Ad-Team Meeting Minutes for June 2001

Date:  June 20, 2001

Present: Norm Maas, Kay Bauman, Ernestine Clark, Anne Fischer, Anne Hsieh, Karen Marriott, Donna Morris, Dana Morrow, Ric Rea, Judy Walden, and Jim Welch (meeting chair)

Parking – Donna, Anne Hsieh, Norm
Norm, Donna, and Anne reported on a meeting with Oklahoma City officials regarding parking at the Downtown Library/Learning Center. Galleria parking located immediately behind the new facility will be problematic:

• Only 10-12 monthly parking spots will be available at opening
• Two-year waiting list for monthly parking
• Costs $68/mo plus an additional $25/mo for a guaranteed parking place
• Construction to add five more floors will begin within two years
• Limited in/out parking for our customers
• Handicap parking is distant from the library

Anne Hsieh has researched other parking in the area. Anne said that Dowel Parking at $50/mo was actually closer than the Sheridan and Hudson Garage at $51/mo.

Donna requested that Ad Team members email her the parking needs for their departments. It was noted that Literacy and the Small Business Development Center also have parking needs.

Donna and Anne Hsieh will provide a written report and discussion will continue at the June 27, Ad Team meeting.

Programming – Dana
Dana passed out a new publication called Events @ your library.

Dana reported that Carrie Shockely from KWTV Channel 9 would run a three-minute clip at 7:30 a.m., Monday, June 23, showing Len Cabral touring the library telling a story.

Dana discussed plans for the Reach Out and Read program that is being developed. Trained volunteers read to children in the waiting room. MLS has already trained two volunteers for RSVP Kids on how to read to children. Dana plans to visit a pediatrician soon. She plans to work with free health clinics, Children’s Hospital, and the Latino Agency. Dana plans to write a letter to area pediatricians about the benefits of parental reading.

A bookmark with one side in English and the other side in Spanish is being planned. Kay mentioned that children liked to receive rewards at the doctor offices. Norm had the idea to develop a refrigerator magnet with a library message.

Norm emphasized that for success, a program needs to be repeated for at least three years.

At our next Ad Team meeting, on June 27, we will continue discussing Parking.