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Home My WebLink About1999-08-05 • EULESS LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES August 5, 1999 Acting Chairman Barney Snitz called the meeting to order at 7:13 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT STAFF PRESENT Betty Fuller JoAnn Rogers Kerry McGeath Sheila Williams Wes Scott Barney Snitz Kathy Grove LuAnn Portugal Russell Schoonover SPECIAL GUEST OF THE BOARD: Jeanne Green, Librarian, visited the Board to give us an update about the aquarium. In addition to "Precious", a lion fish,being added to the tank, an invertebrate and another fish will be added during the program, "Tank Talk". This program is scheduled for August 7th and will be presented by a representative from Tideline Aquatics. Drawings will be held during the program to give away two copies of Aquarium Fish. DISPOSITION OF THE MINUTES: Barney Snitz asked for a motion to be made to accept the minutes as submitted. Betty Fuller made the motion, and Wes Scott seconded the motion. All were in favor. REPORTS FROM THE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR: June and July, 1999 June 1999: JoAnn Rogers reported June 1999 circulation information. New registrations: 529; 151 out of the city and 24 out of the county. Active Library Cards: 27,430. Total Holdings: 79,433. Reference questions answered: 2,088. Video Cassettes Circulated: 5,228. There were 54 requests for Interlibrary Loans and 67 were received. Genealogy Sign-ins: 69 of which 40 were Euless residents. Walk-in Traffic was 13,295. In house use of materials was 7,581. VOLUNTEERS: 72 volunteers contributing 510.25 hours. CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS: We had 26 Storytime Programs with 887 children and 169 adults. Outreach Programs: There were 5 with 197 children and 21 adults. We had a Super Saturday III Program with 28 children and 17 adults. OTHER PROGRAMS/TOURS: 1 Trinity High School ESL Tour with 22 children and 3 adults 1 Vital Links Tour with 4 children and 1 adult Yo-Yo Man with 113 children and 26 adults Storytelling Under the Stars with 27 children and 42 adults Marionnettes with 84 children and 26 adults Parenting Center with 4 adults Guardian Angel Preschool with 6 children and 3 adults Super Saturday III(Hawkwood Medieval Fantasy Faire)with 28 children and 17 adults Trinity High School ESL with 28 children and 3 adults Trinity High School ESL with 24 children and 3 adults Mysteries& Magic of Science with 54 children and 18 adults Miss Jo with 45 children and 20 adults Three Headstart programs with 31 children and 8 adults Midway Rec Preschool with 6 children and 2 adults Summer School with 160 children and 11 adults ADULT PROGRAMS: Let's Talk About Books with 16 adults. Mid Cities Genealogical Society with 27 adults. Poetry Reading with 11 in attendance. DFW Writers Workshop (Joel Weinstein)with 17 in attendance. Night Notes—Jazz Corner with 93 in attendance. COMPUTER USE: Internet: 1,557 people used it for 1,431.75 hours. Word Processing and etc.: 287 used it for 263 hours. LIBRARY MANAGER'S ACTIVITIES: 1) June 4—Storytelling under the Stars 2) June 7—Poetry Reading Program 3) June 21 —Foundation Gala Meeting 4) June 22—City Council Meeting 5) June 24—Gave tour for Keller Director&Friends 6) June 25—Insurance Committee Meeting 7) June 28—Met with Mid Cities Genealogy officers to discuss programs&use of volunteers 8) June 30—All staff meeting OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES: 1) Z39.50 Committee Meeting—Sheila Williams 2) Workshop on Managing Multiple Priorities (Denton)—Sheila Williams and Meredith McMannis 3) Workshop on Leadership for Women-Kate Lyon and Meredith McMannis 4) TLA Conference Committee Meeting (Denton)—Sheila Williams 5) Grant Writing Workshop at Funding Information Center—Ellen Light 6) TLA Annual Conference in New Orleans—Sheila Williams and Sherry Moeller July 1999: JoAnn Rogers reported July 1999 circulation information. New registrations: 351; 101 out of the city and 14 out of the county. Active Library Cards: 27,899. Total Holdings: 79,287. Reference questions answered: 1,466. Video Cassettes Circulated: 3,695. There were 41 requests for