrowing itemsfrom GIPL rather than purchasing
source: https://ilovelibraries.org/what-libraries-do
/calculator
7,704
items withdrawn
(Worn, replaced, not circulating)
285,587
Total Annual Circulationof all materials in all formats
An amazing 25.4% increase!
It has been a year of incredible growth for children’s and teen services. The Library has always cham-pioned early literacy, and this year we revamped the baby area of the Children’s Area to highlight the Five Practices encouraged by the Every Child Ready to Read initiative: Talking, Singing, Reading, Writing, and Playing.
This year saw the return of fully in-person chil-dren’s and teen programming. Favorite programs like Breakfast With Santa, the Bear Fair, Summer Reading Kickoff, and the Edith Abbott Victorian Tea Party were held in person for the first time since before the pandemic, drawing large crowds of up to 300 people.
This year’s Summer Reading Program, themed “Oceans of Possibilities,” brought in droves of par-ticipants, especially for our “Mega Mondays” pro-grams that featured special guest performers. 534 kids and 87 teens ages 0 to 18 collectively logged over 480,000 reading minutes over the 10 weeks of summer and collected more than 1,800 prizes.
Fall programming included the return of Bookbop, the much-loved weekly movement-based story-time, and brand-new art programs for school-aged kids and special teen programs on Fridays GIPS schools were out of session.
We also expanded our partnerships with schools, preschools, and daycares around the region to do some outreach programs and bring kids in for guided tours on field trips.
With funding from the 2021 ARPA Youth Grant, teens got a brand new “Gateway Makerspace” an area just outside our existing Makerspace stocked with tools and supplies they can use independently to experiment, craft, and design whatever they’d like.
The ARPA Youth Grant also funded the purchase of six One by Wacom tablet input devices, two sewing machines, and an iFixit Pro Tech electronics repair
toolkit available for checkout and in-library use.
Adult library engagement continued to grow in 2021-2022 as well. In addition to the annual Summer Reading Program, the new Bygone Book Club, dedicated to both local and Nebraska histo-ry launched its inaugural season. Still growing in popularity, the second season of Bygone Book Club began in Fall 2022.
2022 was also a special year for Grand Island, which celebrated its sesquicentennial–150th–an-niversary. The Library partnered with community organizations to hold programs celebrating Grand Island’s incredible history including History Ne-braska Speakers Bureau lectures and historic bus tours of the community.
With increased hours and staff (including a new teen librarian!) in the coming year, we are excited to reach out to more families and organizations to better serve all the young people and their fami-lies in our community. Here’s to another year of growth!
Grand Island Regular Meeting - 1/23/2023 Page 39 / 42
From the Director’s DeskGIPL 2022-2027
The Grand Island Public Library is more than just checking out books! One great example from this year was the implementation of the Community Seed Library. Staff partnered with our good friend Pam to grow starter plants, get donations of plants from nurseries, and set up a file cabinet to organize the seeds. A big plant exchange event saw a huge turnout from the community. Nebraska Public Me-dia offered programs on pollination, donated start-er seeds, and provided educational handouts to our Library.
The Seed Library was welcomed and appreciated by our patrons! We had a lot of great feedback. We were able to put out materials on growing vegeta-bles and flowers, pollination, recipes, canning, and more. Patrons loved being able to pick out their packets of seeds to take home. At a time when it is increasingly popular to grow your own food, for health reasons, and to save money, this program helped us all to grow!
This is just one program where our Library em-powers and engages people with not materials and programs. We were even able to go to St. Mary’s Cathedral to offer information in English and Span-ish to hundreds that were attending two Spanish masses; of course, they loved the free seeds.
The Library also experienced growth in numbers for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. We had an increase in registered patrons. We did card promotions across the community. Staff created a sign-up station by the circulation desk where patrons could quickly apply for a library card. We promoted free library cards in Hall County outside Grand Island city lim-its. We also saw growth in patron visits; circulation increased all media formats by an amazing 25.4%.
The Library was still getting back to normal after COVID and did have some growing pains. The Li-brary staff and patrons struggled with occasional
A comprehensive five-year strategic plan was com-pleted in April 2022. This included significant in-put from staff, patrons, and partners as GIPL nav-igates how to meet the needs of the community. The Library Board and Staff developed action steps with timelines and milestones and formed teams of staff and board members to address each of six Strategic Directions. During the last fiscal year, as part of the Strategic Plan, the Board voted to elimi-nate late fees in the upcoming fiscal year, partnered with Hall County schools to ensure each child has a library card, voted to expand the Library hours to accommodate various lifestyles, created a plan for the Library’s hardware and software, expanded our outreach efforts, built and maintained partner-ships with local non-profits, engaged with private employers like JBS to hold Library card drives, eval-uated and updated signage to be inclusive, staffed the Welcome Desk, and expanded our Makerspace and digital equipment offerings.
