SWILSA Board

Southwest Iowa Library Service Area is governed by a seven member Board of Trustees, representing colleagues and constituents.

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Minutes, July 27, 2011 meeting

Next meeting: July 27, 2011
1:00 p.m.
Adobe Online Classroom

Documents for meeting:

Agenda, including link to classroom,
(and contact information if you wish to attend but don't have computer or Internet)

Minutes of July 13 meeting

Agendas of Past Meetings

2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
February	February	February	February	January	February
April	April	April		April	April
June 1	June	June	May	June	April Planning
June 20	August	August	July	August	June
June 29	October	October		October	August
July 5	December	December	October		October
July 13			December		December

2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
February	February	Jan 16,	January	Nov.
April	April	Jan 30,	March
June	June	June	June 14
August	Aug.	July	July
December	October	August	August
	Dec.	October	October

* (revised 6-5-02)
     Related documents for this meeting (also see Minutes and Admin Services Reports, below):
        Investment Report
        Proposed Web policy
        Draft Internet policy,Safety policy
        LSA System Budget packages proposal
        Proposal for Virtual Backup Reference
        Outline for State of the Area report
        Reference contract

Minutes of Past Meetings

2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
February	February	February	January	January	February	February
April 25	April	April	February	April	April	April
June 1	June	June	June	June	June	June
June 20	August	August	August	August	August	August
July 5	October	October	October		October	December
July 13	December	December	December

2004	2003	2002	2001
February	Jan 16,	January	Oct
April	Jan.30,	March	Nov
June	April	June
August	July	July
October	June 1	August
December	August	October

Administrative Services Reports

2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
February	February	February	February	January	February	February
April	April	April		April	June	April
June 1	June	June	May	June	August	June
June 20	August	August	August	August	October	August
	October	October	October		December	December
	December	December	December

2004	2003	2002	2001
February	January	January	Oct/Nov
April	March	March
June	June	June
August	August	August
October	October	October
December	December	December

Policies and Documents
Administrator Evaluation:
Evaluation instrument

By-Laws (approved 11-16-01; revised 10/09)

Policies
Adobe Classroom for Public Library Programming (approved October 2010)
Confidentiality policy (approved 1-30-03; affirmed 12-04-08)
Continuing Education policy (approved 1-30-03, revised 4-5-07; 4-08-09)
Financial Transactions Policy (approved 11-16-01; affirmed 6-10-08, 8-09)
Internet and Computer Policy (approved 6-14-02; amended 8-23-02; 10-6-08) reapproved 10/09
Internet Safety Policy (approved 6-14-02; amended 10-6-08) reapproved 10/09
Investment Policy (approved 10-3-01; amended 12-4-02; reapproved 6-13-07, 12-08)
Loan of SWILSA Resources (approved 10-8-04)
Online Classroom for Library Public Programming (revised 12-10)
Record Retention Policy (approved 6/19/03)
Resources Policy--Use and Loan of resources (amended 12-2006, 6-2008)
Social Networking (approved 8-2009; revised 4-10)
SWILSA Personnel Policy (approved 3-22-02; amended 6-14-02, 2-19-04, 12-4-08, 12-13-10)
Web Policy (approved 6-14-02)

Policy Review Schedule:

Policy	Scheduled Review
Confidentiality	December
Continuing Education	April
Financial Transactions	August
Internet	October
Internet Safety	October
Investment	December
By-Laws	August
Record Retention	February
Resources--Use and Loan	June
SWILSA Personnel	December
Social Networking	August
Web	February

Job Descriptions:
    Administrator
    Secretary I
    Reference & ILL Clerk

Web Hosting Agreement with member libraries (approved 8-23-02; amended 2-29-04 to allow Friends and Foundations subwebs):
Reference Contract FY10

Plans

Strategic Plan FY2007-2008 (approved 6-22-06)
Technology Plan (2007-2010)
Technology Plan 2010-2013
Goals/Objectives for Plan of Service FY2007
LSA (System) Plan: Logic Model format Supplemental (traditional format) (approved by SWILSA Board 6/23/09)

Miscellaneous
Evaluation/Report on Virtual Backup Reference project
Expenses claim form
LSTA Grant Application for collaboration feature of Virtual Backup Reference project
LSTA grant application ( for Information Literacy project (Word document)
Reference Contract FY2008
National Surveys about Libraries (thanks for State Library of Iowa for summaries)
Trustee Advocate FAQs

Tech Talk
Podcasting
RSS
Mashups
Instant Messaging
Google Docs
Online Learning

Holidays: (designated 1-08)
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day
Washington's Birthday/President's Day (3rd Monday in February: OFFICE OPEN)
Memorial Day
Fourth of July
Labor Day
Veteran's Day (OFFICE OPEN)
Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after
Christmas Day, and one day either side (at Administrator's designation)

Mileage Rate: 39 cents/mile (current rate used by State of Iowa)

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Council Bluffs, IA 51503