Interlibrary Loans and 42 were received. Genealogy Sign-ins: 73 of which 44 were Euless residents. Walk-in Traffic was 9,573. In house use of materials was 5,584. VOLUNTEERS: 54 volunteers contributing 310.75 hours. CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS: We had 20 Storytime Programs with 503 children and 109 adults. Outreach Programs: There were 4 with 65 children and 11 adults. We had 7 special programs with 403 children and 125 adults. OTHER PROGRAMS/TOURS: Hobo Hannah(Kali)with 97 children and 27 adults Logan Daffron the Juggler with 110 children and 19 adults Rowlph's Birthday with 62 children and 31 adults Ken `n Jim with 29 children and 21 adults Parenting Center with 6 adults Jr. Volunteer Pizza Party with 30 children and 2 adults Boocoos the Clown with 75 children and 19 adults Metroplex Chapel Academy Preschool with 40 children and 5 adults Three Headstart programs with 25 children and 6 adults ADULT PROGRAMS: Mid Cities Genealogical Society with 36 adults. Night Notes—Bows& Strings with 101 in attendance. Bye, Bye Birdie Preview with 50 in attendance. COMPUTER USE: Internet: 1,694 people used it for 1,516.25 hours. Word Processing and etc.: 275 used it for 291.75 hours. LIBRARY MANAGER'S ACTIVITIES: 1) July 7—Dr. Totten,UNT talked to staff interested in continuing education in Library Science 2) July 8—New employee orientation with City Manager Joe Hennig 3) July 10—TLA Annual Assembly—Committee on Library Cooperation 4) July 12—Library Foundation Meeting 5) July 20—Made presentation at the Lions meeting about Library programs& services. 6) July 21 —NTRLS Area Director's meeting at East Regional in Ft. Worth 7) July 28—Attended 4 day Grant Writing Workshop in Austin sponsored by the Funding Information Center Library&Historical Commission OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES: 1) TLA Annual Assembly—JoAnn Rogers, Sheila Williams, Meredith McMannis, Elizabeth Draper 2) TLA Program 2000 Committee Meeting—Sheila Williams 3) TLA Conference Committee Meeting—Sheila Williams Additional Comments: Teen Read Week will be held October 16 through the 23 in conjunction with the ALA. Many activities are planned to celebrate the week including the grand opening of the Teen Point area and a Sleep Over for the Junior High School students. The library is in the process of analyzing its business collection . The library is getting a good response from patrons regarding The Library Times. The library is starting to develop links to the City of Euless' Web page. The library has ten Internet stations now, and the library will be providing Internet training classes in August and September. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: The City Council approved previous Library Board recommendations to extend the length of check out time for videos to three weeks, to remove limits for non-fiction materials and videos, and to charge ten cents per copy for all printers. The Library Board Work Session in June identified nine Customer Service areas to be improved upon by the library. A tenth Customer Service item was added to the list. Instead of the Board discussing one of these items each month,JoAnn will keep us updated on all ten Customer Service issues on a monthly basis since these are on going issues being addressed by the staff. NEW AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS: Betty Fuller was nominated to be the Lay Representative for the North Texas Regional Library System by Wes Scott. Kerry McGeath seconded the nomination, and the nomination was carried. Barney Snitz was nominated as the Alternative Lay Representative by Wes Scott, and Betty Fuller seconded the nomination. The nomination was carried. It was suggested the art exhibits from the Tarrant Art Guild be moved to the Senior Citizen area or to the entryway once the Teen Point area is opened. It was also suggested a biography be submitted for each of the displaying artists. CITIZEN INPUT: None. ADJOURNMENT: Barney Snitz asked for a motion to adjourn. The motion was made by Betty Fuller and seconded by Wes Scott. The meeting was adjourned at 8:38 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Kathy Grove Euless Library Board Secretary