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Agenda 01-24-18 City of Boynton Beach BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Boynton Beach, FL 33435 LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD A G E N D A Date: January 24, 2018 st Location/Time: Library – Conference Room A, 1 Floor, 6:00 P.M. ________________________________________________________________ I. Call to Order – Welcome new Library Board Member Bethanie Gorny (Alternate) Board Elections for Chair, Vice-Chair II. Approval of Minutes – December 6, 2017 III. Correspondence and Communications IV. Public Audience (Individual Speakers Will Be Limited to 3 Minute Presentations) V. Chair’s Report VI. Unfinished Business: Amnesty – Continue discussion Career Online High School (COHS) Update AmeriCorps Program Update Library Construction Update VII. New Business: Agreement with the School District of Palm Beach County-Forest Park Elementary Adult Reading Club VIII. Library Director's Report/Statistics Monthly Report for November & December 2017 News/Media Coverage IX. Announcements Next Library Board Meeting – February 28, 2018 @ 6 p.m. X. Adjournment NOTICE IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THE CITY COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THIS MEETING, HE/SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND, FOR SUCH PURPOSE, HE/SHE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. (F.S. 286.0105) THE CITY SHALL FURNISH APPROPRIATE AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES WHERE NECESSARY TO AFFORD AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN AND ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF A SERVICE, PROGRAM, OR ACTIVITY CONDUCTED BY THE CITY. PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, (561) 742-6060 OR (TTY) 1-800-955-8771, AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE YOUR REQUEST. ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS MAY BE ADDED SUBSEQUENT TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE. INFORMATION REGARDING ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA AFTER IT IS PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK. MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2017, AT 6 P.M. AT THE BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY PROGRAM ROOM 208 S. SEACREST BOULEVARD, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA PRESENT: Chris Montague, Acting Chair Craig Clark, Library Director Tracy Tebo Anne Watts, Assistant Library Director Alice Warren Jeannie Taylor, Division Head Librarian Dr. Stephanie Hayden-Adeyemo (arrived at 6:09 p.m.) Robyn Boucard ABSENT: Deborah Hoban, Chair Alice Warren Chris Simon John Welter I. Call to Order Chris Montague sat as Chair in the absence of Deborah Hoban and called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m. II. Approval of Minutes — October 25, 2017 Chair Montague announced the Board needed to approve the Minutes of September 27, 2017 Special Meeting. Motion Ms. Boucard moved to approve the minutes as presented. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo seconded the motion that unanimously passed. Chair Montague asked for a motion to approve the October 25, 2017 meeting minutes. Motion Ms. Warren moved to approve the minutes as presented. Ms. Boucard seconded the motion that unanimously passed. III. Correspondence and Communications Craig Clark, Library Director, announced he received emails from Board Members Simon, Welter and Hoban advising they could not attend the meeting. Meeting Minutes Library Advisory Board Boynton Beach, Florida December 6, 2017 IV. Public Audience (Individual Speakers Will Be Limited to 3 Minute Presentations) None. V. Chair's Report None. VI. Unfinished Business: Amnesty— Continue discussion Chair Montague explained Mr. Welter had been asking to discuss amnesty and had wanted to continue the discussion to this meeting; however, he was not present. He advised the members could table the item to the next meeting or discuss it. Mr. Montague explained they had discussed a fine free library when moving to the new Library, but it would have to be a City policy. Mr. Clark had sent interesting articles about libraries that do not fine patrons and commented it would require a larger circulation. The highlights of the discussion was contained in the October 25th meeting minutes and brief discussion followed there are many elements to amnesty and the collection of fines. Dr. Hayden- Adeyemo noted in the past, the donation of canned goods for food drives was a way to forgive fines, and commented if the Library budget decreased, it will be important to have residual income. Chair Montague agreed, but pointed out revenues generated from book fines are not in a dedicated fund. Collected fine revenues go to the general fund and the City recycles it back to the Library. He thought there was a gray area as there was always the possibility the City may not recycle the funds back. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo supported the library using the revenue that is collected. Mr. Clark explained it is a City policy to deposit the monies into the general fund. The monies used to be in a separate account for the Library, but that changed with the downturn in the economy and the funds kept the City going. