Alberta Public Library Administrators Council

AGENDA

Nan Boothby Memorial Library

405 Railway St. W.

Cochrane, AB

403-932-4353

April 14, 2016

Attending: Valerie Wittek, Danielle Frey, Maureen Curry, Bonnie Gray, Jen Anderson, Maureen Penn, Emily Hollingshead, Jean Keetch, Pam Medland, Laura Taylor, Jeri Maitland, Tracy Roberts, Ann Myrholm, Mary Zazelenchuk, Carly Binder, Tara Million, Allison Stewart, Rhonda O’Neill, Stephanie Thero, Peter Bailey, Sharon Siga, Christina Wilson, Sarah McCormack.

  1. Call to Order– 1:02
  1. Approval of Agenda–Maureen Curry moved, carried
  1. Approval of Minutes of November 19, 2015Meeting - Maureen Penn moved, carried.
  1. ReviewStatus of Action Item List - Listserv has been changed to reply to sender by default, not reply to all.
  1. Treasurer’sReport – Highlighted: membership is up, paid a deposit on the ALC preconference, doing well financially. T Bill savings over $6000 now with 582.92 earmarked for the Pages account.

5.1.Financial Report, Mary moved the report be accepted as information, carried.

  1. Update: Public Library Service Branch, Municipal Affairs: Jen Anderson, Bonnie Grayprovided an update on PLSB activities. For details see attached notes from the meeting.
  1. Update: The Alberta Library, Sharon reported for Brian Lin. For details see attached notes from the meeting.
  1. Update: The Library Association of Alberta, Maureen Penn and Peter Bailey provided an update on activities including dissolution of CLA, progress toward formation of new federation and role of LAA in that.

Proposal that APLAC explore positioning itself under the LAA umbrella. Deciding by 2017 whether we will join together as an organization. Vote on whether we wished to explore further: 21 held up green cards, 2 held up yellow cards. Decision made to explore further.

The chair called for volunteers to be on a committee, meeting via teleconference or videoconference. Allison Stewart, Maureen Curry, Mary Zazelenchuk and Jeri Maitland have volunteered, committee can expand if interest is there.

Danielle Frey moved that we establish a committee, the APLA investigation committee, with the four volunteers listed above, carried. [Action: The committee will update the membership at APLAC meeting on November, but can also provide an interim update at the meeting in August.]

  1. Business Arising from the Minutes

9.1ALC Pre-Conference Session Update, Christina Wilson/Rhonda O’Neill – well received pre-conference session up against 3 other sessions. Motion: That we that budget be revised to include a total of up to $1000 to accommodate a maximum of 30 people. Christina moved and Tara seconded, carried.

  1. New Business

10.1APLAC website – deferred.

10.2Policies for circulating films and video games to minors – Jen (PLSB) – came to them through Film and Video classification board. Libraries not covered by Act, For libraries it is a board policy issue, do libraries have anything in their policies? Emerging topic. EPL has their own system of classification. Some libraries have parents sign responsibility agreement, under card agreement, libraries not policing what minors look at. For older children policies need to be balanced by statements on intellectual freedom.

10.3Pages conference* - Planning underway for September-October. Usually held on a Friday (readers advisory workshop) sometimes another session on the Saturday. Almost always at Stanley Milner. [Action: Sharon will forward information on the listserv]

10.4 Buttons* - Pam fromAirdrie created buttons members to wear at ALC, in order to increase awareness of APLAC and talk up membership.

10.5Government Courier* - recent email with updated list asking people to change mailing labels for libraries opting not to receive things via gov’t courier. [Action:Allison to forward email to Kim Johnson].

10.6Meeting location for August meeting – Banff Public Library on a Friday for people who want to stay for the weekend – August 19th, 2016.

10.7Signing Authorities – Motion that Allison Stewart replace Sharon Siga as signing authority for Alberta Public Library Administrators Council, carried.

  1. Round Robin – For details coming out of round robin please see attached notes from the meeting.
  2. Next meeting: August 19, 2016.
  3. Adjournment: 4:30.