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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-04-06 EULESS LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES April 6, 2006 Chairman Mike McGehee called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT STAFF PRESENT OTHERS Mike McGehee Kate Lyon Denise Freely Barney Snitz Karan Jasper Betty Fuller LuAnn Portugal Chris McAllister Marcia Brown-excused Adriane Weinstein-excused Kathy Grove DISPOSITION OF THE MINUTES: The Chairman asked for a motion to be made to accept the March minutes. Barney Snitz made the motion to accept the minutes, and LuAnn Portugal second the motion. VISITOR: LuAnn Portugal introduced Denise Freely. Denise has volunteered for several events with the Parks Department. LuAnn met her at the St. Patrick's Day event,and LuAnn invited her to attend the board meeting. REPORT FROM THE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR: Kate Lyon handed out an article"Library user faces child pornography charges"and wanted to share with the Library Board that all city computers,staff and public,are filtered and IS department monitors the computers closely. Kate and Sherry put"National Library Week"celebration quickly. We ordered magnets with the library hours to hand out to everyone. The staff put together Reading is Fun note cards that everyone could write down why they like to read. The staff then posted the note card on the bulletin board behind the Circ desk. We had a gift to the patron that checked out the"100th item of the day",and all patrons could enter their name in the drawing for"Chicken Little." Kate handed out the Library Statistic report. Sherry is working on another format that will be available at the next meeting. The new format will show totals for Circ/day count,gate count,reference questions,and programming for current and previous years. Kate has ideas but welcomes feedback from Library Board members. Kate and Sherry working on the 2007 budget that is due to be turned in on April 17,2006 Kyle McAdams,in Facilities,has been over looking at space in the Library. He is checking on cost and space to possibly add additional study rooms and office space. Sherry reported to Kate that the remote access problem LuAnn Portugal was having is due to a firewall issue at her place of employment. Sherry reported that she shouldn't have a problem with the remote access from her home. We will be merging all of the Spanish collection and moving it to the Large Print area of the Library. Keeping the Spanish collection together proved to be very successful in Farmers Branch and Kate would like to try the concept here. Sherry Knight and Tammi Trull have been working on the Willie Mae McCormick scrapbooks. We are looking at possibly adding the Euless History area to the Genealogy area. The Library will work with the Historical Preservation Society on what will be added to this area. On July 1, 2006 will the 10th Birthday of the Library in this building. Kate is asking for input on a theme for the party. Plans for the Summer Reading Program are moving along. The staff in the Youth Department is busy booking the programs and making plans to visit the schools. This year the theme is"Reading:The Sport of Champions"and the official posters were designed by Frank Remkiewicz the illustrator of the Froggy books. Friends of the Library Spring book sale was March 25,26,and 27 and was very successful making over$2400.00. April 2006 Library Board Minutes Page 2 Becky Moren completed a 10-day, 12-hour per day,boot camp for Microsoft. She successfully earned the MCSA certificate. Sherry Knight received her 10-year pin on March 14, 2006 and Kazan Jasper will receive her 5-year pin at the City Council Meeting on April 11, 2006. DISCUSSIONS: 1. The question was asked by the board"What is the criteria for weeding books?" A. The book has not circulated in years B. The book is damaged(may not be obvious—such as mold) C. The information is incorrect D. The information is outdated and a new edition has been added to the collection 2. The Library Board wanted to know if there is a way to make this information available. A. Kate Lyon said she had used a stamp that listed the reasons a book was removed from the collection. The stamp listed several reasons for removal and was stamped on the first page of the book. B. Kate will have library staff check on the stamp and will report at next meeting. 3. Betty Fuller suggested making posters of the library buildings from the past as part of the 10th Birthday Party. Maybe an old- fashioned country picnic and invite the past employees,past Library Board,past and present City Council and Administration,and the architect. 4. Kate also would like the Library Board to become more involved and would welcome their ideas on how to make this work. 5. Mike McGehee reported that the"Blooms of Enlightenment"glass piece has been replaced by David Keens. Mike also reported that the Euless Library Foundation Art Committee is looking for another project. Several artists from UTA will be meeting with the committee on their ideas. 6. The Mid-Cities Genealogical Society has invited the Library Board to come to their program at 7:30pm on May 4, 2006. The Library Board voted to start the meeting at 6:30pm so we can complete business and adjourn by 7:30pm to attend the lecture by Troy Fuller in the Meeting Room. CITIZEN INPUT: ADJOURNMENT: The Chairman asked for a motion to adjourn. The motion was made by LuAnn Portugal and seconded by Betty Fuller. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Respectfully Submitted � '1 rt Kathy Grove, Euless Library Board Secretary