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo asked when the Board could discuss the matter further as the City will have a larger library, greater circulation and more demands. Additionally, the Library offers other free amenities including Wi-Fi. Chair Montague commented the amount collected was about $30K a year. The Board had been discussing Amnesty Day, which is different from a fine free Library. Amnesty Day is a day, week or a certain period of time when the Library advertises returning materials will result in no fine if returned on the designated day or days. Chair Montague thought there might be some value in a new forgiveness style since the City will have a new Library. The bottom line is if fined, the patron cannot check out new material until the fine is paid. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo queried if a focus group brought up amnesty and learned they did not, nor did anyone from the public. With the current fine system, there 2 Meeting Minutes Library Advisory Board Boynton Beach, Florida December 6, 2017 is a lot of money sitting there and it has a use. She thought the Library should receive some concessions. Chair Montague agreed. Motion Ms. Boucard moved to table the item since the person who requested it was not present. There was unanimous agreement to put this under Unfinished Business. Mr. Welter could present his thoughts at the next meeting and the Board could move on from there. Career Online High School (COHS) Update Jeannie Taylor, Division Head Librarian, announced the first graduate of the Career Online High School would celebrate her achievement with the City Commission on December 19th. She completed the entire program by herself in under a year without transferring any credits to the program and has a 4.0 grade average. Mr. Clark advised staff wanted to use a professional videographer to film Mr. Clark and Ms. Taylor interviewing her about the program and in addition to showing it to the City Commission; they could use it as a marketing and legislative tool on the State level to continue to fund the program. The student is the third graduate of the Career Online High School and there are other students in the program, but no new students working on the prerequisite to the program. The Library will only offer scholarships to City residents. Ms. Taylor advised the Library has five scholarships left and the City is one of three libraries in the State that offers the program. Ms. Warren asked if the program information is a published in the Boynton Beach newspaper and learned it is in the press. Staff is on top of marketing and social media. Mr. Clark advised there would likely be an article in the paper on the 19th about the woman and the program. AmeriCorps Program Update Anne Watts, Assistant Library Director, explained the Library experienced revolving tutors. The adult program has 25 to 30 students in the program. There are morning and afternoon classes and the afternoon classes had increased individual tutoring sessions. The teen program began with a part-time tutor who spends part of the day in Forest Park and then comes to the Library in the afternoon. The Homework Help program was also doing great. There was a change in volunteers for the Homework Help as one volunteer decided the program was not for her and she resigned. The Library now has a group of AmeriCorp members who work at other locations during the day and then come to the Library after school. The new volunteer works at Galaxy in the morning. Ms. Watts explained the model used this year is different, but the youth are still receiving assistance with their homework. There are different people at the Library on different nights and the volunteers are all very busy. Ms. Watts announced it has been a good year for the program. 3 Meeting Minutes Library Advisory Board Boynton Beach, Florida December 6, 2017 LSTA Digitization Grant Update Mr. Clark advised the Lake Worth newspaper project was well under way. Susan Swiatosz, Library Archivist, went to the Lake Worth Library and the Lake Worth Herald and shipped all the material that needed to be digitized to the vendor in Wisconsin. The project involves having two servers: one each for Boynton Beach and the Lake Worth Public Library. The Library will purchase the server and seek reimbursement, as the grant is a reimbursable grant. The purchase will be the second payment of five payments. He advised Ms. Swiatosz did an excellent job and he is very happy how all is proceeding. When they receive the materials, staff will put on a live presentation. Library Construction Update Mr. Clark advised there was no update. The Library will temporarily use the Woman's Club for about 14 months, but the arrangement has not been finalized and it was only one option. There was a 4,000 square foot space next to the post office and Mr. Clark was trying to get Mr. Groff to show him the space. There may be a possibility the kids and teen Library services would be at the post office on a rental arrangement and the adult library