Minutes – LDAC – February 10, 2025

Location: Zoom

Present

• Jennifer Obermaier, Clearwater
• Phyllis Gorshe, Dunedin
• Lois Eannel, East Lake & Anne Maire Nurnberger, East Lake
• Dave Mather, Gulfport
• Susan Hurley, Oldsmar
• Matthew David, Palm Harbor
• Dave McMurrin, Pinellas Park
• Lisa Kothe, Safety Harbor
• Betcinda Kettells, St. Pete Beach
• Beth Lindsay, St. Petersburg
• Glenn Ferdman, Seminole
• Cari Rupkalvis, Tarpon Springs
• Cheryl Morales, PPLC
• Dino Giallourakis, PPLC

Absent

• Stanley Silverstein, Gulf Beaches
• Casey McPhee, Largo

1. 2. Acceptance of Minutes from January 2025
      1. Motion to accept:
         1. First: Glenn
         2. Second: Betcinda
         3. Discussion:
            1. Corrections
               1. Changed “Saint Petersburg Public” to “St. Petersburg”
               2. Corrected Safety Harbor’s announcements and added Oldsmar’s
               3. Motion carries – minutes approved
   3. SIG Meeting Reports SIG Liaison Notes
      1. E-Content – Jennifer
         1. Spending on track for the year
         2. Next meeting 2-27-25
      2. Youth Services – Dave McMurrin
         1. Met earlier in February – there was a presentation by Shana Banana and a discussion about summer reading/CSLP
      3. Cataloging – Susan
         1. Next meeting later in February
      4. Circulation / Borrower Services- Cari
         1. Met earlier in February; they discussed handling damaged books, shelving and shelf reading, and claims returns
      5. Adult Services – Phyllis
         1. Met on 1-21-25 and discussed CSLP
         2. Will meet again on 4-22-25
      6. DEIA – Casey
         1. Next meeting 2-12-25 at Largo
      7. FOL – Glenn
         1. Met on 1-31-25 with representatives from six or seven Friends groups
         2. Elected a Vice Chair
         3. Discussed FOL membership practices
         4. Discussed a survey that FOL SIG members are encouraged to fill out for future meetings
         5. Next meeting will be on 3-31-25 (on Zoom and in person at Seminole) and will include a presentation by Peter Pearson (funding, fundraising, board recruitment and advocacy)
   4. Old Business
      1. FEL Integration into Enterprise (Glenn)
         1. If adopted, it will appear in the first drop-down menu (“All Libraries”) as an additional option. The results/records would not be integrated into the regular catalog.
         2. Motion: to add FEL records as an additional search on the PPLC catalog website/homepage under the first drop down menu.
            1. First: Glenn
            2. Second: Lois
            3. Motion carries (Poll result: 90%)
         3. Poll: to list FEL search options separately (as a database search and eBook search) or integrated/together (as one search):
            1. Poll result: 90% to integrate it / list it as one search
         4. Motion: call the one search Florida Electronic Library
            1. First: Lisa
            2. Second: Lois
            3. Motion carries (no poll)
         5. Next steps
            1. Cheryl asked if this can be delayed to determine when would be best to introduce it to the public; that discussion was tabled to the April meeting
            2. Some preparations will be made before then by PPLC staff
            3. The cost of this project was discussed and Cheryl mentioned we can use Sirsi credits (annual allotment for the PPLC account)
   5. New Business [n/a]
   6. PPLC Topics
      1. Staff accounts
         1. Dino displayed a matrix of all PPLC locations’ staff and what they have access to on the Sirsi ILS; he will send it out so we can all review, respond and update it
         2. State aid – currently state aid for libraries will not be affected by any discussed funding changes
         3. Summer 2025: CSLP and Reading with the Rays
         4. PPLC is stepping in to provide CSLP funding since the state library is not funding it this year; allocations have been set and will be sent out, along with CSLP site login codes
            1. The CSLP memberships have already been purchased as has the manuals, so those costs will not need to come out of the allocations
         5. Reading with the Rays – ticket vouchers will not be made available this year
   7. PPLC Board Meeting Update – Dave McMurrin
   1. 1. 1. Financials were discussed
         2. It was the last board meeting for board member Angela Pietras
            
         3. She will be replaced by Heidi Hugh (Pinellas Park Leisure Services)
   8. Public Comment [n/a]
   9. Announcements from PPLC Libraries (10 minutes) Library Director Announcements
      1. Clearwater – Jennifer Obermaier – n/a
      2. Dunedin – Phyllis Gorshe
         1. New roof is being installed and will hopefully be complete before Spring Training so parking will be freed up
         2. Creative Arts Inc. is installing an interactive Wonder Wall which will be ready in early March 2025
         3. 130th anniversary will be 4/25/25 – the foundation gala will be on 4-26-25
      3. East Lake – Lois Eannel
         1. Welcome to Anne Maire (pronounced Anne Marie) Nurnberger as the new ELCL Assistant Director
         2. 2-22-25 – second annual passport fair, 10am-3pm
         3. 3-2-25 – capital campaign brunch (by invitation)
         4. 4-12-25 – all day capital campaign celebration for the public.
      4. Gulf Beaches – Stanley Silverstein – n/a
      5. Gulfport – Dave Mather
         1. All is well!
      6. Oldsmar – Susan Hurley – n/a
      7. Palm Harbor Matthew David
         1. artPHL Evening was successful with over 200 in attendance and over $5,000 raised
         2. ACEcon (family friendly comic-con style event) will be on 3-8-25 and 3-9-25
         3. PHL now has mobile printing; it also now offers printing payment options: credit card, Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay
      8. Pinellas Park – Dave McMurrin
         1. FAFSA event will be held soon; last year 50 attended, and their goal is to beat that number this year
         2. Mobile printing coming next month
      9. Safety Harbor- Lisa Kothe
         1. Mini Golf Pub Crawl was a success – over 400 people
         2. Children’s area will reopen in March
         3. Full collection will be unsuppressed soon
         4. April 1st – possible end date for construction
      10. St. Pete Beach – Betcinda Kettels
          1. Fully staffed!
          2. Hosting a mini concert series outdoors, every Wednesday in March
          3. Recently received a donation of 1,200 DVDs, many of which are BluRays; these will be their first BluRay collection
      11. St. Petersburg – Beth Lindsay
          1. Four of five new Librarian I’s have started
          2. Working on next FY budget
          3. Main/Obama library will be opening in late summer
      12. Seminole – Glenn Ferdman
          1. Recently filled a vacant Librarian II position in Adult & Information Services with the promotion of an internal candidate
          2. A candidate for a vacant Library Assistant I position in Circ is undergoing background checks
          3. Three candidates for a new “On-Call” position pool (i.e., to fill-in at public service desks during call-outs and vacations) are undergoing background checks
      13. Tarpon Springs – Cari Rupkalvis
          1. 1. Current vacancies for Librarian II and LA II
             2. 2-15-25 – hosting Tampa’s Got the Blues (presented by the Tampa Bay History Center
             3. 2-22-25 – hosting Touch-A-Truck
   10. Adjourn

Meeting adjourned at 2:39 p.m.