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Fiow " / Sé k j 7 j Library cuts hours ibrary Cuts hours $ d C $ HC/On-tir;.(lvfé_dc_‘from page%“}/og id J ‘ o 1e 4 con:lvlzge}ilq“{figo t?ket'stepfi totrrectify this," she Strea llles Orderlng o m ho a step toward patrons borrowin{ f returning books at both Hibrarics." a nane CHAspitIE _ Feljg 2FK][6¢ ; f ; ~ j 4 _ In the end ,it was agreed a test coding would be By Bos OweN i implemented. ( 6 attempted before the processing system is finalized lowen@xplornet.com The response by Mrs. Klem launched a 4 In order to gain control over the wage budget which 4 ; defailed discussioniof library operations. _ | 8 ° 4 last year was nearly 15 per cent over the basic hourl The Cramahe Library Board has reduced In the personnel committee proposals, | + $ ‘costs, the personnel committee proposed Mrsy the hours at the Castleton Branch, | houre that Mrs: Houston previously gave ufi : ; â€" LaBerge‘s hours be capped at 40 hours per twoâ€"week controlled the hours of its CKRO and moved would be reâ€"instated, Castleton Library| â€" i 7 pay period in 2008. Her hours are currently broken to streamline its ordering process. : hours would be cut from 17 to 12 hours per. I s i down into 11 hours as librarian in Castleton and nine The decisions made on a series of motions . Week and the times changed. Mrs. Houston‘s { t hours for administrative work in her role as CEO put forward by the board‘s personnel additional hours would be picked up by | + With the changes in hours which start on March 1, committee Feb. 20, were made as the board . adding two hours to the Colborne branch | B0 An d ; she can opt to work the 12 hours the Castleton branch approached the end of a 3.5â€"hour meeting hours. 3 rne . | is otpen anczhrfhduce her admin hours to eight, or f.lfter much discussion and a degree of lBoard glember Randy Prentice was the | continue with the 11 she is now worki C whd ancour, sole member of the board who a % By the same 4â€"1 vote, the board detgtl'i.lined the CEO: Board member Randy Prentice attempted ‘maintain constant oppositiopg’e?getélfg ; may only bill the 40 hours she is contracted for, and F to stall the process even before it got going, â€" proposals.He questioned how the Castleton | for any meetings approved in advance by’ the P questioning if there were enough board â€" branch could be improved if its hours were | personnel committee. In the current situation, the § members present to make these decisions. reduced. F 7 board gets anveâ€"mail from Township Chief Board Chair Ed Greenwood advised there When he couldn‘t recall having| Administrative Officer Christie Alexander with a was a quorum even though three members previously agreed to cutting hours, Mrs. | question asking the reasons for additional hours of the eightâ€"person board Klem noted they hadn‘t â€" it | Now, there will be no extras. â€" & "E were absent. Nathalie « was part of the current § As head of the Colborne library branch, Mrs. B McVeen had sent in her New hbrarY â€" series of motions ©24 : Houston will work 50 hours every two weeks. | ~E proxy â€" vote for all _/ h She â€" observed _ the| k _ In a discussion that appeared at times to be going motions. ours northern branch was 0 exel in circles, the board returned again to the question of In introducing. the _ As of March 1, the Castleton Six days a week. Some (flP library hours. Mr. Prentice offered that, if the board â€" motions, board member branch will open Wednesdays no one came. Sho 3 + 1 * was planning to introduce high speed Internet service B Peggy Klem stated they and Fridays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. the board select ehgroposed to the Castieton branch, it‘ shouldn‘t be closing, to R ware peing puesented anglonisalarasys tom io u. mite) holr blogks a e se ts (closingy"" _ [ following a (lengthy 2p m es oc 2, "Why not have it open one hour and me | conversation wi ho : e 2 oorih tooeo us [ on oo netretereasnienl "prl y ooacrll o 4 costs perljg:init 5 a:il(;st ]_; Castleton branch open. Mrs. | 3 fevelopment Consultant p.m. to 8 p.m. It will open Fridays _ In one of the scenari | Klem rep & g $25 a book. the Southern Ontario f 11 hekt narios y Turning the discussion in another direction, Mr. [ Library Service. _ Sr%n a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sh¢ threw out to the group, Prentice asked if anyone in Castleton had been anks a E Creasiact ) motan aNrdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Efeekdays at the Castleton about hours. _ proposed having all new ext month men_lbers hope to Pranch would alternate ‘After listening for some time, Cramahe Councilior [ booksl ipracesseda || in look at ways to improve the W‘th those in Colborne so > pat Westrope, who sitsâ€"on the board, reminded hinli Colborne. Previously Castleton branch. there is a library open every that the board had been talking about this for a year those destined for the Gay except Sunday . If the and nothing had been done. Castleton Library were inventoried j Tibrary is open from 3 | Wfrs. Klem referred to a survey she did at th d coded there ary oried and bar _ to 7 p.m., its hours would fall in line wifl? fh“ | Castleton library last fall. Very few people were goi ( Under th Colborne branch, making it j £ R i s e going er the system passed by a 4â€"1 vot remem! § it easier to into the library. When she asked why circulation was [ books destined for Castl | vote, ember . | down by 1,000 over the previous year .the answer she ols raned io De op t e | i MaBrit mhedite altenat it * got from CBO Sue LaBerge was, "I don‘t know." t she t attaCherred once the codes have been . will fit in with her summer ing days as it ! | rs. LaBerge said, "They‘re coming yat (to the /R Colbor rtid by librarian Lorna Houston in â€" one student running it, the pe%rogram. With : f Colborne branch where the meeting was held). Lorne 3 Librae' C k two locations. 3 son can.cover ‘ (Houston) has more books and more choice," Later ia 6 spoak ty CEO Sue LaBerge was the first to Then, the meeting got bogged d f the debate, Mrs. Westrope brought the, boa 8 syste on the topic, wondering how the. run of operational queri sged down by a ( attention to the cireulation figures for Codringto rd‘s 2nc Eo would work when the bar codes for the system would o es regarding how concluded, "If you have the product, they will mn ana [ S}‘INO libraries don‘t match. Houston‘s hours woulgelfate, how Mrs. 00 when talk of changes finally wound do\ivrlln 3 bay cg(‘inas assured by Mrs. Houston that the whether the computers v?r allocated, and | y group turneg (i)t(fleb]f to establishing the hours for tt}fig the bo Olfss will be set as they are placed on â€" performing the required mnc‘z‘fngapable of | } 0 ons § The passing of the motion after a boal\fi't?,g’f‘fi f,‘;;’i‘ffi‘f él ooz('i?n_d reminded the | y 7 â€" aggvoluted discussion appears to begin to libraries more efficiz':}!; ;If,';b ?dm,a;q,ew fica Tue éz:il gltl:na#:iigon of inefficiencies in djxrfcnuf;lltir;es with Castleton a#w h a C on. k i5 db uonl T Board member Marie Prins wanted to ‘ MAE fi?'w\}“;l bxa \ now how the coding would be â€" agmg}a%f ige 5 nti page 5)