FRIENDS
OF SANDOWN LIBRARY
MINUTES
OF MEETING
THURSDAY,
AUGUST 2ND
2012
Present
: Heather, Ian, Jenny, Susan, Wendy
Apologies
: Everyone else
As
Ian was the only committee member present no decisions could be made
and therefore we just had a general discussion about recent events
and the current use of the library.
Jenny
:
Jenny
wished to thank Donna and Deborah for their invaluable organisation
and help in the Horrible Science children’s event. It was a great
success.
Also,
thanks to Conrad and Donna for providing scones and biscuits for the
very successful author visit.
Since
the last meeting another £90 has been raised from donated book
sales, Wendy’s plants and Janet’s dog (the correct name has still
not been guessed!)
The
library has used some of the money raised to purchase the complete
set of Richard & Judy Summer Reads books. This collection has its
own display in the library, and has been made non-reservable and part
of a collection; therefore it cannot be removed from Sandown Library
stock. Jenny & Louise are both very pleased to be able to use
funds raised by FOSL to purchase books they would not otherwise get,
and this has shown the success of the Friends Group so far.
The
upstairs room that we would like to make use of has been half
cleared, and the job will be completed in the next two weeks. The
next stage is getting Mansells in to remove old pipes etc, and then
decorating. Carpet cannot be fitted until the hole in the roof is
fixed.
Heather
:
Asked
about the current state of the library with regard to stock, usage
etc. Jenny showed the group records of issue figures (the number of
books taken out) from the first eight months since the
re-organisation. These show that out of the four libraries that have
had hours reduced (SA, VE, FW & CO), Sandown has the most issue
figures, more than double Cowes figures. All these branches have the
same opening hours and staff hours.
New
books are arriving weekly, but fiction books no longer remain at one
branch. If they are returned to another council run library, they
stay there. If they are returned to a community library they get
returned to us. This system has replaced the old book rotation
system. Non-fiction is still exchanged by branches e-mailing each
other.
The
community room is very well used, as is the library itself on days
when it is closed to the public, for instance on Mondays three
separate groups from IOW College will be using the library facilities
both upstairs and the computers downstairs.
Donations
:
We
need more good quality books. The ones we don’t add to stock will
be sold for FOSL.
Val
Lee is selling hand-made cards on the counter, proceeds go to FOSL.
General
Discussion:
The
group suggested FOSL meetings could be reduced to quarterly, as if
any member wishes to organise a fund-raising event they can talk to
Jenny or Louise directly.
Heather
suggested that at the annual meeting we could decide dates for the
meetings of the next year in advance. Those present thought this was
a good idea.
The
next meeting will be Thursday, September 27th
at 6.00pm.