services will be at the Woman's Club at no charge. Parking at the Woman's Club is not accommodating so valet parking was an option. Mr. Clark advised he might have another update at the next meeting. He also announced the High School received additional funding. Ms. Boucard asked if a survey was conducted to gain community input on the temporary location and learned the City held several meetings about the project and nothing specific about its temporary location was determined. Ms. Bouchard did not want to see the project delayed but questioned if the purpose of demolition was to coincide with the project. Mr. Clark explained the City wants to build a road through the site on which the Library is sits. There are also market credits that could be given if building a new public library. Mr. Clark could apply for another $500,000 grant from the State for the Library. Staff sought to ensure the Library would be the best it could. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo thought it seemed like wasted money, but pointed out they are leveraging the building for the next 30 years, plus the Library will be open more hours and have more staff. There are pros and cons to any development. VII. New Business: RB Digital Audiobooks Ms. Watts announced RB Digital Audiobooks are digital recorded books and the Library staff purchased a pack of 5,000 audio books, which will keep patrons busy including classic, traditional, mysteries and others. She encouraged those interested to try the books. The audiobooks have the RB Digital downloadable app that can also be used for magazines. Unlike the Ebook app, the user searches for a topic and does not have to switch between the server and the app. Ms. Watts also announced the Library was ordering cataloguing records for Ebooks. Patrons can now view the options in the Library catalog about the different book versions available. Staff wants a robust Wi-Fi system to 4 Meeting Minutes Library Advisory Board Boynton Beach, Florida December 6, 2017 enable patrons to read books outside, which is already in use. Mr. Clark advised he recently attended a Wilton Manors Library meeting using Wi-Fi from the parking lot of the Wilton Manors Library. He commented he would like to have one app for all services, but it cost millions of dollars, which was cost prohibitive. VIII. Library Director's Report/Statistic Monthly Report for October 2017 Mr. Clark announced Unique Management had a 60.34% return on investment which equated to $57,000 in fines and materials. There are 1,761 accounts in progress. He noted it cost the Library about $18K to get back the $57K, but more importantly, the Library received its materials back. The October monthly report reflected customer visits were up 2% and there were 312 new library cards issued. The computer training classes were successful and had 13 people attending. The iPad and smart phone classes are limited to five students because users receive one-on-one instruction. On Saturday, the Library will have its first resume writing class at 9:30 a.m. News/Media Coverage News articles about the temporary Library at the Women's Club and public art in the Library was included in the meeting materials as was an article about a man carrying a gun outside the Library. Mr. Clark was still waiting for the police report, but advised three young men were trespassed. There was an updated article today indicating the police found a weapon outside the Library and youth were detained. Patrons were not disturbed or afraid as the youth did not enter the Library, and access in and out of the Library was not disturbed. Ms. Warren commented she was at the Library yesterday at 4:45 p.m. and there were youth riding bikes and one of them almost hit her. She commented the youth are rowdy. Mr. Clark advised that occurs frequently and staff and the police officers keep people moving through the area. Anyone bothered by this type of incident should alert staff and they will address. Mr. Clark noted one youth sincerely apologized to Mr. Clark about the incident. Ms. Warren also advised she loved the Friends of the Library store and she makes frequent purchases. IX. Announcements Next Library Board Meeting —January 24, 2018 @ 6 p.m. X. Adjournment Motion 5 Meeting Minutes Library Advisory Board Boynton Beach, Florida December 6, 2017 There being no further business to discuss, Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo moved to adjourn. Ms. Boucard seconded the motion that unanimously passed. The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 p.m. DLLULG Catherine Cherry • Minutes Specialist • 6 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT NOVEMBER 2017 Administrative Services/Public Relations Library Director attended Town Center, SEFLIN Board, SEFLIN ILS vendors, Schoolhouse Museum Board, and the monthly meetings. Library is collecting notes written to soldiers. Friends volunteered 360 hours during the month of November. Library hosted the following meetings/programs: Boynton Beach Historical Society, three Martin Luther King Committee, four Toastmasters, two City Manager, Palm Beach County Property Appraiser's Office, two League of Women