Minutes – LDAC – January 12, 2026

Location: Zoom

Present:

• Jennifer Obermaier, Clearwater
• Phyllis Gorshe, Dunedin
• Lois Eannel, East Lake
• Stanley Silverstein, Gulf Beaches
• Dave Mather, Gulfport
• Casey McPhee, Largo
• Matthew David, Palm Harbor
• Dave McMurrin, Pinellas Park
• Britney Norsworthy, Safety Harbor
• Beth Lindsay, St. Petersburg
• Cathleen Bowley, St. Pete Beach
• Cari Rupkalvis, Tarpon Springs
• Cheryl Morales, PPLC
• Matt O’Neil, PPLC
• Michelle Howard, PPLC

 Absent:

• Susan Hurley, Oldsmar (excused)

2. Acceptance of Minutes
   • Motion: Dave McMurrin
   • Second: Jennifer Obermaier
   • Motion carries
3. SIG Meeting Reports
   1. E-Content
      1. Discussed: Requesting splitting OverDrive allocation 50/50 for eBooks and eAudiobooks; usage over last 6 months has been 49% eAudiobooks and 51% eBooks
      2. Next meeting: 1-22-26
   2. Youth Services
      1. Last met: 12-19-25
      2. Discussed: Summer Reading
      3. CSLP – individual libraries may sign up if they wish, it will not be funded by the cooperative or state
      4. Reading with the Rays (discussed)
      5. Presenters: Opera for Earth and Zero Suicide Partners of Pinellas
   3. Cataloging
      1. Last met: November 2025
      2. Discussed: BTCat and alternative cataloging solutions
      3. Circulation/Borrower Services
      4. Last met: 11-4-25
      5. Discussed: BLUEcloud training, museum passes, and SIG officers (Stephanie continuing as chair)
      6. Next meeting: 2-3-26
   4. Adult Services
      1. Last met: 12-16-25
      2. Discussed: Technology assistance as a service, lecture series at Clearwater
   5. DEIA
      1. Discussed: Talking Books Library
   6. FOL
      1. Last met: 12-5-25
      2. Discussed: Recruitment/retention of volunteers
      3. Presenter: Christine Hamacher, Executive/Artistic Director of Sages Theatre
      4. Next meeting: 3-6-26 at Seminole
   7. Advocacy
      1. Last met: 1/5/26
      2. Discussed: Library Advocacy Day in Tallahassee
      3. Next meeting: 1-15-26
4. Old Business
   1. Abstentions in voting (Glenn)
      1. LDAC is required to all vote yay or nay in all votes
         1. Exception: if there is a clear conflict, abstention may be permitted
         2. See Florida Statutes 286.012
   2. Circulation Policy
      1. Adding College Students as an acceptable patron type was discussed.
         1. Motion: Dave Mather
         2. Second: Lois
         3. Motion passes
   3. Libraries as passport facilities (Lois)
      1. Department of State indicated that non-governmental agencies could not do passports
      2. Passport services were paused in December
      3. ELCL requested permission to restart passport services and were given a temporary blessing to continue until the issue is considered further
5. New Business
   1. Beth made a request for a new home location for Manga (for adults), in addition to the current option of YA Manga
      1. Motion: Matthew D.
      2. Second: Dave McMurrin
      3. Motion passes
      4. Matt O. will issue it this week and notify SIGs
6. PPLC Topics
   1. PPLC requested to set the Charge History default to ON for new cardholders. Past checkout history can still be purged for anyone at anytime if requested (Matt would do that).
      1. Motion: Cathleen
      2. Second: Stanley
      3. Nay: 8 / Yay: 4
      4. Motion does not carry
   2. Library Value (ROI) Calculator: demo by Michelle
      1. Several calculators exist such as ALA.org/advocacy/tools/library-value-calculator
      2. Maine State Library’s calculator is more up to date and has instructions for how to code it onto our sites
      3. Sirsi has a feature to add the checkout value to the checkout receipt; Matt will send out instructions for how to do that
   3. Requesting splitting OverDrive allocation 50/50 for eBooks and eAudiobooks
      1. Motion: Beth
      2. Second: Jen
      3. Discussion: eAudiobooks might be more expensive; we are asking the e-Content SIG to do a cost-benefit analysis before we vote.
      4. Motion tabled
   4. Smarty Streets: New SirsiDynix feature (Matt O.)
      1. Sirsi has a new version of Workflows that incorporates Smarty validation. There are new buttons such as Validate address and Validate user. Matt will work with Circ SIG to test it out.
7. PPLC Board Meeting Update
   1. Next meeting: 1-28-26
8. Public Comment [n/a]
9. Announcements from PPLC Libraries [n/a]
10. Meeting adjourned

Minutes submitted by Matthew David