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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-08-02 EULESS LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES August 2, 2007 Chairman Mike McGehee called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT STAFF PRESENT OTHERS Mike McGehee Kate Lyon Mike Trull Barney Snitz Karan Jasper Denise Feeley Betty Fuller Tammi Trull LuAnn Portugal Kacey Bess Lucinda Hoffman-Garcia-absent Marcia Brown Adriane Weinstein--excused DISPOSITION OF THE MINUTES: The Chairman asked for a motion to be made to accept the June 5, 2007 minutes with corrections. Barney Snitz made the motion to accept the minutes with corrections, and Marcia Brown seconded the motion. REPORT FROM THE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR: Kate presented the June and July monthly statistics. Our numbers continue to show increases in Circulation and database usage. Kate announced three staff changes: 1. Tammi Trull has accepted the position of Assistant Library Administrator. In addition to the Assistant Administrator duties Tammi will continue with Collection and Development for the library. 2. Amanda Torrealba, Part-time Librarian Assistant in Reference, has accepted a full-time position in Adult Reference at North Richland Hills. 3. Kathleen Siek has accepted our part-time Librarian Assistant position in the Youth Department. Kathleen is an elementary school teacher who wants to work part-time and be able to have time with her baby. The Reading Garden on the east entry of the library is very close to completion. The Parks Department will be installing stone and park benches in the next few weeks and then the project will be complete. Summer Reading Club has been a big success with 1416 Youth and 440 Adults for a total of 1850 for this year. Last year we did not have the Adult Reading Program and the total for 2006 SRC Youth was 1366. We will finish up SRC with an Ice Cream Party on August 8th and the last program will be Lucas Miller on Saturday, August 18th. We celebrated the release of the latest Harry Potter book the week of July 16th. We showed the Harry Potter movies in the Meeting Room each day and on Friday, July 20th we had a spinning wheel game for Harry Potter prizes in the Youth Department during the day and a Harry Potter look alike contest. The Library participated in the Police Department Open House. We were a hit with our candy and flashing fish. We will also participate with the Parks Department Fishing Derby with our famous flashing fish on August 18th. Page.2 . August 2,2007 Library Board Minutes Verlon Thompson will be performing in the Meeting Room on Friday, August 17th. Police Chief Mike Brown will open for Verlon. Since we will be serving snacks and refreshments at the program please call Karan for reservations. The program is free and open to the public. At an earlier City Council meeting a citizen talked to the council about water conservation. The Mayor and Councilperson Linda Martin asked if we could put together a display on water conservation. The staff has put together a wonderful display on water conservation with free brochures, DVD's and a recycling water fountain. On Tuesday, August 14th the TMLDA Award will be presented to the Library at the City Council Meeting. DISCUSSIONS: Mike McGehee asked Kate to share information on the Bedford Library and the ALA Conference: Kate shared with the Board that the Bedford Public Library is now open 7-days per week and operating with 16 employees. The Bedford City Council is still in discussion on out-sourcing for the library with LSSI. If the council decides to do this the library will possibly be using RFID depending on which proposal they choose to implement. Arlington and Grapevine are using RFID but it is expensive to implement and requires new library cards. While Kate was at ALA she picked up some good information on bookmobiles and attended several interesting sessions. She stopped by the Recorded Books booth and found out that they are dropping their connection with Netlibrary and this should help solve the problems with downloadable books. CITIZEN INPUT: Denise Feeley was very glad to be able to be a part of the Adult SRC. She finished her requirement and has picked up her coffee mug and Starbucks coffee. Mike Trull was very glad to be a part of the meeting and is very excited for Tammi's promotion. ADJOURNMENT: The Chairman asked for a motion to adjourn. The motion was made by Betty Fuller and seconded by LuAnn Portugal. The meeting was adjourned at 7:56 p.m. Re .ectfully S b itted UaL'fik (,q&(- faLlt\AI Karl Jasper Recording Secretary Mike McGehee Euless Library Board Chairman AGENDA Regular Meeting Euless Library Board Thursday, September 6, 2007 201 North Ector Drive Euless Public Library Conference Room 7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER 1. DISPOSITION OF THE AUGUST 2nd LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES 2. LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS 4. REPORTS Library Board Chairman Library Board Vice-Chairman Library Board Members 5. ADJOURN POSTED THIS 29TH DAY QF AUGU 2007 AT 11:00 A.M. ---- 711? OUCI L L1,,;,D,,c. ndividual Pos>ing Notice If you plan to attend this public meeting and you have a disability that requires special arrangements at the meeting, please contact me within 72 hours of the meeting at 817-685-1679. Reasonable accommodations will be made to assist your needs.