Voters, SEFLIN, Schoolhouse Museum and AmeriCorps. Customer Services Statistics Current Same Month Percentage Month Previous Year Change Customer Visits 18,801 21,491 -13% Circulation* (total) 12,700 16,111 -21% Adult 7,711 9,565 -19% Young Adult 581 882 -34% Juvenile 3,330 4,435 -25% Circ (from ILS System) 11,622 14,882 -22% E-Books—Overdrive 536 588 -9% (incl.w/total) Freegal Downloads 390 526 -26% Gale Legal Database 15 6 +150% Zinio Downloads 82 109 -25% Audiovisual 3,494 5,059 -31% (incl.w/Adult #) Selfcheck 216 355 -39% Onecard Cards 1 1 - Current Users 14,741 10,485 +41% New Users Created 242 263 -8% *Includes ILS, eBooks, Freegal, Gale LegalForms and Zinio checkouts. All count as adult. Sunshine and Onecard Cards: 152 issued in previous years, 2 this year = 154 Public Computer Usage Statistics Adult Computer use = 2,371 Youth/Teen Computer use = 1,777 Wi-Fi Connections: 3,126 Virtual Zone = Users: 58 Hours: 116 Computer Usage total = 4,148 uses for the month of November Number of days open = 19. Average Time = 60 minutes per session. One year ago = 4,534. 9% decrease in computer usage. Collection Management Discarded Items = 681 Items Added to Collection = 6,260 Public Computer Training Classes Class Attendees 1 — Smartphones 5 1 — Writing a Remarkable Resume 6 1 — iPads 0 1 — Exploring the PC 3 Library Statistics/Databases Current Same Month Percentage Month Previous Year Change Freegal Music Streaming 1,768 3,016 -41% Patrons 33 36 -8% ALLDATA (Car Repairs) Articles 16 108 -85% Soyntonlibraryeorg Sessions 4,264 5,075 -16% Users 1,765 1,939 -9% Page Views 10,966 13,950 -21% Social Media Esequels logins Facebook"followers"(likes) 197 Facebook new followers (likes) 10 Facebook page engaged users 52 Freegal Songs Streamed 1768 Learning Express Sessions 16 Learning Express Job Career sessions 12 Transp language users 5 Transp language sessions 23 Twitter Followers , 71 Twitter New Followers 2 Twitter Impressions 580 AllData (stats gathered in OCT) Boyntonlibrary.org sessions 4264 Boyntonlibrary.org pageviews 10966 Adult Services Number of adult programs: 10 Attendance at adult programs: 113 Adult Outreach: Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Youth/Teen Services Number of Teen programs: 2 Attendance at Teen programs: 23 Teen Outreach Programs: 2 Attendance: 94 Number of Children's programs: 15 Attendance at Children's programs: 235 Children's Outreach Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Virtual Zone: Attendance: 58 Hours: 116 Archives Activities • Working with intern Kayleigh Howald, completed the Boynton Beach Historical Society finding aid. • Worked onsite at the Lake Worth Public Library checking metadata spreadsheets and packing newspapers for the LSTA grant. Completed all newspapers 1941-1970 and sent six cartons (11 total) to Northern Micrographics for microfilming and digitizing. Ordered archival .boxes for project and had them sent to the Lake Worth Public Library. Wrote a monthly report outlining all work completed. Met with Anne Watts and Mike Naughton regarding ordering the servers for the project. • Accepted a gift to the archives consisting of two photograph albums from the 1920s-1930s depicting the construction of the Boynton Beach Inlet and Bridge. • Met with Suzanne from the Children's Schoolhouse Museum regarding how to deal with their items stored under the stairs. • Worked on sorting the old Deeds of Gift (pre-2013) to determine what sorts of transfers might be necessary to clarify that the Library owns the items. AmeriCorps Report: ADULTS ESOL Classes: Beginner Class The Beginner ESOL class was held from 9:00am-10:15am from Monday thru Thursday. 16 total classes were held throughout this month. 202 seats were occupied throughout the 16 classes. The average amount of students in class was 13. The largest class size this month was 18 students. 21 individual students signed up for this class, but only 20 actually participated in the class. None of the students in Beginner's class had perfect attendance this month. Five (5) students (17%) attended both this class and the Advanced Beginner ESOL class. This month we focused on more grammar, per the class request. We did a lot chorus repetition, which help the students retain information. Notable moments was when I have notice on many occasion that the students are actually meet each other outside of class to assist one another with homework. They also have obtained a library card to start using many of the resources that the library provides. These actions speak volumes, letting me know that they really want to learn and are really putting forth the effort to speak, write and read English fluently. Toward the end of last month I adopted a new approach with my students to prohibit them with the use of their native language. It worked very well up until in the middle of this month when I returned all their money back. They are back to using their native language again. I am thinking of another approach, this is a work in progress. We have been using the Side by Side Textbook 1 and the accompanying workbook, as well as the Word by Word Basic textbook. We are also using the Oxford Picture Dictionaries as an accessory. Overall, this was yet another successful month for our Beginner's ESOL class. My students are always ready to learn. The amount of commitment level for learning in the class, as well as outside the classroom, has been great and still going strong. We still have a couple students that have trouble focusing in class, but it is all doable. Attendance has been a little rocky, but I am in the process of determining what is going on in that area. Advanced Beginner The Advanced Beginner ESOL class was held from 10:30am-11:45 am from Monday thru Thursday. 