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EULESS LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES
April 1, 1999
Chairman Bernard Snitz called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT STAFF PRESENT
Betty Fuller JoAnn Rogers
Kerry McGeath Sheila Williams
Bernard Snitz
Kathy Grove
LuAnn Portugal
STAFF GUEST OF THE BOARD:
Sherry Moeller, Technical Services Librarian Supervisor,has been with the Euless Library since
March of 1996 prior to the move into the new building. She has two dogs. In her position,
Sherry oversees acquisitions, cataloging, and processing debts. She is known as the "Guru of the
Galaxy System"card catalog. In addition to her regular duties, she has been working on the
Library Budget with JoAnn Rogers and Sheila Williams.
DISPOSITION OF THE MINUTES:
Bernard Snitz made a motion to approve the minutes as submitted. Betty Fuller
made the motion to accept the minutes,Kerry McGeath seconded the motion, and the motion
was passed.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR: March 1999
JoAnn Rogers reported March 1999 circulation information. New registrations: 502; 141 out of
the city and 12 out of the county. Active Library Cards: 25,843. Total Holdings: 78,647.
Reference questions answered: 2,827. Video Cassettes Circulated: 2,497. There were 49
requests for Interlibrary Loans, 32 of which were received. Genealogy Sign-ins: 62 of which 33
were Euless residents. Walk-in Traffic was 12,742. In house use of materials was 6,480.
VOLUNTEERS: 2 volunteers contributing 12.75 hours.
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS: We had 24 Storytime Programs with 347 children and 107 adults.
Outreach Programs: There were 9 with 89 children and 62 adults. We had a Super Saturday III
Program with 8 children and 37 adults.
OTHER PROGRAMS/TOURS:
4 tours with 98 children and 37 adults: (1) 2 groups(4 classes) 151 grade Midway Park
with 75 children and 6 adults; 1 Trinity High School with 19 students and 4 teachers for
a total of 23 adults; and 1 group of Webelos with 3 children and 2 adults to study how
the library organizes information.
1 Bear Contest with 90 children and 5 adults
1 Parenting Center with 6 adults.
1 Trinity High School(Child Development class)with 9 students learning about reading with
expression
3 Reading Circle
1 Headstart
4 Midway Rec
1 Bear Creek Elementary Open House resulting in 13 cards
1 Parents Network Summer Activity Fair resulting in 6 cards
ADULT PROGRAMS:
Second Sunday Spotlight—Buying a House with 7 adults.
Night Notes: Threadneedle Street with attendance of 105.
Funeral Prearranging with attendance of 1.
Women's History with attendance of 59.
COMPUTER USE:
Internet: 1,320 people used it for 1,122.5 hours.
Word Processing and etc.: 270 used it for 279 hours.
LIBRARY MANAGER'S ACTIVITIES:
3/3 Tour for Southlake Library Board
3/9 City Council Presentation on Library Activities
3/17 NTRLS Directors Meeting Southwest Regional/Ft. Worth
3/22 Texas Star/STARS hockey team
3/25 Arts Council Breakfast
HEB Chamber Lunch
Meeting with Mid Cities Genealogy Board
3/30 Summer Activity Fair/Texas Star
3/31 All Staff Breakfast
OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES:
1. Arbordaze Meetings—Meredith McMannis.
2. AMIGOS Training in Dallas—Scott Thomson
3. American Business Disk Presentation—JoAnn Rogers,Kate Lyon,Jeanne Green,Ellen
Collins,Elizabeth Draper
4. Northeast Circulation Round Table Meeting—Paula McLain and Becky Moren
5. Quarterly Round Table Meeting-Paula McLain and Becky Moren
6. 15`City Budget Meeting—JoAnn Rogers, Sheila Williams, Sherry Moeller and Ellen
Light.
OTHER REPORTS:
None.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
None.
NEW AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS:
In order to become acquainted with the Library Staff, it was suggested staff pictures be displayed
in the lobby—possibly during the month of their birthdays.
It was noted that hand carts are being used in the library. The library has had them since
February of 1998, and they were recently made more accessible.
The issue of unruly children was brought up, and it was questioned how the library handles these
situations. The library staff has the right to discipline children when their parents don't in an
effort to teach them appropriate behavior. However, it was pointed out there will be times when
the library will be noisy such as during story times and children's programs. It was suggested
these times may not be the best times to come to the library. It was also pointed out that in an
attempt to control the noise level of the library when the library was built,the Children's Section
was placed at the front of library across from the Circulation Desk where it is the nosiest.
To better use library space, the Youth Area is being reorganized to accommodate the Middle
School Children so they will have a separate area from the High School Students. The ESL
classes will be moved to the Board Room, and the library staff will try to find way to make"cozy
corners"inviting patrons to sit,read,and enjoy the coffee bar.
To keep the Library Board informed,JoAnn passed out information regarding upcoming library
events such as: Night of a Thousand Stars,the Summer Programs for children of all ages, a
schedule of the music series(held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.), applications
for the Euless Library Foundation, a Draft of the Annual Budget, and a copy of the 1999-2000
Budget Schedule. As always, the Board Members were greatly encouraged to attend and to share
the information with anyone they can.
For the May Library Board, there are two topics to consider ahead of time: 1)Changing the
ordinance,which limits the number of books on the same subject to two, to no limit, and
2)eliminating fines for overdue materials. By eliminating the restriction on the number of
materials allowed to be checked out at one time, it is believed: the circulation will increase; it
will identify the resources the library does not have; it will increase the number of requests for
reserve items; and it will increase the number of requests for inner library loans. As for doing
away with fines, we need to consider if the goal of the library is to get the materials back or to
encourage the patron's use of the library?
CITIZEN INPUT:
None.
ADJOURNMENT:
Bernard Snitz asked for a motion to adjourn. The motion was made by Betty Fuller and
seconded by Kerry McGeath. The meeting was adjourned at 7:58 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Kathy o e
Eules ibrary Board Secretary