HomeMy WebLinkAboutMayor's Newsletter 07_93, BrawnerLibrary's future a growing success
Improved facilities a top priority
The future of the Euless Public Li-
brary is uncertain, but positive.
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change for this growing city facility
is the one sure element. With theMAL
passage of the half-cent sales tax last
January, voters agreed that im-
proved library facilities were a must.
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Some of the added revenues from
the new half-cent sales tax will be w. s• .,
used to fund an expansion of the
existing building or construction of
a new building.
The Euless library's history can be T1A
traced back to 1961 when it was
housed in a one-car garage at the
location of the present-day Wendy's
restaurant on North Main Street,ac-
cording to librarian Betty Library staff members are,from left to right:front row,Meredith
Yarbrough. In 1967, the present li- McMannis,Sally Cook,Sue Morrow,Sheila Williams. Back row,Bar
brary facility was opened at the City baro Thompson,Angela Kimbell,Sarah Poirier,Carolyn Hoots,Betty
Hall Complex. Yarbrough,Essie Dougherty,Julia Petrovich.
While the library currently holds
over 60,000 pieces in its collection, items from the library, but did you proved facility. Yarbrough said the
the facility is filled to capacity and know the library offers more than library now provides a children's
room for growth is limited. Accord- just books?The library houses over story time every week and special
ing to the guidelines of the Texas 500 compact discs, 1,200 audio cas- programs.The adult program"Let's
Library Association, city libraries settes and 1,400 video tapes, all talk about books"is also open to the
should provide a minimum of two available to the general public. The public.
pieces in the collection per capita. library is also home to an extensive The Euless Library also supportsForEuless, that means a collection collectionofgenealogy information. the Book Cottage,located at 114 N.
of at least 80,000 pieces.
Most of the non-book material is Sheppard Drive.The Book Cottage
Nationally known library consul- non-fiction, how-to materials," sells used books and magazines and
tant Lee Brawner has been retained Yarbrough said.Tapes on vacation- the profits are used to make pur-
by the city to evaluate the library ing,exercise and many other topics chases for the library. The Book
needs of the Euless community for are available, as well as entertain- Cottage is run by volunteers from
the next 20 to 25 years.Brawner will ment videos for all ages. the Friends of the Library, a non-
consider the needs and desires of the profit groupwith membership open
community before making his rec-
In the future, the library may con-
o anyone.
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ommendation to the City Council in tain more information on computer y
the next two months. From that and CD-ROM,a form of storage on In addition to these, citizens may
point, an architect will be hired and
compact discs, Yarbrough said. join the Library Board, a board ap-
expansions to the current library or
With an increase in space in the li- pointed by the City Council.Current
construction on a new facility will brary facility, the city could offer members include Alice Ernest,
begin immediately.The entire prof-
citizens state-of-the-art technology Betty Fuller, Joyce Yamamoto,
ect could take three years,
and access to more information than Charlie Garrison, Wesley Scott,
Yarbrough said.
was previously available. William Kirkley, Willie Mae Mc-
Another non-book aspect of the li- Cormick and Linda Garner.
Library offers more than brary is various programming pro- For more information on the library
just books vided by the staff now with hopes to or specific programs, please call
Any resident of Euless may borrow increase the programming in an im- (817)685-1480. 0