16 total classes were held throughout this month. 81 seats were occupied throughout the 16 classes. The average class size was 5, although we did have as many as 9 students in class all at once. 12 individual students signed up for this class and all participated. Only one student had perfect attendance this month. Five (5) students (38%) attended both this class and the Beginner's ESOL class. This month we worked on grammar and conversation. We started with the review of tenses, such as simple present, present continuous, simple past and future. We then continued on to building constructive conversational skills alongside with spontaneous ice breaker games. We spent a great amount of time on conversations and idioms. We are using two textbooks. We have been using the Side by Side 2 textbook and its accompanying workbook. Practice Makes Perfect: English Conversation is the other book that we are using to construct spontaneous conversational skills. We are also using the Oxford Picture Dictionaries as an accessory. This class has been a bit better than last month. The students are quite acquainted in the lessons and are really engaging in every conversation. There are students who need to be in the Beginner's class, but they still have availability conflicts with the time. On the other hand the advance students work with them and it is very good to see their productivity. Private Tutoring Seven students signed up for private tutoring but only five students received one on one tutoring or help this month. All five of these students received help in the area of phonics to aid their ability of learning how to read. Overview Overall, 41 individual students signed up for ESOL and only 29 attended classes in October. October had a rocky start because of the AmeriCorps member transition, but soon after it became a little smooth month. The walk-ins are increasing as the days goes by because word of mouth advertisement of the ESOL class is getting hot. HOMEWORK HELP: No report TEEN HOMEWORK HELP: No report giuNiQuE Cumulative Recovery: Boynton Beach City Library November.2011 through November 2017 Accounts Submitted: 2,183 Dollars Submitted: $176,907.46 Cash Recovery: $19,583.91 Material Recovery: $38,584.79 Waives: $10,709.75 Recovery Total: $68,878.45 Total Invoice Amount: $19,555.75 Total ROI: 4:1 Asset ROI:; 3:1 Please note,for the purposes of these reports the term'Asset'will refer to the recovery of Materials and Cash. °, ..,... UNIQUE Monthly Recovery Statistics: Boynton Beach City Library 12/2016 Through 11/2017 'Month Cash Material Waives Total Assets Only Invoice Amount) November-17 $151.85 $571.53 $270.69 $994.07 $723.38 $250.60 October-17 $111.95 $441.60 $405.95 $959.50 $553.55 $179.00 September-17 $162.77 $345.80 $105.93 $614.50 $508.57 $107.40 August-17 $181.28 $381.71 $144.50 $707.49 $562.99 $196.90 July-17 $127.50 $572.37 $118.70 $818.57 $699.87 $152.15 June-17 $396.14 $1,211.63 $48.00 $1,655.77 $1,607.77 $214.80 May-17 $167.08 $188.85 $305.15 $661.08 $355.93 $179.00 April-17 $207.92 $678.40 $226.90 $1,113.22 $886.32 $205.85 March-17 $250.93 $803:93 $480.05 $1,534.91 $1,054.86 $268.50 February-17 $280.10 $304.78 $293.60 $878.48 $584.88 $179.00 January-17 $141.55 $816.94 $113.00 $1,071.49 $958.49 $241.65 December-16 $325.93 $420.74 $95.00 $841.67 $746.67 $187.95 Total $2,505.00 $6,738.28 $2,607.47 $11,850.75 $9,243.28 $2,362.80 Average $208.75 $561.52 $217.29 $987.56 $770.27 $196.90 Total ROI:$5:1 Average Monthly Recovery and Cost $900.00 $800.00 $770727 $700.00 $600.00 $500.00 , $400.00 $300.00 $208.75 $217.29 $200.00 $196.90 e s 1 $100.00 l 3, . rn ,x 1 $0.00 - - e Cash Material Waives Asset Only Invoice Amount Unique Management Services,Inc. BOYNTON BEACH.CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT DECEMBER 2017 Administrative Services/Public Relations Library Director attended Library Strategic Planning, Staff Training, :LSTA Panel, Library Advisory Board, SEFLIN ILS demos, Friends Board of Directors and the monthly.meetings. Library is collecting notes written to soldiers. . Friends volunteered 398 hours during the month of November:. Library hosted the following meetings/programs: Two Martin Luther King Committee, two Toastmasters, Palm Beach County Property Appraiser's Office, SEIU/HR and AmeriCorps. Customer Services Statistics Current Same Month Percentage Month Previous Year Change .. Customer Visits 16,353 18,975 -14%,. Circulation* (total) 11,766 15,417 -24% Adult 7595 9,583 . -21% Young Adult 576 810. -29% Juvenile 2426 3,643 -33% Circ (from ILS System) 10,597 . 14,036 -25% E-Books* -Overdrive 561 641 12% (incl.w/total) Eaudio Circulation. 