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Home My WebLink About2000-06-01 n6(111' FIL COPY EULESS LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES June 1, 2000 Mike McGehee called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT STAFF PRESENT GUEST Betty Fuller JoAnn Rogers Tom Cox Kerry McGeath Sheila Williams Jennifer Miller Mike McGehee Wes Scott Barney Snitz Kathy Grove Russell Schoonover LuAnn Portugal Alex Horton SPECIAL GUESTS OF THE BOARD: Jennifer(Koerber) Miller will be celebrating her second anniversary with the Library in October, and she will become a full-time Children's Librarian later this month. Jennifer loves to travel abroad, taught English in Poland the last two summers, and has numerous pen pals overseas. She is newly married and is very excited about her new position. Tom Cox also visited the Library Board. Besides enlightening us as to what he does for the City of Euless,he also gave us an opportunity to ask questions regarding the Library as well as other city projects. Tom, who is also a reader and a Library user, discussed some of the improvements he would like to see for the Library (e.g. improving the drainage in the sculpture garden and adding better plants there, getting a power washer to remove the gum from the red brick, improving the care and maintenance of the tile in the lobby,reducing the trash which collects on the Library grounds, etc.). DISPOSITION OF THE MINUTES: Mike McGehee asked for a motion to be made to accept the minutes. Barney Snitz made the motion to accept the minutes, and Wes Scott seconded the motion. The motion was passed. REPORTS FROM THE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR: May, 2000. GENERAL REPORT • New Registrations 414 Items Circulated 22,006 Active Library Accounts: 32,428 Total Holdings 83,990 Visits 16,897 In-house use of materials 4,534 Reference Assistance 1,368 Genealogy Sign-ins Computer Use: Users Hours Word Processing: 352 . 348.5 Internet/Database: 2,332 1969.2 5 Volunteers:Number 42 Hours Contributed 190.25 C:\My Documents\Ellen\june minutes.doc CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS: (Name of program)(date): Attendance: S. Euless Elementary(4) 734 Midway Park Elementary(22) 675 Headstart(8) 22 Lakewood Elementary (11) 461 N. Euless Elementary (9) 663 Wilshire Elementary(15) 676 Oakwood Terrace (17) 665 Bear Creek Elementary(26) 683 Jr. Volunteer Orientation (13) 36 Parenting Center(16) 38 Beau the Crow(25) 28 TOTAL ATTENDANCE 4,681 ADULT PROGRAMS: Name of program(date) Attendance: Let's Talk About Books (2) 9 Mid-Cities Genealogical Society(4) 45 Introduction to the Internet Workshop (6) 4 Murder Mystery Dinner Theater(20) 80 Arbor Daze Poster Reception(21) 50 Trinity High Chess Club(13) 10 TOTAL ATTENDANCE 198 LIBRARY MANAGER'S ACTIVITIES: 8 Library Foundation Meeting 11 PLANT(Area Directors) Meeting at Flower Mound City Burger Bash 15 Arts Council of Northeast Tarrant County Board meeting 17 Volunteered at Midway Park Elementary School 18 Introduced acts at the Bedford Boys Ranch for the Arts Council 20 Mystery Dinner Theater 21 Reception for Poster Arts Winners 22 Library Foundation Arts Committee—visited Ft. Worth Public Library to view sculpture and discuss programming ideas 24 ICNET(Tarrant Co. Consortium for TIF grant)PR Meeting at Hurst Public Library C:\My Documents\Ellen\june minutes.doc OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES: 9 AV Workshop in Allen—Angela Rosenbaum and Kim Miller 11 City Burger Bash 16 Teckies Meeting in The Colony—Carolyn Hoots, Sherry Moeller, Sheila Williams, Angela Rosenbaum 19 TLA 2000 Committee Meeting—Sheila Williams 24 ICNET Hurst Meeting—Sheila Williams 24 Sexual Harrassment Class—Kate Lyon, JoAnn Rogers, Shannon Oram, Ellen Light 25 Front Page Training— Sherry Moeller 25 HEB Leadership Luncheon& Graduation—Sheila Williams and Kate Lyon Additional Comments: Received a thank you note from the Fort Worth Public Library for the $300.00 disaster relief donation made by the Friends of the Euless Library. The Library Staff has received favorable comments from the library patrons regarding the travel display and the military display. A Bedford resident even complimented the Library on its newsletter, customer service, and new drive up window. Out of all the area Libraries, she likes Euless' the best. The drive up window is in service and is being used. There are plans to install an over-hang over it. The Library is going to have non-partisan voting displays to encourage voting this presidential election. In an effort to promote quiet areas in the Library, "Quiet Study Area" signs have been located in designated areas. The Library Staff will enforce these quiet areas. In order to determine where the air conditioning problems are, the temperature is being monitored by five thermometers placed by the sensors so discrepancies may be checked and problems corrected. The Library is having a birthday on July 8th. Besides celebrating with costumed characters and cake, the Library is introducing its new Library Card with key tag. New patrons will get the cards without charge. However,patrons with current cards who want the new Library Card and key tag will be charged$2.00. JoAnn and Sheila gave us an update regarding the Northeast Tarrant County's"Connect Tarrant" project. This project involves getting kiosks established around the area with all the services listed for Northeast Tarrant County. It would be an information portal for city services, tourism, area school systems, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations. Besides the kiosks, all the terminals in the Euless Library would have access to this site. A grant for$500,000.00 has been applied for,but they won't know until the middle of August if they'll get it. The grant would pay for the design of the Web page. C:\My Documents\Ellen\june minutes.doc UNFINISHED BUSINESS: In the quest for finishing out the bottom of the aquarium, it was suggested a thin layer of broken pieces of seashells be added to the bottom to make it look complete. Unfortunately, aquariums with bottom materials need a massive water flow, and our aquarium was not designed that way. The Library is still working on the E-mail list and is testing it in-house. The plan is to use it for sending out the newsletter and Library information. NEW AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS: The Library Foundation recently visited the Fort Worth Library's Sculpture Works in which they learned about the making and the caring of bronze statues. They would like to have a Sculpture Works show at the Euless Library where the sculptor would work on his art here from beginning to end over a two-week period. As a follow up to the Sculpture Works show,the Library Foundation is having a meeting on June 3rd at 9:00 in the Children's Area to discuss the future of the sculpture garden. Five artists have been invited to present a three-year plan to complete the sculpture garden. Having a three-year plan would allow the Foundation to apply for grants rather than completing the sculpture garden piece by piece. Mike McGehee made a motion to continue our July Sabbatical. Wes Scott seconded the motion, which met with no objections. Sheila Williams is back at our meetings, and we are glad to have her here as she has been missed. Kathy Grove is also back, and we are very appreciative of the great job LuAnn Portugal did as Acting Secretary in her absence. We again thank Tom Cox for his visit as we enjoyed having him here. CITIZEN INPUT: None. ADJOURNMENT: The Chairman asked for a motion to adjourn. The motion was made by Alex Horton and seconded by LuAnn Portugal. The meeting was adjourned at 8:23 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Kathy Grove Euless Library Board Secretary C:\My Documents\Ellen\june minutes.doc