Ainsworth Public Library

AINSWORTH LIBRARY BOARD MEETING will be held on

November 1, 2023 at the Ainsworth Public Library starting at 5 p.m.

AGENDA

1.         Call meeting to order

2.         Notice on the posting of the Nebraska Open Meeting Act

3.         Roll Call

4.         Approve minutes

5.         Approve claims for payment

6.         Monthly Library Report/List of titles purchased

7.         State statistical Report due Feb. 2024

8.         Public Library Accreditation expires 2024

9.         Review of October events:  Silent Witness Display; Barn Art Work; Halloween Story

            Time; Treat/Treat Main Street

10.       November/December activities:  Book Club; Thanksgiving Storytime; Christmas Story

            Time

11.       Workshops/Meetings:

            a.         Thursday Directors Zoom Meeting:  Oct. 5^th, Oct. 12^th, Oct. 26^th

            b.         Central Plains Library System Tools of the Trade Conference- Oct. 19^th-Kearney

            c.         Nebraska State Advisory Council on Libraries-Nov. 17^th-Lincoln

            d.         Ainsworth Library Foundation Board Meeting-November

12.       Correspondence:

            a.         Items of interest from Library Newsletters/Journals

13.       Set next meeting date/time

14.       Adjournment

LIBRARY BOARD MEETING

NOVEMBER 1^st

5 P.M.

This meeting is open to the public.

Agenda is posted at the Library .

The November Book Club title is now available. Up next will be the book by Barbara Eymann Mohrman titled “Four Blue Stars in the Window”. The group will meet on November 20th at 2 p.m. to share thoughts on the title. We have copies of this book at the Library. Stop by and pick one up to read.

Fifty years ago, a young girl opened a cardboard box in her basement. Long forgotten, it contained her father’s World War II uniform, vintage photos, semaphore flags, and other WWII keepsakes. The box opened up a world of pain and joy to author Barbara Eymann Mohrman as she set out on a personal journey to trace her family history and inadvertently, unspoken Eymann family secrets. This is the story of hard-scrabble life in rural Oakdale, Nebraska (population 851) starting in the heyday of the 1920s. Chriss Eymann, a newly arrived Swiss immigrant and his wife, Hattie Mae, raised ten children on the Dust Bowl-ravaged plains during the 1930s in the depths of the Great Depression. But their greatest sacrifice was yet to come—when they sent four young sons off to war in the South Pacific and Europe. The mother’s flag with its four blue stars proudly displayed the family’s precious contribution to the war effort. The story traces in detail and vintage photos from 1930 to 1947 the anguish, danger, and their everlasting hope with some surprising family news that brings the story full circle.

Halloween Storytime

October 24th

4-5 p.m.

Halloween stories and crafts

Stop by the library and view the “Barn” display. The Ainsworth Area Art Guild members are sharing their art pieces on barns.

Book Club will be meeting on Monday, October 16th, at 2 p.m. to share thoughts on this book. Please join us if you have read this title.

Last call on the solar glasses! Get your glasses today from the Library. We are open from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. The eclipse will be over by the time we open on Saturday so hurry in!

Keep your glasses and use with the total solar eclipse in the April.

AINSWORTH LIBRARY BOARD MEETING

October 4, 2023 at 5 p.m.

AGENDA

1.         Call meeting to order

2.         Give notice on the posting of the Nebraska Open Meeting Act

3.         Roll call

4.         Approve minutes

5.         Approve claims for payment

6.         Monthly Library Report/Summary of Fiscal Year 2022/2023/State Statistical Report

7.         Insurance adjustment work on hail damage report

            a.         Shingles completed week of Sept. 11-15^th

            b.         Rain gutter installed Sept. 26^th

8.         Banned Book Week:  Oct. 1-7^th  (Shine a light on banned books-Censorship leaves us

            In the dark)

9.         Eclipse Glasses:  October 14^th

10.       October events:

            a.         Silent Witness Display – Bright Horizons

            b.         Ainsworth Art Guild “Fall” Exhibit

            c.         Halloween Storytime Oct. 24^th  4-5 p.m.

            d.         Trunk/Treat Main Street-Oct. 31^st

11.       Discuss upcoming holiday closings

12.       Workshops/Meetings:

            a.         NE State Advisory Council on Libraries Board Meeting-Nov. 17^th-Lincoln

13.       Correspondence:

            a.         Items of interest from various library journals/newsletters

14.       Set next meeting date/time

15.       Adjournment

THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

LIBRARY BOARD MEETING

October 4, 2023 at 5 p.m.

This meeting is open to the public.

Agenda posted at the Library for public viewing.