85 Freegal Downloads* 439 . 602 -27% Gale Legal Database 6 - 30 -80% Zinio Downloads* 78 - 108 -28% Audiovisual 3,359 4790 -30% (incl.w/Adult #) Selfcheck _ 84 310 o -73/o Onecard Cards 0 3 Current Users 14,929 10,365 . +44% New Users Created .. 168 248 -32% *Includes ILS, eBooks, Freegal, Gale LegalForms and Zinio checkouts. All count as adult. Sunshine and Onecard Cards: 152 issued in previous years, 2 this year =.154 Public Computer Usage Statistics Adult Computer use 2167 Youth/Teen Computer use = 1548 Wi-Fi Connections: .3004 Virtual Zone = Users: 30 Hours: 60 Computer Usage total = 3715 uses for the month of December Numberof days open = 19.. Average Time = 60 minutes per session. One year.ago = 3970:.6% decrease in computer usage. Collection Management Discarded Items = 1541 Items Added to Collection = 547 Public Computer Training Classes Class Attendees 1 - Smartphones . 5 1 —Writing a Remarkable Resume 6 1 - iPads 1 1 — Exploring the PC 3 Library Statistics/Databases .Current: Same Month Percentage Month Previous Year . ..Change Freegal Music-Streaming . ' 1,330- 3,080 -57% Patrons 40 . 36 = ' +11% ALLDATA (Car Repairs) Articles 32 . 32 Boyntonlibrary.org Sessions: 3,812 .5,006 -24% Users 1,552 2,027 ' -23% Page Views - : 9,642 12,868 -25% Social Media Esequels logins. Facebook"followers"(likes) ' 200' Facebook new followers (likes) 4 Facebook page engaged users 45 Freegal Songs Streamed 1,330 Learning Express Sessions 23 Learning Express Job Career sessions ' . ' 18 Transp language users . 10 Transp language sessions . 97 Twitter Followers. 72 Twitter New Followers 1 Twitter Impressions 282 • AllData (stats gathered in OCT) Boyntonlibrary.org sessions 3812 Boyntonlibrary.org pageviews 9642 . Adult Services Numberof adult programs: 6 Attendance at adult programs: 73 Adult Outreach: Programs: .0 Attendance: 0 Youth/Teen Services Number of Teen programs: 3 Attendance at Teen programs: 65 Teen Outreach Programs: 0 Attendance::.0 Number of Children's programs: 14 Attendance at Children's programs: 211 Children's Outreach Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Virtual Zone: - Attendance:- 30 Hours: 65 Archives Activities • Worked with Diana Dennis documenting the last of Esther Orr's photograph albums priorto rehousing them (on-going project):. ... • Continued sorting the old Deeds of Gift (pre-2013) to determine what sorts of transfers might be necessary to clarify that the Library owns the items. Completed nine transfers for the Boynton Cultural Centre board to sign. Went through the entire accession log and confirmed existence of all paperwork for each accession. Notedlocations of all items (where we could find them) andnoted missing items. Accessioned items with pre-2013.Deeds of Gift given to the BBCL. • Sorted through.and organized Florida Master Site File records of Boynton Beach historic buildings. We had several copies of each record and they were.in no apparent order. • Sorted through and organized multiple photocopy sets.of Boynton homestead records from the 1880s and 1890s. • Assisted Craig with the second payment request for the 2017 LSTA Grant. AmeriCorps Report: - ADULTS ESOL Classes: Beginner Class The Beginner ESOL class was held from 9:OOam-10:15am from Monday thru Thursday. 11 total classes were held throughout.this month. 168 seats were occupied throughout the 11 classes. The average amount of students in class.was 15. The largest class size this month was 18 students. 34 individual students signed up for this class, but only 28 actually attended classes at least once: • -4 students (12%) attended only one class -4 student (12%) attended two or three classes -9 students (26%) attended four to six classes -10 students (29%) attended seven to ten classes -2 students (6%) attended eleven or more students Two students in Beginner's class had perfect attendance this month. Six (6) students (18%) attended both this class and the Advanced Beginner ESOL class. This month we continued to focus on grammar, conversation and idioms. Notable moments was when I have notice many of my students attending class less for the past weeks, come to find out seven (7) of them applied for a job and were hired. This is seven students that knew no English but known how to say"My name is..." I was a proud 'mom'when I was told the wonderful news. Getting a job was many of my students' goals and the English class was not even halfway through the term and many were able to obtain a job. However, I still encourage them to attend class on their day off or during class hours if they are not working. We have been using the Side by Side Textbook 1 and the accompanying workbook, as well as the Word by Word Basic textbook. We are also using the Oxford Picture Dictionaries as an accessory. Overall, this was a triumphant month for our Beginner's ESOL class. My students are always ready to learn yet again. They practice every day as well as open to new ideas and concepts. The amount of commitment level for learning in the class, as well as outside the classroom, has been great and still going strong. We still have a couple students that have trouble focusing in class, but it is all doable, especially when it comes to the advance students who want to attend both classes. Attendance has been a little stony, but that is because of their working schedule conflict. Advanced Beginner The Advanced Beginner ESOL class was held from 10:30am-11:45 am from Monday thru Thursday. 