• • • • •
The 2027 Grand Island Public Library Strategic Plan includes six strategic directions, or goals, for the Library to work towards:
1. A Library for Everyone2. A Culture of Excellence3. Create Mutually Beneficial Partnerships and Collaboration4. Increase Awareness of All We Do and Offer5. Ensure the Library’s Materials, Programs, Tech-nology, and Services Meet the Needs of the Community6. Ensure the Library’s Physical Space Needs the Needs of the Community
To view the full 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, view our progress, and see previous plans, visit us at:
https://gilibrary.org/about-us/gilibrary-2020
COVID flare-ups. Other challenges were patron dissatisfaction with Library hours. The Library worked with what we had in our budget to pro-vide the best possible hours for the public, though hours and staff had not been increased since the 2020 cutbacks. Times were tough for patrons look-ing for resources on jobs, food security, housing, childcare, technology, and medical information. The Library was here as a resource. For many un-der-served it was a place to visit; for some, a refuge.
The Library applied for many grants. We received funding to replace our outdated self-checkout sta-tions, RFID gates and equipment, and teen com-puters. We also replaced our HVAC system that was overdue for replacement. We finished that project under projected costs in December of 2021.
The Library Board updated the Library’s Strate-gic Plan in the spring of 2022 and is working hard with the Library Foundation, staff, and community to continue making this a “Library for Everyone!” and will continue to push toward achieving goals outlined in this 5-year plan. The Grand Island Pub-lic Library is accredited at the Gold Level by the Nebraska Library Commission. The Library’s new mission statement is “To inspire and strengthen our community by connecting people with infor-mation, ideas and experiences.” We are excited to share this year’s incredible growth!
Celine Swan
Library Director
Tanya Hansen
Library Board President
“I value most the fact that the li-brary offers an environment where people can enjoy reading. I fell in love with reading as a kid due to pro-grams at the library and visits to the li-brary.” -- Library Patron, GIPL Strategic Plan Survey
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Table of Contents
AdministrationCeline Swan, DirectorNancy Broich, Secretary
Custodial & MaintenanceBrian Hainke †Ray HaymanRobert Meyer
LibrariansLaura Fentress, Youth & Family ServicesShaun Klee, Adult & Technical Services
Library Assistant IIsSusie CartwrightLori MedlinJeanne SimonsElle Supencheck
Library AssistantsChris DierksBrenda HalmAnn GosdaIrasema InterianoNicole RoundyJackie TranAlessandra ValenciaLindsay Wassinger
Library PagesMichelle AbramsonPat BellKaitlyn BerggrenAndrew FullerJohn GalbraithElla McDowallDarlene Polk
Library Staff
Library Board Library Foundation
Jaime Parr, President (from July 2022)Sara White, Vice PresidentTanya Hansen, Secretary; President (to July 2022)Barbara BeckKari Hooker-LeepBeth SteckerAnna Stehlik
Retired Board Members:Kelli ArensBenjamin BoeselagerMaria Marquez de LopezEd Meedel
Vaughn Minton, City Council Liaison
Leigh Lillibridge, Executive DirectorKim Mettenbrink, Volunteer Coordinator
Alan Lepler, PresidentJoe Cook, Vice PresidentPam Andersen, Secretary/TreasurerAbby Kile, Secretary/TreasurerDuane Burns, Past PresidentPat Bell, Board MemberInes Gonzalez, Board Member
Ed Meedel, Library Board RepresentativeTanya Hansen, Library Board Representative
Library Foundation News
In the last year the Library Foundation has re-searched and launched a fundraising program aimed at not only supporting the educational op-portunities at the library, but featuring them too!
In early 2021 the Foundation board was tasked with trying to figure out new fundraising activities during a global pandemic. As experienced as many involved were, none of us had fundraised through a global health crisis. We were left wondering how on earth we were going to fundraise during a pan-demic when we couldn’t gather people or entice them with fun events.
After significant research and several planning ses-sions, it was decided to offer an Annual Sponsor-ship Program where area businesses could sponsor an entire year’s worth of activities and events at the library. The mechanics of the program make it similar to sponsoring a golf tournament, but the benefit of the Library Annual Sponsorship is that sponsors get to support and be mentioned at every library program throughout the calendar year. The different levels of sponsorship allow all sizes of businesses, organizations, and individuals to take part.
The program’s soft launch was in the spring of 2022. The launch helped the Foundation meet the annual funding goal to gift the Library in Novem-ber. Foundation Board members and staff met face-to-face with area business owners and community leaders to promote the program.
Our Annual Sponsor businesses are recognized on both the Library and Foundation websites, library kiosks, and the Library’s quarterly newsletter, and are mentioned by name at Library events. Top-level sponsors are invited to participate in larger events like Summer Reading and the Bear Fair.
We are currently taking sponsorships for 2023.
More information can be found on our website: https://giplf.org/become-a-sponsor/
Special thanks to the following business sponsors for 2022:
Leigh Lillibridge
Library Foundation Executive DirectorFrom the Director’s Desk................................... 1
By the Numbers.................................................. 2
2021-2022: A Year of Growth............................. 3
GIPL 2022-2027.................................................. 4
Library Foundation News................................... 5
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Annual Report
October 1, 2021–September 30, 2022
Grand Island Public Library
To inspire and strengthen our community by
connecting people with information, ideas,
and experiences
Library Mission Statement
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