11 total classes were held throughout this month. 58 seats were occupied throughout the 11 classes. The average class size was 5, although we did have as many as 8 students in class all at once. 15 individual students signed up for this class but only 12 students participated: -2 students (13%) attended only one class -3 students (20%) attended two to three classes -1 student (7%) attended four to six classes -4 students (27%) attended seven to nine classes -1 student (7%) attended ten or more classes Only one student had perfect attendance this month. Six (6) students (40%) attended both this class and the Beginner's ESOL class. This month we continued to work on grammar and conversation. We started with imperative, non-count nouns and count nouns and partitives. We then continued on to future tense will, time expressions and might. We also role-played in conversational skills to get some of the students comfortable speaking English in front of others. We are still spending a great amount of time on conversations and idioms, especially identifying when to use idioms in our everyday conversation. We are using two textbooks. We have been using the Side by Side 2 textbook and its accompanying workbook. Practice Makes Perfect: English Conversation is the other book that we are using to construct spontaneous conversational skills. We are also using the Oxford Picture Dictionaries as an accessory. This class' attendance had fallen gradually. It is a bittersweet feeling, but I am really happy to know that four of my students are working full-time. They are really happy to be able to obtain a job. Due to their work schedule they have missed the entire month and will be trying to commit for the New Year. As for the rest of the students they are actively being present in class. Private Tutoring Nineteen (19) students signed up for private tutoring but only sixteen (16) students received one on one tutoring or help this month. Three (3) students received help in the area of phonics to aidin their ability of learning how to read. Ten (10) students received help in grammar. One received assistance in grammar and pronunciation. One received assistance on preparation for the Citizenship process. Due to the work conflict, the final student cannot make it to the available class hours, so she received help on Basic English lesson that is being done in class, Overview Overall, 49 individual students signed up for ESOL and only 40 attended classes in December, this is great amount of students. December has been the month where I really seen the impact that I am making on my students. I hope they continue to thrive to do their best as they put their best foot forward. The walk-ins are still increasing. There were fewer classes this month because of the holiday season and mandatory staff training at the Boynton Beach City Library. All the students have a two week break, come January they should have many practice sessions with their friends, family, co-workers and even their fellow peers. HOMEWORK HELP: No report TEEN HOMEWORK HELP: No report UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. CREATED: 01/01/2018 3:32 pm WB ACCOUNT STATUS REPORT PAGE: 610 MS JEANNIE TAYLOR BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY 208 S SEACREST BLVD BOYNTON BEACH FL 33435 CREDITOR: 1581 -- BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY DATES LISTED: 01/01/1900 TO 12/31/2017 ALL AMOUNTS LISTED Accounts Submitted • 2,212 Dollars Submitted 178,500.18 Dollars Received 19,735.71 Bankruptcies • 0 Dollars in Bankruptcy 0.00 Material Returned 38,908.23 Incorrect Addresses 403 Dollars in Skiptracing 24,600.89 Dollars Waived 10,809.00 Patron Disputes/Suspends : 1 Dollars in Dispute 37.00 Accounts in Process 1,808 Dollars in Process 144,997.55 # of Accounts Activated 1,056 'Total Activated 87,261.13; % of Accounts Activated 58.41% % of Dollars Activated 60:18% UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES,INC Page 1 of 1 UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. EXPLANATION OF SUMMARY PAGE ACCOUNT STATUS REPORT Left Column . Accounts Submitted:Total number of accounts submitted for collection. Bankruptcies:Total number of accounts in bankruptcy. Incorrect Addresses:Total number of accounts for which we do not have correct addresses yet. Skip tracing efforts continue for quite some time so this number is very dynamic. Patron Disputes/Suspends:Total number of accounts where collection efforts have been stopped because the patron disputed the debt or the Library suspended collection efforts as a result of payment arrangements, mistakes,etc. Accounts in Process:Total number of accounts being processed through our collection service. This number is arrived at by subtracting Bankruptcies, Incorrect Addresses and Patron Disputes/Suspends from the total number of Accounts Submitted. #of Accounts Activated:Total number of accounts that have responded in some way to reduce their balance. They could have returned material, made a payment or a combination of both. %of Accounts Activated: Percentage of processed accounts that have responded in some way (#of Accounts Activated divided by Accounts in Process).This percentage is a good measure of response rate because it measures the percentage of patrons that have actually responded due to the collection process. Middle Column Dollars Submitted:Total dollar amount due from all accounts submitted for collection. Dollars in Bankruptcy:Total dollar amount due from all accounts in bankruptcy. Dollars in Skips:Total dollar amount due for accounts with incorrect addresses. Dollars in Dispute:Total dollar amount for all accounts that have been disputed.. Dollars in Process:Total dollar amount for all accounts being processed. This number is equal to the Dollars Submitted minus Dollars in Bankruptcy, Dollars in Skips, and Dollars in Dispute,as well as the dollar amount due for all suspended and closed accounts(not detailed on this report). Its purpose is to show the total dollar amount actually being worked.. Total Activated:Total original amount due by all Accounts Activated. The difference between this number and the sum of Dollars Received, Material Returned, and Dollars Waived is the remaining balance due by all Accounts Activated. % of Dollars Activated: Percentage of processed dollars that have been activated(Total Activated divided by Dollars in Process). Right Column Dollars Received:Actual money recovered as reported by the Library. Material Returned:Actual value of material returned as valued and reported by the Library. Dollars Waived:Actual dollars waived by the Library as reported by the Library. https://web.unique-mgmt.com/help_files/summary.asp 3/6/2017 Boynton library gives residents chance to get high school diploma Page 1 of 5 HOS 1E41 ! SAB SS OW AS 990 BR ERG Florida Supreme Court to air hearings on Facebook Live Qi • Boynton Uirary ggives reskents chance to earn hign school o Bia � plo ) a Alexandra Seltzer-Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Updated 2:44 p.m Wednesday,Jan. 17,2018 Filed in Southern Palm Beach County f 'f}" THERN PBG' 'gat'r r` '-:, r. r .c.,-, F 4 y3 ....... ... r + * T;— ,.�._: '+--^d�+'.2" r, 'ak� moi y ,� . ::- I4 ,' 2 -14, 11,,,,':;- i h t5 '1,0401_:;'', ^T+1 1 V F ti=. ' 7UZ .-t"7!'''0,- '1''''. .;* - .';': ri,..7..,, L;F,.:.:,.:,,,,_,,i. v ,„tc: ;t;,-.-,. ,, ,1;;;Nof, IR.i':„-,,,l'::.... Y + 'Y. .1'.. i 'i - . ' -4- 'a. '–. ',r' `x. j„�'2^I 7x. 5 - ) Boynton Beach resident Padma Jadunandan(center)with Boynton Beach Mayor Steven Grant and Jeannie Taylor, the division head librarian at the Boynton Beach City Library.(Handout:City of Boynton Beach) Craig Clark found a way to stand up for Boynton Beach residents after a veto from Gov. Rick Scott. • http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local/boynton-library-gives-residents-chance-earn-hi... 1/23/2018 Boynton library gives residents chance to get high school diploma Page 2 of 5 Boynton Beach's library was one of about 20 statewide to offer residents a chance to obtain their high school diploma through the Career Online High School. It is an accredited, online, private high school program that allows students 19 and older to earn a diploma. The residents' schooling is paid for by the state through scholarships. But Scott vetoed the bill that would have paid for the program for this year. Each student costs $1,295. "It's heartbreaking. There are a number of reasons why people didn't graduate from high school and some of the stories are really sad," said Clark, the director of Boynton Beach's library. But Clark believed in the program, and found another way to come up with money through a state grant. Boynton, The Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach, Jacksonville and Safety Harbor are some of the only Florida libraries to offer the program. Boynton has five spots available. "It's just important to keep the momentum going so that's why I made the decision to continue with the program," Clark said. "There were a lot more libraries that wanted to continue with it. But particularly the small libraries could not come up with the money." Clark hopes a bill to pay for the program will pass this year. Already, the library has had three graduates. The most recent is Padma Jadunandan, who received her diploma in November, earning a 4.0 grade point average. She said the program offered her"convenience and balance"to complete the program in one year—her personal goal—while caring for her other responsibilities. Two others also graduated Boynton's program while one student is expected to finish soon and five others are still working, Clark said. "Ultimately when you get somebody successfully through that program you're going to improve their life and they're going to spend more money here so it's a boost to our own local economy," Clark said. VIEW COMMENTS 0 PROMOTED STORIES Sponsored Links by Taboola This Photo Has Not Been Edited, Look Closer HistorylnOrbit.com http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local/boynton-library-gives-residents-chance-earn-hi... 1/23/2018